Learn Guitar Licks in the style of Slash, Page, Mayer and Gilmour
Summary: Classic Rock Licks
In this episode of AGS Andy and Thomas take you through a wide of range of classic rock licks, inspired by some of the greatest crock players ever. We take a look at Slash, Mayer, Gilmour and Jimmy Page, and give you a lick in the style of those players.
Lick 1: Jimmy Page Style
Our first lick, played by Andy, demonstrates just how much Jimmy Page was able to get out of the same 3 notes in the pentatonic scale. The bends are the key, as well as the speed changes between the licks. It's in the A minor pentatonic shape 1, as shown below.
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Keep Learning: Jimmy Page Player study
If you love a bit of Zeppelin and Jimmy Page, then check out our full 24 lesson Jimmy Page player study. We take you through how to play lead, chords and rhythm in his style, as well as talk about how to get his tone and sound. It's a great fun course and even features an interactive tab to help you learn. All 100% free as always! See the course here: How To Play Like Jimmy Page.
Lick 2: David Gilmour Style
Our second lick, played by Thomas, demonstrates how Gilmour might take the same notes and use them differently with a more smooth tone, touch of delay and super cool overbends!
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Keep Learning: David Gimour Player study
If you love David Gilmour and really want to work on getting his sound, including how to combine arpeggios, bends and pentatonic scales across the neck, you’re in luck! We have a full player study that is, as with all our course, 100% free and ready for you to use, including interactive tab! See the course here: How To Play Like David Gilmour.
Lick 3: Slash Style
Our third lick, played by Andy, is taken from a Slash style lick library, using his classic pedal note licks. This particular lick is based around the E minor pentatonic scale as shown below.
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Keep Learning: Slash Player study
If you love Slash and really want to work on getting his sound, including how to play lead and rhythm like him, you’re in luck! We have a full player study that is, as with all our course, 100% free and ready for you to use, including interactive tab! See the course here: How To Play Like Slash.
Lick 4: Mayer Style
Our final lick, played by Thomas, is a great Mayer example of how to play the scale shapes on one string, rather than just confined to one scale shape. The use of vibrato, slides and hammer ons are also key here.
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Keep Learning: John Mayer Player study
If you love John Mayer and really want to work on getting his sound, including how to play in his acoustic style, his electric style and his bluesy style, you’re in luck! We have a full player study that is, as with all our course, 100% free and ready for you to use, including interactive tab! See the course here: How To Play Like John Mayer.
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In this lesson andy and Thomas talk about how you can get better at working out songs by ear. We cover a bit of theory as well as practical and easy to apply advise that will fundamentally improve your ear training.
