Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 183 views

    Guitar Rock Licks

    Uploaded by

    Alekanian Alain
    The document provides examples and explanations of guitar techniques including bending, pull-offs, slides, sequences, triads, arpeggios, double stops, scales, and horizontal playing. It emphasizes practicing techniques slowly and building up speed gradually.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Guitar Rock Licks

    Uploaded by

    Alekanian Alain
    183 views4 pages
    The document provides examples and explanations of guitar techniques including bending, pull-offs, slides, sequences, triads, arpeggios, double stops, scales, and horizontal playing. It emphasizes practicing techniques slowly and building up speed gradually.

    Original Description:

    licks41

    Original Title

    guitar rock licks

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document provides examples and explanations of guitar techniques including bending, pull-offs, slides, sequences, triads, arpeggios, double stops, scales, and horizontal playing. It emphasizes practicing techniques slowly and building up speed gradually.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    183 views4 pages

    Guitar Rock Licks

    Uploaded by

    Alekanian Alain
    The document provides examples and explanations of guitar techniques including bending, pull-offs, slides, sequences, triads, arpeggios, double stops, scales, and horizontal playing. It emphasizes practicing techniques slowly and building up speed gradually.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 4
    At a glance
    Powered by AI
    The examples describe various guitar techniques including bends, pull-offs, slides, sweeps and double stops.

    Techniques described include bends, pull-offs, slides, sweeps, double stops and arpeggios.

    The advice given is to start slow and build up speed gradually, increase speed a little at a time, and use a metronome to help with timing and consistency.

    Example 4.

    1: Phrasing
    This bending idea demonstrates that the rhythm of a phrase is as important as the note selection. Rock requires conviction, so be bold
    and play with authority.

    Example 4.2: Bends


    The trick to this finger twister is to bend the first string at the 15th fret and allow your finger to push the second string at the same time,
    without sounding it. Once the bend is up to pitch, shift the weight of this finger (try the third) over to the second string, which should be
    already bent up a tone. Sound this note and then return the string to its unbent pitch. Jimi Hendrix and Joe Walsh have used this idea.

    Example 4.3: Repetition


    We're taking the liberty of exploiting open strings with this example, so the idea is not easily transposable. Restrictions aside, it's still a
    useful and musically effective pull-off lick that will put your fretting-hand stamina and accuracy to the test. Aim for as much volume as
    possible and remember that the best way to make sustainable progress is to increase speed a little bit at a time.

    Example 4.4: Slides


    Again, we're making great use of all the tone gaps present within the pentatonic scale, although in the second bar we're upping the ante
    with a minor 3rd slide. Streams of 16th notes can be exciting to listen to, but your timing precision is crucial. Don't be afraid to start slow
    (and I mean SLOW) and build up speed gradually when everything is under complete control.
    Example 4.5: Sequential (Descending)
    This idea utilises an ascending intervallic pattern that shifts through the minor pentatonic scale from each degree in a descending
    direction. We're also rhythmically displacing four-against-three, and these two factors combine to produce a jaunty, jagged and
    rhythmically propulsive musical phrase. Take time to consolidate your picking though - no slides or legato to hide behind here!

    Next: playing tips and example tab for sequential (ascending), triadic/arpeggio, double-stop, scalar and
    horizontal
    {PAGEBREAK}

    Example 4.6: Sequential (Ascending)


    Back to our sequences of three, this time the direction has been switched around so that each three-note group descends, but then the
    entire 'cell' ascends through each scale degree. Feel free to try any numeric permutation you see fit.

    Example 4.7: Triadic/Arpeggio


    I'm coming over all nostalgic as I present to you my first sweep-picked lick. It still sounds great after all these years, although I've got a
    dim recollection that I used to play it at least a couple of times in every single solo, much to everyone else's disgust! This lick morphs
    from Blackmore to Clapton. You may find that alternate picking is the way to go for the final bar.
    Example 4.8: Double-stop
    We begin this lick with a crunchy oblique bend - one note remains stationary whilst another moves. In bars 2 and 3 we're mixing things
    up, with some diatonic thirds and chord tones, ending on yet another oblique double-stop bend in a higher register.

    Example 4.9: Arpeggio/Scalar


    Here we're seamlessly making the transition from a minor triad arpeggio to a connecting fragment based around the associated diatonic
    minor scale. See if you can come up with a selection of variations based around this idea. Once again, the rhythm and flow of each
    phrase is a crucial factor in determining the eff ectiveness of each new musical idea.

    Example 4.10: Horizontal


    Although Slash is a modern rock player, his style belongs to the 'classic' era. This Slash-style lick moves predominantly along the length
    of a single string and it is derived from the exotic sounding Harmonic minor scale (R 2 b3 4 5 b6 7). Be careful with the rapid position
    shifts and slides. Build up speed gradually with the assistance of the advancing guitarist's best friend: the metronome.

    You might also like