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Transform your blues soloing with this blues soloing lesson. Grab my free 'Video Powerpack' here: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/sign-up/ Blues Soloing Lesson - 3 Tricks for Killer Blues Licks! In this special blues soloing lesson you'll learn 3 easy to use blues moves for killer blues licks in your solos. You've heard these played by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Eric Clapton...all the blues legends. With what this blues guitar lesson shows you, you'll be able to use them too. Blues Soloing Lesson - 3 Tricks for Killer Blues Licks! In this lesson you'll learn 3 simple tricks you can use for killer blues licks and  better blues guitar solos.  Let's dive in! 0:40 Everything in this blues guitar lesson is shown in the key of G and uses these blues scale patterns shown. All the blues licks and ideas will work great over a 12 bar blues in the key of G but make sure you move it to other keys as well. 1:17 Killer Blues Trick 1 If there's one mu...

Practice these killer rock licks with my free jampack (lesson and backing track): https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/jam-pack-redirect-page/ Killer Rock Licks - Unison Bends for Killer Licks! Play killer rock licks with these essential unison bends! You've heard these used by all your favourite blues rock guitar players in their licks and solos...now it's your turn to use them too.  In this guitar lesson you'll learn the technique for nailing unison bends plus how you can start using them right away to build your own cool blues rock licks. Grab your guitar and let's get bending! Killer  Rock Licks - Unison Bends for Killer Licks Lesson breakdown: 0:09 Blues Rock Licks demo with unison bends. Check out this intro jam to hear the kind of blues rock licks you can play with the unison bends you're going to learn in this guitar lesson. 0:31 Unison bends...what are they? If you don't know what unison bends are, well you've definitely heard them before! ...

Cool Blues Rock Licks for blues rock guitar soloing. Learn 4 cool blues rock licks in the styles of more rocky blues players like Gary Moore, Billy Gibbons, Wilko Johnson and others! These licks are perfect for using in high energy blues rock solos and are well worth adding into your guitar lick trickbag! All 4 of these cool blues rock licks are in the key of G and will work great over a blues rock chord sequence like a rocky 12 bar blues in G. They are using a few different patterns of the G blues scale and G minor pentatonic scales. 1:00 Watch here to see the scale patterns used in these blues rock licks (tab included!) 1:40 Cool blues rock lick 1 uses a common unison bending move and a repeating bending move - a favourite device of everyone from Eric Clapton to Gary Moore. 4:39 A cool Gary Moore style blues rock lick with palm muting and an aggressive alternate picked phrase. Listen to his solo on 'Walking By Myself' to hear an idea a little like this lick. 7:37 Le...

Blues Lick Lesson - the No.1 'Must Know' Blues Lick? Learn the blues lick played by all the blues guitar greats in this blues lick lesson. It's one of those blues guitar licks that sounds great almost anywhere in a blues solo and it's an essential addition to your blues guitar lick library. Let's dive into the blues lick lesson and get started! Supercharge your guitar technique and soloing with my free Video Powerpack: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-powerpack-page-new/ 0:26 Learn to play possibly the most important and 'must know' blues lick there is! All the legends know it and use it. It's an essential bit of blues guitar language. 0:42 Here's the A minor pentatonic scale shape at the 5th fret. This is the scale that this lick (and dozens of other blues guitar licks you must know!) comes from. 1:04 Here's the No. 1 blues lick you must know played so you can hear it. Sounds familiar eh? Let's break the lick up and look at how...

Starting a blues solo in a strong ,attention grabbing way is essential if you want your playing to make an impact on the listener! In this lesson I'll show you 3 awesome licks for starting a blues solo. These 'solo starting licks' can be easily adapted and changed to suit the way you play and to give you lots of killer blues starting licks of your own. Starting a blues solo well is about more than licks though! You need to start your solo with commitment and conviction and your rhythmic feel needs to be rock solid. These two factors can really show the listener that you mean business as you kick off your blues solo. On the other hand, a weak, timid sounding start to your blues solo will most likely lose the listeners attention straight away...so dig in and play like you mean it every time. Remember this as you work through these blues starting licks! 3 Licks for starting a blues solo 1:07 All these licks are coming from the A minor pentatonic and A blues scale. See th...

Open String Blues - Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Licks Nail the open string blues scale plus two awesome open string blues licks in the style of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan. Grab full tab for this lesson in my free 'Blues Guitar Tab Bundle' https://jamesshipway.leadpages.co/blues-guitar-bundle-video-offer/ Learn how to create amazing blues guitar solos with the open string blues scale and play open string blues licks in the style of players like SRV, Hendrix, Clapton, Freddie King and others. I'll show you how to play E blues scale using the open strings and many cool ways you can use this scale in your guitar solos, using strings bending, slides and more. So let's get into it! Here's a breakdown of what you will learn in this video: 0:46 Let's take a look at how we play the E scale using the open strings. This scale shape is great for making up lots of 'twangy' open string licks...a favorite of players like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and othe...

Tasty blues funk licks for bluesy funky guitar licks soloing! Get that funky blues edge in your guitar solos with some licks from some legendary bluesy funky guitar players Freddie King, Albert King, Otis Rush and others. Armed with these blues funk licks you'll be all set to hit the stage at that blues or funk jam session and rip out an awesomely funky blues guitar solo! All these blues funk licks are in the key of D using the D blues scale played up at the 10th fret. You can practice these blues funk licks with the same backing track I'm using HERE: On my YouTube channel: Bluesy Funky Jamtrack: https://youtu.be/u8o6n8u5iCM 1:00 The first of the blues funk licks uses some repeating bends and a repeating picked fragment. You can use pull offs if you prefer...but picking it gives it more attack and a bluesy, funky flavour. 3:53 Blues funk lick number 2 starts with a funky double stop move. Remember this, it's great for getting a funky sound! Be sure to follow the pic...

This pinch harmonics tutorial shows you how to quickly nail those squealers every time! Grab your guitar technique and soloing  Video Powerpack here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/video-powerpack-page-new/ Pinch Harmonics Tutorial- How to Get Monster Pinch Harmonics! How do you play pinch harmonics? This pinch harmonics tutorial will show you all the secrets! Get those 'screaming' squealies like you hear in the playing of the legends,  In this guitar lesson you'll learn the technique for nailing pinch harmonics plus secrets about how to use them in your guitar solos. Grab your guitar and let's get pinching!. Pinch Harmonics Tutorial - How to Play Pinch Harmonics Lesson breakdown: 0:23 Check out this intro jam to hear a demo of what pinch harmonics sound like. In this guitar lesson you'll learn what pinch harmonics are, how to get them and how to make them sound awesome. Let's jump in! 0:30 Pinch harmonics...what are they? If you don't know wha...

Learn 5 powerful blues licks for minor pentatonic scale soloing right now...and start playing better blues solos today. With these 5 blues licks in your minor pentatonic scale soloing trick bag you'll soon be playing more authentic and better sounding blues guitar solos. Why? Because the minor pentatonic scale is the basis of most blues guitar soloing! So the more minor pentatonic scale blues licks you know and can use..the better your blues solos are likely to be. You'll hear your favourite blues guitar players use ideas like these in their minor pentatonic scale blues licks library. And that's exactly where these licks have come from. I've taken them from blues guitar legends like Eric Clapton, BB King, Albert King Stevie Ray Vaughan and other blues legends. All these players used the minor pentatonic scale most of the time in their playing and all use pentatonic blues licks exactly like these. So let's jump in and boost your knowledge of blues guitar soloing wi...

Santana licks lesson tab book free here: https://jamesshipway.lpages.co/santana-quick-licks-book-opt-in/ In this Santana licks lesson you learn how to play 3 awesome Carlos Santana licks step-by-step as heard in Black Magic Woman., This is one of Santana's most famous recordings and showcases the Santana guitar style perfectly! Black Magic Woman is essentially a minor blues in the key of D minor and all three of these Carlos Santana licks are using the D minor pentatonic and blues scale patterns up around the 10th fret. To get that Carlos Santana guitar tone use the neck pickup on your guitar with a small amount of distortion. Backing off the tone control on your guitar a touch will also help make these Santana licks sound authentic. Let's get started with the Santana licks lesson! Carlos Santana Lick #1 - this is the lick Santana uses to kick off his intro solo on Black Magic Woman. Carlos Santana Lick #2 - This lick shows you how Carlos ends the intro solo on Black ...

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 blu...

Blues Guitar Tricks Lesson - learn the 3 most important blues guitar string bends you need to use for killer blues guitar solos. You won't find a famous blues guitar solo anywhere that doesn't use at least one of these string bends...they are quite literally 'must know' for any aspiring blues player. Think these blues guitar bending tricks will take years to learn? Wrong...I'll show them to you in just 60 seconds in this super powerful but super short blues guitar lesson. So hold on and prepare to get some authentic blues bends used by all the blues guitar legends into your playing...and hear the difference fast! Dream of being a better guitar player? James Shipway Guitar gives you awesome lessons, licks and practical tips guaranteed to take you to the next level. For more details please visit Our Website - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ LET'S CONNECT! Blog - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jamesshipwayguitar Inst...

Grab the free workbook for this blues licks lesson: https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/blues-lesson-1-day-book-giveaway-copy Blues Licks Lesson- 7 Blues Licks Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Albert King, Eric Clapton Style You Need to Know In this blues licks lesson you'll learn 7 blues licks you need to know from the playing of blues guitar legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, BB King, Eric Clapton and others. All these licks are played in the key of A and are using the A minor pentatonic scale. Let's look at blues lick 1 0:46 Blues Lick 1. If there was ever a must know blues lick then this is probably it! It's used by all the blues guitar greats like Eric Clapton, SRV, Albert King etc and is a powerful lick to begin your blues solos with. 2:06 Blues Lick 2. This lick is borrowed from Stevie Ray Vaughan and is a lick he loved to play. Listen to his album Texas Flood to here licks like this used a lot. 3:14 Blues Lick 3. Albert King is an influential blues playe...

This 60 second blues guitar lesson shows you a killer blues guitar bend you can start using in your blues solos today! This bend is a favourite of blues guitar legends like BB King and Peter Green, listen out for it in their blues soloing. best of all I'll have you playing this bend in just 60 seconds! We're going to play it in the key of A up at the 12th fret. Notice how the bend is extended onto the end of the sliding blues scale or minor pentatonic pattern. This makes it easy to find when you want to use it, so make sure to check this out. To use the bend grab it and bend it up 3 frets. Might take some push but with a little practice you'll get there! Then stick on a blues backing track and have a go at using it in your soloing. It's a simple but powerful blues guitar trick you won't want to be without from now on. have fun! For more details please visit Our Website - https://jamesshipwayguitar.com/ LET'S CONNECT! Blog - https://jamesshipwayguitar...

BEGINNERS BLUES LICKS LESSON PART ONE: In this video tutorial you will learn 3 blues licks for beginners. These basic blues licks are essential for all blues guitarists, and once you can play these licks you're well on your way to being a bluesman! Inside these beginners blues licks you'll find many of the essential tools used by the blues guitar greats: the tastiest string bends, double stops and blues rhythms to give your licks that bluesy groove. These blues licks are all coming from the A blues scale played at the 5th fret and will all work great over a 12 bar blues in A. The blues scale is the most often used scale for soloing and improvising in blues and rock. If you are just starting out in blues licks you should definitely check out this video to learn it, and get a bunch of ideas to use from it. And with these blues licks in your arsenal, you'll be all set to start trying to play your own blues solos and improvisations.  Practice to the backing track for this...

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...

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 ...