Fast Lick from Box 1 with Advanced Techniques

Learning to play fast licks can be very difficult for beginning players.  But once you’ve reached a certain proficiency level, it’s easy to stop learning.

Unfortunately, a lot of guitar players stop improving once they learn the notes and can play them cleanly.   However, one thing that set Stevie Ray Vaughan apart was his ability to play something fast, but retain the "human" elements that give it soul.

Free

• In this lesson I take an advanced level lick from Box 1 and teach you the notes.

Full Lesson

• Covers advanced techniques
• Timing
• Acceleration, Creating contrast through accents
• Lazy bends,
• Knowing when to hammer on or to pick certain notes.

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Make Your Guitar Cry

This lesson presents a simple, yet effective, head-turning technique (volume swells) that can take an ordinary solo and create a much more expressive, soulful sound. Like anything, it should be used in moderation, and only when it fits the song. But this technique, coupled with the right song, and the right crowd will draw some attention

Free

• Shows the mechanics of volume swells.

Full Lesson (12 minutes)

• Shows how this technique can be used when playing Stevie Ray Vaughan style licks.

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