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Billy Gibbons Licks lesson. Learn  cool guitar licks from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top! grab the free Billy Gibbons Licks TAB book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/billy-gibbons-licks This  lick from ZZ Top's 'La Grange' is typical of Billy Gibbons'  'power blues' licks. Most of Billy Gibbons' licks and solos are based around the blues scale or minor pentatonic scale...and this lick is no exception. It's using the C minor pentatonic scale in shape 1 played around the 8th fret. Notice the tasty bend that kicks the lick off and the quick descending scale pattern that follows. The lick then moves down into the sliding scale shape for some tasty blues slides! Check out ZZ Top's 'La Grange' to hear this lick and plenty more awesome Billy Gibbons licks! Grab the free Billy Gibbons Tab book here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/billy-gibbons-licks I started my channel to you the kind of 'BS free' and no nonse

Billy Gibbons Licks Lesson.More cool guitar licks from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top! Grab your free Billy Gibbons Licks TAB book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/billy-gibbons-licks This  lick from ZZ Top's 'La Grange' is typical of Billy Gibbons'  'power blues' style licks. Most of Billy Gibbons' licks and solos are based on  and this one is using the C minor pentatonic scale in shape 1 played around the 8th fret. Notice the bluesy double stop phrase at the start of the lick. You can play this with a pick or if you prefer you can use 'hybrid picking'. This is when you use the pick and a finger or fingers to sound the notes. Let the notes ring together for that strong blues flavour so present in most Billy Gibbons licks! The lick then moves down into the sliding scale shape for some growling blues slides on the low strings! Check out ZZ Top's 'La Grange' to hear this lick and plenty more awesome Billy Gibbons licks

W atch this Gary Moore Licks lesson to learn a classic Gary Moore lick from 'Walking By Myself'. Free Gary Moore licks tab book here: http://jamesshipwayguitar.com/gary-mo... This Gary Moore lick shows Gary playing in the key of E using shape 4 E blues scale at the 7th fret. After some tasty B string bends Gary launches into a repeating picking lick using the chromatic passage from the blues scale on the D string. Use alternate picking for this and a healthy dose of palm muting for a fat and chunky sound. This is a trick you'll hear in many Gary Moore style licks and on many of Gary's greatest solos like 'Out In the Fields' and 'White Knuckles'. Make sure to check out all the cool shape 4 moves used in this lick . You can use them to come up with some Gary Moore style licks of your own! I started my channel to you the kind of 'BS free' and no nonsense guitar lessons I think you want. So if you want to understand 'how to play'...r

A void other common guitar mistakes and explode your guitar skills with my free guitar powerpack here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-... Common Guitar Mistakes Beginner and Intermediate Guitar Players Make Learn how to avoid and how to fix some of the most common mistakes beginner and intermediate guitar players make when it comes to learning to solo. Overcome these and you really can supercharge your progress, improve faster on guitar and stop getting held up. Common Guitar Mistake 1- Weak Finger Independence and Accuracy This can cause you to press down on the strings too hard making notes sound out of tune. Poor finger accuracy can also lead to lifting up the fingers after playing a note., slowing you down and making it hard to play smoothly. Common Guitar Mistake 2 - Picking Problems Don't use too much pick when you play. It's way harder to get good controlled picking. Just use the very tip of the pick. And make sure your picking hand stays close to the

C heck out this  blues guitar lesson and discover how to play powerful British style blues licks in the styles of groundbreaking blues guitar players like Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. These short but powerful blues licks are the kind of thing all the blues guitar legends use...so grab 'em and get them in your blues guitar solos now! In this blues guitar lesson you'll learn: * Eric Clapton style 'double stop' licks * Peter Green style 'blues curls' *Essential blues guitar bends * 'Repicked' bending licks * and more... And with on screen guitar tab you can quickly learn and be using these blues guitar licks in your blues solos for more high impact playing. Dig in and have fun! Check out my premium Blues Guitar Training in my Total Guitar Lab academy! Learn more HERE: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/total-guitar-lab-home/ I started my channel to you the kind of 'BS free' and no nonsense guitar lessons I think you want

Discover how to make your guitar sound better and your guitar strings last longer. It's easy, free and will save you time and cash on new guitar strings! Free VIP Video Powerpack of my exclusive members only lessons here:https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-powerpack-page-new/ This simple tip will make your guitar strings last longer and sound better without any fancy string cleaners or gizmos. Just wipe down your guitar strings with a dry cloth after you play (yeah, I said it was a simple tip...).  This will get rid of the grease and grime that comes off our fingers and  corrodes and damages the guitar strings: making them sound dead sooner, break more often and lose their tuning quicker. So grab a clean cloth from your mums kitchen cupboard and start saving your strings from corrosion and rust...and yourself a bunch of time and money in the process. Have fun! I started my channel to you the kind of 'BS free' and no nonsense guitar lessons I think you want.

Warning: these guitar string bending problems can kill your guitar solos! Avoid them and fix them now with this short guitar lesson on guitar string bending technique. Want more? Get access to my exclusive free lessons here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-powerpack-page-new/ String bending problem 1: Poor Bending Hand Position For good string bending technique place your thumb over the top of the neck . This gives you more control and stops you losing the string as you bend it. You also want to back up the bending finger with any available fingers for awesome string bending technique. String bending problem 2: String Bends Not Ringing Clearly A common string bending problem this one! Make sure to pin the string firmly into the guitar neck. Press it into the neck even as you bend. This will help you get big and clear bending sounds into your solos and licks. String bending problem 3: Practice bending With Different Fingers Instead of only bending strings w

Warning: these guitar string bending problems can kill your guitar solos! Avoid them and fix them now with this short guitar lesson on guitar string bending technique. Want more? Get access to my exclusive free lessons here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-... String bending problem 1: Poor Bending Hand Position For good string bending technique place your thumb over the top of the neck . This gives you more control and stops you losing the string as you bend it. You also want to back up the bending finger with any available fingers for awesome string bending technique. String bending problem 2: String Bends Not Ringing Clearly A common string bending problem this one! Make sure to pin the string firmly into the guitar neck. Press it into the neck even as you bend. This will help you get big and clear bending sounds into your solos and licks. String bending problem 3: Practice bending With Different Fingers Instead of only bending strings with your 3rd finger, simply p

Alternate picking licks for soloing and speed building taught step-by-step of guitar. Grab your FREE workbook for this lesson here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/fast-rock-picking-licks-opt-in In this guitar lesson you'll discover 3 alternate picking licks for building speed and using in your solos in the styles of players like Paul Gilbert, Gary Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde and others. Visit my Total Guitar Lab academy here (courses, coaching, live training and more!): https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/total-guitar-lab-home/ Alternate Picking Rock Licks for Building Speed All 3 licks are in the key of A minor using a mixture of different minor and blues scales. Alternate picking lick 1 is in the style of Gary Moore and Randy Rhoads. Not only is it a great alternate picking lick to use in your solos, but it's also an awesome exercise to build you picking speed and chops! Alternate picking lick 2 is in the style of Yngwie Malmsteen and uses the A harmonic min

Better blues rhythm guitar chops with chord fragments, 9th chords and blues bassline riffs. Grab the FREE Workbook for this lesson here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/blues-rhythm-guitar-tricks-opt-in Check out my Total Guitar Lab academy and see what you get here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/total-guitar-lab-home/ Sick of those same old blues rhythm guitar shuffles and barre chords? Kick your blues rhythm chops up a notch with this blues rhythm lesson and discover how to use chord fragments, ninth chords and rhythm riffs in your rhythm guitar style. Blues Rhythm Chops Ex 1: Chord Fragments  Chord Fragments are fragments of larger chords and they are powerful blues rhythm guitar tools. See this example to learn how to use them straight away in your playing. Blues Rhythm Chops Ex 2: 9th Chords 9th chords can act as substitutes for Dominant 7 chords, so instead of playing A7 in your 12 bar blues, you could play A9 instead. This adds much more colour to the 12 bar bl