A Plethora of Licks

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

Excerpt: In this tutorial, I am going to present you with a variety of licks that you can use within many styles of playing, be it jazz, blues, rock, metal, neo-classical, etc. That is why I am calling this tutorial "A Plethora of Licks" and to start off, the first lick I am going to show you is a 2 octave A Major 9 Arpeggio. This run starts off on the low E string...

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Advanced Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Metal

Excerpt: Welcome! I bring you another lick to satisfy your pallet, and this one is not for the faint of heart. This one is going to be a simple G Major sextuplet run starting on the 3rd fret of the low E string, all the way up to the D note on the high E string, 22nd fret. This lick is mainly all legato using only a down stroke on the beginning of each triplet, bu...

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Jazz

Excerpt: I now bring you another installment of licks, and this time, this is going to focus on ii-V-I licks. I have divided this up into 2 parts, with this part focusing on the licks themselves, and part 2 showing a way of how you can put them to use within ii-V-I progressions. Now these licks are the ones that I have learned and used within my playing while going...

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Instructor: Robert Mussatti Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Jazz

Excerpt: Now, we are going to put these to good use. One way is to take these and play them through ii-V-I's going thru the Circle Of Fifths (Cycle Of Fourths), the main premise is to make the smoothest transition between each progression, using the most appropriate lick, and what I have below is one way that I would play through this exercise using the licks that y...

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