I have really been focusing on trying to develop a set of licks that I use on a regular basis, and string together when soloing etc. I've even started a list in Microsoft Word that I've picked up here and there on GMC and elsewhere to consolidate my library - Being the analytical person I am, this is the only way I can get a handle on what I should practice. As you know, some licks are more common than others. A topic I came across on one of the other forums seemed interesting to me and I thought I would start a topic here on GMC. I always thought I had to have this huge library of licks that I really needed to know inside and out, but what some of the guitarists were saying is that they only really knew 20 or so(some even less) that they could play all over the neck, and that was plenty enough, because you could string them togther in endless combinations. I wanted to find out if all the GMCers here agree(especially the teachers) or if that's the average; Obviously our guitar goals and experience will factor into this as well but that info would probably make the poll too confusing. Now I know we've all learned licks, but they never became part of our repitroire or we have fogotten some along the way, so let's focus on the ones we use regularly when playing that we've made part of our unique style.
So I created a poll of how many licks we all use on a regular basis when playing. Also would be interesting if some wished to share maybe their most frequently used lick, to see if there's any commonality between us.
To start it off, here's the Word Doc I created, with that common "Chuck Berry" lick as the first entry, and some others that I thought were good(Many from the GMC lesson too) - this is a work in progress and is meant to be added to as I go(If it is difficult to read in your Word Program, make sure you have "Gridelines off" in the Table menu).
So please do the poll above so we can develop some trends based upon a good size sample.
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This post has been edited by Guitar1969: Oct 23 2008, 07:08 PM
) so your playing won't be a collection of licks as some players sound.
