The Ultimate Yngwie Malmsteen lick #1

Why should you know this lick. Because its great. Its a good starter lick for understanding how Yngwie gets those crazy fluid licks. He uses a wide stretch starting on the High E sting and works his way actually to the left of the lick. Here it is.

1----14--13----10--

2-----------14----12----10

3---------------13------11----10------

4---------------------12----11---10

5----------------------12---11----9--8

6------------------------------10------9

Work on this lick. And when your done, email me about how you can get my booklet, "The top 10 Arpeggios you must know. Thanks and Keep Pickin. Lee

Lick #3

Every night, I sit in my office and relax. I hook all of my equipment up, which is a very easy process and play, rather than focus on things like new sounds, tuning, where my guitar strap is, or anything that seems wasteful. Because in the end its about the licks. If you can't play the guitar, what band is going to want to touch you. Of coarse with a band you need to be in tune but by yourself if your slightly flat, who cares. If your tuning to a record, that's different. You have to be in tune, and by the way most vanhalen, dokken records are tuned to e flat. The most playing time you can get the better, even if you have to wear headphones to keep from waking the neighbor or the dog. Just play. Its almost a spiritual approach to the guitar. Spend more time playing and less time fooling around. I've met a ton of guitarists over the years, and they would say "I have this effect, this guitar with 7 frets, a handle and the newest floyd rose". So I would ask them to play. And then the excuses would fly. Its hard enough to get playing time, so play, don't make excuses. Even if you have the newest Jem 777. Cuz there not going to stop making them.

Blues Lick #3 Todays lick. B=bend On the 5 and 6 fret note on the 3d sting hammer on

1 8 (B) ------------------ 5 ------- 5
2 ------------------------- 8 --5 ---- ------
3 -------------------------- 5 6 ------------
4 -------------------------------------------
5--------------------------------------------
6 -------------------------------------------

February Lick #2

Some of the hardest licks to learn, are off time licks, and what I call sideways licks. Sideways Licks , are licks that take a more angular pattern across the fretboard. Django Reinhart. Here's a good one.

1----2----5----------------------------------------------------

2---------3-----6----------------------------------------------

3-------------4----7-------------------------------------------

4-------------------5--------8---------------------------------

5------------------------------6-----9-------------------------

6--------------------------------------7----10-----------------

You could even end with an arpeggio back up the neck as you end this lick on the 7th frett. Django only had three good working fingers on his left hand. And played arpeggios, jazz and Classical music very well. Or you could add the lick above this one to create a lick like this whcih sound cool.

6--------------------
5-------------------
4-------------7---9-
3----------9---
2------10----
1 7---------

Work on this lick and get it very fluid. It will take some time but this will work the left hand tremendously.

January Post

The Guitar is one of the greatest instruments on the planet. In this online magazine I will post daily licks, tricks, scales, and the like regarding guitar-dom. I'm reviewing licks daily, to find the best and the brightest to try out. Like this one listed below for January 2010.
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3--------------------12-------14----------------- .

4--------------14--------------------------------

5---------15-------------------------------------
6---12-------------------------------------------
This lick is very similiar to something Steve Vai would play. One thing Mr. Vai is, is very melodic. A lot of his licks really stick out. He is a clever and fast player, but its his melodies that are great.
He can tap, tweak, be very expressive on the guitar. but he's a great player. So try this lick on for size and check back in with me for more licks in this months issue.