Lick Of The Week

Browse our licks of the week.

Rock and/Or Roll – Lick of The Week
#24

This week, David Freeman shows us a classic rock riff with some staple Blues-Rock features, such as minor to major 3rd hammer-ons, blues notes, and sliding three-note chords.

Guitar Gymnastics – Lick of The Week
#23

This week, Lee Chamberlain demonstrates some guitar gymnastics in this lick that leaps across the fretboard from arpeggios in one octave to arpeggios in another.

Slippin’ Through Shapes – Lick of The Week
#22

This week, Emiliano Bonanomi takes us through a slippery little lick in A minor that shows us how moving between scales shapes can really open up the fretboard.

Steppin’ In Style – Lick of The Week
#21

In this week’s lick, Nick Manners is steppin’ in style with slides and hammer-ons through the shapes of the A minor pentatonic scale in this triplet infused lick.

Chicken Pickin’ – Lick of The Week
#20

This week Lee Chamberlain blazes through some country and blues licks all the while snapping and attacking the guitar strings with that distinctive chicken pickin’ sound.

Building Licks – Lick of The Week
#19

This Week Nick Manners gives us a fantastic lesson on building licks into a full solo by using call and response and variations in the licks that follow a repeating phrase.

Pentatonic Patterns – Lick of The Week
#18

This week Emiliano Bonanomi shows us a straight up, no-nonsense pentatonic lick based around a three-note pattern with lots of pull-offs, bends, vibrato and hybrid picking.

Country Bends – Lick of The Week
#17

This week Lee Chamberlain makes his Lick of The Week debut with some country-style bends using common triad shapes from C major based around chords I, IV and V.

Naturally Minor – Lick of The Week
#16

This week Adam Welch demonstrates using the natural minor scale shape across the fretboard to combine multiple licks in A minor into a full-length guitar solo.

Pentatonic Phrasing – Lick of The Week
#15

This week Joe Garrett treats us to a masterclass in combining multiple minor pentatonic scale shapes and shows us how to tie melodic ideas across the fretboard.

Slap and Pop Guitar – Lick Of The Week
#14

This week David Freeman treats us to some funky slap and pop guitar techniques with this pentatonic based riff. Watch out for off-beat accents and syncopation!

Texas Blues Shuffle – Lick Of The Week
#13

This week Tim Daley shows us a quick Texas Blues lick and riff combo in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan that uses the classic open position E minor Pentatonic.

Blues Guitar Basics – Lick Of The Week
#12

In his first lick, Adam Welch walks us through a straight up no nonsense blues lick. This one follows a typical 12-bar blues progression and is perfect for beginner guitarists.

Slap Guitar & Harmonics – Lick Of The Week
#11

Joe Garrett makes his Lick of The Week debut with this fun lick that uses a range of awesome techniques from bass-style slaps to leaping hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Blazing Blues – Part 4 – Lick Of The Week
#10

Leigh Fuge returns for his final Lick of The Week. It’s another blues one that runs through all position of A minor pentatonic and will give you your fill of hammer-ons, slides and bends!

Blazing Blues – Part 3 – Lick Of The Week
#9

Guest tutor Leigh Fuge returns for his penultimate lick with Veevar Guitar. This one is in position three of A minor pentatonic and features plenty of bends and hammer-ons.

Blazing Blues – Part 2 – Lick Of The Week
#8

Guest tutor Leigh Fuge is back with part 2 of his series of blazing blues licks. This week’s lick features some cool barring and double-stop hammer-ons using A minor pentatonic.

Blazing Blues – Part 1 – Lick Of The Week
#7

Guest tutor Leigh Fuge returns to walks you through his first blazing blues lick that every guitarist should know. This week's lick demonstrates a flurry of bends, slides and pull-offs.

Rhythmic Dyads (Blues) – Lick Of The Week
#6

This week guest tutor Leigh Fuge walks you through a Blues riff inspired by John Mayer. The riff features some funky rhythmical use of two-note chords, also known as dyads.

Funk Rock Kind of Thing – Lick Of The Week
#5

This week, Gareth Cirket walks you through a ‘Funk Rock’ lick that is all kinds of fun to play. The lick uses lots of double stops and offers the opportunity to work on subtle articulations.

Dis-Chord (Progressive Metal) – Lick Of The Week
#4

This week, Leeds based tutor David Freeman walks you through a 'Progressive Metal' riff using C# Phrygian Dominant mode. This is a complicated one with lots of syncopation.

Modal Metal – Lick Of The Week
#3

Gareth Cirket returns to walk us through a 'Metal' style lick based around some of the modes of A minor with cool techniques like harmonics, whammy bar dives and tapping.

Nuno Your Business (Blues Rock) – Lick Of The Week
#2

This week Shrewsbury-based tutor Tim Daley walks you through a riff/lick combo inspired by Nuno Bettencourt with quick sliding double-stops in between chromatic coloured riffs.

Single String Slides (Metal) – Lick Of The Week
#1

In this first instalment, Gareth Cirket walks you through a 'Metal' style lick in A minor that uses single-string lines and techniques such as slides, bends, and vibrato.