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Guitar backing track in A minor at 100bpm. This rock pop style jam track is perfect for practicing soloing in the key of Am. Work on those new guitar scales, new lick ideas or create riffs of your own. This guitar backing track and my other backing tracks are perfect to use with my video lessons and tutorials on my channel. Practicing guitar with backing tracks is one of the best ways to get used to playing with other players in a band setting. You get used to playing with a groove, improvising and soloing, it can be great ear training, you learn to listen to what's going on around you and you get used to playing...not just practicing! Hope you enjoy my guitar backing tracks look for more coming regularly. Scale suggestions for this rock guitar backing track: The backing track is in the key of A minor so try using scales like A minor pentatonic, A blues scale or A natural minor scale (also called A Aeolian mode). Try some open string scale shapes too, these can sound great

4 awesome rock guitar licks in my free Michael Schenker Licks tab book : https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/michael-schenker Want some awesome rock guitar licks? Check out this hot rock lick from Michael Schenker.  This burning blues rock lick is coming from the C minor pentatonic blues scale and is a classic Michael Schenker lick. 0:34 Here's the Michael Schenker style lick played at full speed. It's similar to something he plays in his solo on 'Mother Mary' by UFO 0:44 Let's hear  the lick played slower now. Notice the use of common  rock bends and pentatonic scale patterns. Take these and use them to make up your own rock guitar licks. 0:57 Let's break this Michael Schenker lick down now and look at how to play it one note at a time. These blues scale ideas are typical of Michael Schenkers awesome rock guitar licks 3:56 Let's have another listen to the whole lick played fast again over the backing track. Join my FREE Facebook group 'James Ship

Want to learn guitar scales fast? Well ...playing up and down them like most players do is not the way to do it! In this lesson you'll discover 3 powerful and simple scale practice exercises to learn your guitar scales fast...and more importantly be able to use them when you play. Get my best Memnbers Only Lessons here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-powerpack-page-new/ Learn Guitar Scales Fast! Imagine if you could learn the essential guitar scales fast...instead of spending hours playing them up and down. Well there are some ways that you can, but we're not normally shown them. Instead we often play them round and round with the notes in the exact same order every time. Problem is you're not going to use them like that when you solo and jam! 0:20 Just playing up and down doesn't help you learn guitar scales fast! It's also got nothing to do with how we use them when we play. You need some different ways to practice themif you want to nail those guita

BB King Licks Guitar Lesson : Tasty BB King licks to use in your blues guitar solos! Grab the free BB king licks tab book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book In this BB King licks lesson you'll learn a tasty blues lick from the master of soulful blues guitar. It's showing off some of BB's favourite blues soloing devices including the 'minor to major 3rd move', mixing up notes from the minor and major pentatonic scales and a cool, funky BB King style double stop (works great in blues solos!). Look out for more BB King licks coming very soon in my Quick Licks video series.  Enjoy! Remember to grab your free BbB King licks book with tab for all the licks in the series: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book SUBSCRIBE here for more BB King soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEEEz7ZNL8572YERffNfuw?sub_confirmation=1 Join my FREE Facebook group 'James Shipway Guitar Backstage'. Video broadcasts, lick challenges and a

BB King Licks Guitar Lesson : Tasty BB King licks to use in your blues guitar solos! Grab the free BB king licks tab book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book In this BB King licks lesson you'll learn a tasty blues lick from the master of soulful blues guitar. It's showing off some of BB's favourite blues soloing devices including the 'minor to major 3rd move', mixing up notes from the minor and major pentatonic scales and a cool, funky BB King style double stop (works great in blues solos!). Look out for more BB King licks coming very soon in my Quick Licks video series.  Enjoy! Remember to grab your free BbB King licks book with tab for all the licks in the series: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book SUBSCRIBE here for more BB King soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEEEz7ZNL8572YERffNfuw?sub_confirmation=1 Join my FREE Facebook group 'James Shipway Guitar Backstage'. Video broadcasts, lick challenges and a

4 awesome Michael Schenker Licks in my free Quick Licks tab book : https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/michael-schenker Here's the next wicked lick in my Michael Schenker Licks series! This one is similar to something Michael Schenker plays in his 'I'm a Loser' guitar solo. It's a fiery little repeating blues lick in the key of F# minor and uses more trademark Michael Schenker guitar style devices. A perfect addition to your rock soloing trick bag and a classic example of the Michael Schenker guitar style. 0:43 Let's hear the Michael Schenker lick played fast 0:57 Let's slow it down now a little! 1:09 Michael Schenker lick breakdown. Let's check it out one phrase at a time now. Notice the picking guidelines here: following there will help you get the lick up to speed. Hope you enjoy learning this alternate picked lick! Be patient with it - it's pretty fast. Remember to grab your free tab book with tab for all the licks in my Michael Schenk

4 awesome Michael Schenker Licks in my free Quick Licks tab book : https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/michael-schenker Here's the next wicked lick in my Michael Schenker Licks series! This one is similar to something Michael Schenker plays in his 'I'm a Loser' guitar solo. It's a fiery little repeating blues lick in the key of F# minor and uses more trademark Michael Schenker guitar style devices. A perfect addition to your rock soloing trick bag and a classic example of the Michael Schenker guitar style. 0:43 Let's hear the Michael Schenker lick played fast 0:57 Let's slow it down now a little! 1:09 Michael Schenker lick breakdown. Let's check it out one phrase at a time now. Notice the picking guidelines here: following there will help you get the lick up to speed. Hope you enjoy learning this alternate picked lick! Be patient with it - it's pretty fast. Remember to grab your free tab book with tab for all the licks in my Michael Schenk

Sick of the same overused pentatonic rock licks? Did you know you can easily transform them using the blues scale and dorian mode? In this lesson learn how to breath new life into common pentatonic rock licks to create awesome repeating licks, double stop licks, stretch licks and more. Grab your FREE tab workbook for this lesson here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/pentatonic-same-old-opt-in Access personal coaching, extensive course library and community with Total Guitar Lab. Learn more here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/total-guitar-lab-home/ Sick of the same old pentatonic rock licks? Try these... Let's start by adding notes from the blues scale and dorian mode into the minor pentatonic scale pattern. This is an easy tool for breathing new life into thos overused pentatonic rock licks we all play! Lick 1: Learn this cool lick using the dorian mode and blues scale notes, similar to licks played by Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde and others. Lick 2: Here's a cool bl

Learn 3 fast rock licks in the style of Michael Schenker, Tony Iommi, and Angus Young and discover how to make up fast rock guitar licks of your own to use in your rock solos. Grab your free tab workbook with all 3 licks here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/speedy-rock-licks-opt-in Visit my Total Guitar Lab academy for courses and coaching with me personally: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/total-guitar-lab-home/ Having a few fast rock guitar licks for your rock solos can really help your solos stand out. In this guitar lesson I'll show you how to play 3 fast licks in the styles of big-name rockers like Tony Iommi, Michael Schenker and Angus Young. Lick 1 is similar to a lick that Tony Iommi plays in his solo on Blasck Sabbath's 'Paranoid' Lick 2 shows you a cool fast lick like Angus Young plays on his 'Back In Black' solo Lick 3 shows you a cool fast rock lick mixing a Michael Schenker style repeating lick with some Iommi style double stops. Have

4 awesome Michael Schenker guitar licks fully tabbed in my free Quick Licks tab book here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/michael-schenker Time for more Michael Schenker guitar licks! This one is similar to something Michael Schenker plays in his 'Too Hot To Handle' guitar solo. It's played right up at the top of the neck in the key of B minor. These sort of speedy pentatonic ideas are typical Michael Schenker guitar licks. Best of all they're versatile and handy for using in your own solos. 0:38 Let's hear the lick played fast over the backing. 0:46 Let's slow it down now a little! 1:00 Michael Schenker lick breakdown. Let's check it out one phrase at a time now. Notice the fingering guidelines here: following these will make it easier to play up high on the neck. 3:20 Here's the Schenker lick slow now. 3:53 You might want to move this lick down an octave too. Here's how to do this. Hope you enjoy learning this Michael Schenker gui

Want to learn guitar scales fast? Well ...playing up and down them like most players do is not the way to do it! In this lesson you'll discover 3 powerful and simple scale practice exercises to learn your guitar scales fast...and more importantly be able to use them when you play. Get my best Memnbers Only Lessons here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-powerpack-page-new/ Learn Guitar Scales Fast! Imagine if you could learn the essential guitar scales fast...instead of spending hours playing them up and down. Well there are some ways that you can, but we're not normally shown them. Instead we often play them round and round with the notes in the exact same order every time. Problem is you're not going to use them like that when you solo and jam! 0:20 Just playing up and down doesn't help you learn guitar scales fast! It's also got nothing to do with how we use them when we play. You need some different ways to practice themif you want to nail those gu

BB King Licks Guitar Lesson : Tasty BB King licks to use in your blues guitar solos! Grab the free BB king licks tab book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book In this BB King licks lesson you'll learn a tasty blues lick from the master of soulful blues guitar. It's showing off some of BB's favourite blues soloing devices including the 'minor to major 3rd move', mixing up notes from the minor and major pentatonic scales and a cool, funky BB King style double stop (works great in blues solos!). Look out for more BB King licks coming very soon in my Quick Licks video series.  Enjoy! Remember to grab your free BbB King licks book with tab for all the licks in the series: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book SUBSCRIBE here for more BB King soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEEEz7ZNL8572YERffNfuw?sub_confirmation=1 Join my FREE Facebook group 'James Shipway Guitar Backstage'. Video broadcasts, lick challenges and

BB King Licks Guitar Lesson : Tasty BB King licks to use in your blues guitar solos! Grab the free BB king licks tab book for this video here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book In this BB King licks lesson you'll learn a tasty blues lick from the master of soulful blues guitar. It's showing off some of BB's favourite blues soloing devices including the 'minor to major 3rd move', mixing up notes from the minor and major pentatonic scales and a cool, funky BB King style double stop (works great in blues solos!). Look out for more BB King licks coming very soon in my Quick Licks video series.  Enjoy! Remember to grab your free BbB King licks book with tab for all the licks in the series: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king-book SUBSCRIBE here for more BB King soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgEEEz7ZNL8572YERffNfuw?sub_confirmation=1 Join my FREE Facebook group 'James Shipway Guitar Backstage'. Video broadcasts, lick challenges an

Learn BB King licks to use in your blues guitar solos! Grab the free BB king licks tab book for this video here: http://jamesshipwayguitar.com/bb-king... In this BB King licks lesson you'll learn a cool minor blues lick like something BB plays in 'The Thrill Is Gone'. It's typical of many BB King licks with it's use of space, economy of notes and the sliding blues scale. Check out the recording of 'The Thrill Is Gone' to hear BB play licks like this and to get an overall picture of the classic BB King guitar style. Check out the other BB King licks in this video series too.  Enjoy!