Friday
Dec232011
Silent Night Blues Solo
Last year for Christmas, I taught you some Hendrix/SRV style chords for the Silent Night melody. This year, I'm teaching a SRV-influenced solo to play over 1 chorus of the melody.
Free Blues Guitar Lessons
You'll find over 60 free blues guitar lessons in this section. The most recent lessons are listed here. Links to the complete index, and free lesson categories are in the right column.
Entries in Licks (53)
Friday
Dec162011
Freddie's Influence Free Lesson
Friday, December 16, 2011 at 11:49AM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Intermediate | tagged Freddie King, Licks 
In this video you'll learn 4 Freddie King licks, using samples directly from my new lesson series, Freddie's Influence. If you like what you see here, please check out the full lesson series.
Friday
Nov112011
Jimmy Page Blues Lick
Friday, November 11, 2011 at 3:14PM | Share On Facebook | Email | tagged AxeTrak, Licks, SRVStrat, SamampVAC23 
In this lesson you'll learn a Jimmy Page blues lick, as played during the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction for Led Zeppelin. Played in Box 3, it offers a slightly different feel from what you may be used to.
Friday
Oct212011
Learn 4 B.B. King Licks
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 1:15PM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Beginner, Intermediate | tagged AxeTrak, B.B. King, Licks, SamampVAC23 
This lesson video contains excerpts from my B.B.'s Influence lesson series, available today. You'll learn 4 of the licks taught in that lesson series.
Thursday
Oct062011
SRV "So Excited" Picking Drill
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 10:50PM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Advanced, Intermediate | tagged Licks, Picking, Song: So Excited 
Sometimes when playing "So Excited" live, Stevie Ray Vaughan would do an entire solo chorus playing a 4 string pattern on the fretboard, repeating the pattern over the I, IV and V chord. In this lesson I'll show you what this pattern is, and how to play it with alternate picking strokes. It makes an excellent drill for improving your picking technique.
Friday
Sep092011
Chris Duarte Lick Lesson - Letter To My Girlfriend
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 11:49AM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Intermediate | tagged ElevenRack, LegendGuitar, Licks 
One of my favorite tracks from Chris Duarte's Texas Sugar/Strat Magik album is his cover of "Letter To My Girlfriend". His take on the song featured a slightly different timing and feel to the opening lick. That is what you'll learn in this lesson.
Friday
Aug262011
Unlocking Speed In Box 1
Friday, August 26, 2011 at 11:29AM | Share On Facebook | Email | tagged AxeTrak, Licks, SRVStrat, SamampVAC23, Speed 
If you want to increase your speed in Box 1, you will need to master this simple lick, it serves as the gateway to so many other fast licks in this shape.
Friday
Jul012011
Cool SRV Box 3 Lick
Friday, July 1, 2011 at 4:50PM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Advanced | tagged Licks, SRVStrat, SamampVAC23 
A cool SRV lick that you can use at Bar #5 of a 12 bar blues progression, over the IV chord.
Friday
May202011
4 Albert King Style Licks
Friday, May 20, 2011 at 5:31PM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Intermediate | tagged Albert King, Licks, SRVStrat, SamampVAC23 
In this free lesson, you'll learn 4 licks from the Albert's Influence lesson series. If you like this video, you'll love the full series.
You'll see some of the features that make this my best series of lessons yet. A progression counter to help with timing and phrasing, slow-motion replay of all licks, video tablature, and as always, note-for-note instruction.
If you like this video, please check out Albert's Influence.
Friday
Apr292011
That SRV Voodoo Chile' Sliding Lick
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 8:19PM | Share On Facebook | Email | in Advanced, Intermediate | tagged ElevenRack, Licks, SRVStrat, Song: Voodoo Chile' 
In this lesson I break down that sliding lick that SRV did on his cover of the Jimi Hendrix tune "Voodoo Chile' (Slight Return)". The focus of the lesson is the different techniques that are used to descend and ascend the fretboard on the G string, without using your pick. All the energy in the string comes from slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs.