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Spirit of the Radio Intro

16 January 2011

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I was chatting to a friend who was has been playing for a year or so. He has just discovered Spirit Of The Radio by Rush. If you’ve not heard it before, here it is on YouTube. He was keen to work out how to play the intro riff, So here it is! Here’s the Powertab: SpiritOfTheRadio.zip If you’re [...]

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Ninth Licks

16 January 2011

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These are two simple licks that work nicely over a Major chord and it’s extensions. As you can see, I’ve kept the intervals wide throughout both licks, which will contrast with any scaler runs and shapes that you have in your bag of tricks. Both of these are in a G Major tonality – I’ll [...]

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Classic Hendrix Lick

15 January 2011

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A simple classic lick that I hear everywhere, not just with Hendrix. If you want to hear it in action, give the following a listen – the solo starts at about 1:48 into the track. The lick itself is just a fragment of 3 or 4 notes. Starting with a string bend. Let me write it [...]

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Want Moore Licks

15 January 2011

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Here’s one of those classic Gary Moore licks. It’s also a great exercise for the left and right hands too, so let’s get to it! All of these patterns are variations of the same theme, using the same 4 note grouping, with 2 notes per string. Let’s write out the simple 4 note repeated shape. How are you [...]

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Burn it up Single Handedly!

15 January 2011

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This is a simple but flashy lick that you can play with one hand – if you want to pose! I remember first doing this when I learn’t to play the solo to Deep Purple’s song Burn. (If you haven’t got any Deep Purple in your music collection – shame on you!) Anyway let’s get to the [...]

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