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Introducing Slides
Learn basic technique and phrases for left-hand slides.
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Fundamentals
Introducing Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs
Learn basic technique and phrases for hammer-ons and pull-offs.
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Fundamentals
You Really Got Me - Beginner Groove
A three-part guitar arrangement for grooving to "You Really Got Me"
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Fundamentals
Born Under a Bad Sign (Riff)
A classic blues riff from the great Albert King (Stax Records, 1967).
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Fundamentals
Who Knows (Riff)
A classic riff by Jimi Hendrix —from Band of Gypsies, Live at the Fillmore East (1970)
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Fundamentals
Heart of Gold
Learn the intro & verse strumming pattern for this classic Neal Young tune.
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Intermediate
Thank You (Riff)
Learn the riff and chord stab from this iconic funk tune by Sly & the Family Stone.
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Fundamentals
Cissy Strut
An iconic funk riff by The Meters—off their self-titled 1969 album.
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Fundamentals
Blues Bending 1 - Key of E
Here are a few licks to help you practice bending the third in a blues. These licks work over an E blues and will sound good over an E7 chord.
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Intermediate
China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead)
The main melody from this classic Grateful Dead tune. This is from a live recording released on the Europe '72 album.
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Intermediate
Tumbao Guitar Groove in A
This is a guitar groove with two voices (bassline and chord hits) played over a typical Afro-Cuban tumbao rhythm on congas.
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Intermediate
Althea Intro (Grateful Dead)
The intro melody from the classic studio recording.
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Intermediate
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Lick - "Sahib Teri Bandi"
This lick comes from a chant at the midpoint of "Sahib Teri Bandi" from the album The Last Prophet (1994)
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Advanced
Melvin Sparks Lick - Miss Riverside
A hip tritone substitution lick from soul jazz legend Melvin Sparks
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Advanced
A7 Lick (b9, b6)
Based on a dominant chord (A7), this lick explores the sound of the b9 (Bb) and b6 (F).
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Intermediate
Bebop Chromatic Lick
Here we move a classic bebop lick through different tonalities, all resolving to C major.
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Advanced
Cannonball Adderley Lick - "Milestones"
The iconic opening lick from Cannonball Adderley's solo on Milestones
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Advanced
Kenny Garrett Lick - "Night and Day"
A burning Kenny Garrett lick on "Night and Day" from the album Triology (1995)
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