The Infinite Lick Machine - Next Level Guitar Solos
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2023
- Do you find that all your solos sound the same? Each phrase you play is about the same length and you don't know how to extend phrases or keep them interesting. Too many of us guitar players play scale-wise. And yet there are some very simple techniques that you can use to extend lines in musical and interesting ways. These techniques were all used by the greats of classic rock and other genres.
All you have to do is pick your pentatonic scale, choose a short simple lick, then add from the short list of techniques available from the "infinite lick machine" and there you have it. Your phrases can go on for as long as you want them to. Improve your guitar solos quickly and easily!
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Keep ‘em coming Blue! You’ve got a large cohort of folks around the world who rate you as the best and most accessible intermediate guitar coach on UA-cam. Love and peace from the UK ❤
Thank you very much! I might quote you on that 😀😀👍
Blue Morris ROCKS!
Thank you!!
Dude, seriously one of the best guitar videos I've watched...and I've watched alot. New to the channel, glad I found it.
Cool thank you! Welcome to the channel. Lots of videos on here and I'll have more coming next week.
Old guy here Blue & I think that’s your best one. You’re a very good communicator.
Great! Thank you!!
Hi Blue. Watching your videos I'm struck by all the crazy little names you give to your techniques and shapes that even more advanced guitarists can use to keep them accessible. Your lessons are full of practical, usable concepts.
Thank you I started using these nicknames over years of teaching here in person is I realized it was just quicker for people to visualize which shape I was referring to. Rather than saying shape three shape for. It just seemed easier to describe each one
This is such a wonderful way to think about blues rock playing. It opens up creativity that gets you away from stale blues licks, etc. This breakdown makes so much sense. Thanks!
Thanks so much!
That approach really helped. Gave me a way to think about shuffling unconnected fragments I already had down into coherent phrases. Integration, in other words. Golden lesson, thank you Blue 🙏 - Mark
Cool thank you!!
Great group of techniques Blue. Now add some slides, double stops n hammer ons and pull offs....
Thanks Charles! Good idea you have there too :)
Thank you. This is the most helpful video I have ever seen on how to start thinking of improvisation and solo writing.
Thank you! Lots more lessons like it on the channel
Also a great way for new students to develop muscle memory , meter and confidence.Great lesson sir .
Thank you!!
this way of thinking of lick is very powerful and systematic....thank you so much
Thank you! I hope to do another like this in the near future. Lots more on the channel :)
This is one of the best guitar lessons I have ever watched. You method of teaching pieces of the larger concept and then adding them until we have completed the entire phrase is very effective. Thank you Blue.
Thank you! Glad it helped. Lots more on the channel 😎
Also enjoying your book Guitar Soloing Like a Pro. I use it in my morning practice routine. Thanks again.@@GuitarLessonsVancouver
@@kevinferguson6967 Awesome thanks Kevin! Book Two is coming out soon. I'm almost finished writing it
Wow! That's the first soloing video I've ever seen that actually explains solo structure and not just random licks. Brilliant.❤
Thank you! Lots more videos like it on the channel 👍 😀
Just ordered your book. UK.👍🇬🇧
@@tonycolbourne7694 cool thanks! Book 2 is coming out Nov 10th.
Exactly!
Into 0:25, Roll 2:01, change direction 4:45, Pattern 5:47, Double the note 8:11, Switch back 9:55, change direction2 13:03, conclusion 14:20
Love your work Blue, Huge thanks.
Much appreciated thank you!!
Arpeggios, arpeggios with added 2nd (or other) degree, string skipping, sequences (kinda the same as patterns maybe), tapping, bendings, changing pentatonic and diatonic scales, 2NPS, 3NPS patterns…. Like you said, almost randomly applying different „tools“. Great video!
Cool those are certainly all cool things we could add, depending on the genre. Thanks for posting.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Yes, indeed! I came to find it much more beneficial to know and focus on just a few licks and then try and change those up, extend them and play around with them rather than to try and learn the 1 gazillion best licks of whatever ... and it's way more fun, too!
Pure gold once again, Blue. Thanks so much, man!
Thank you!!
Great lesson Blue. Thanks
Thank Glad you liked it!
Great lesson Blue!!! Very helpful!! Thanks!!!!
Thank you José!!!
This was a super fun lesson! Thanks Blue!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant, lessons keep getting better. Thanks Blue, can't wait to try it out.
Thank you!! Much appreciated 👍
Thanks Blue!
Thanks again as always RB!!!
Brilliant lesson. I finally feel like a solo is within reach.
Nice!!!
Hit them chord tones
@@charlesmerfeld2988 yeah that's a good option too :)
Great lesson, thank you!
Thanks! Lots more on the channel 👍
Another excellent lesson, pure gold. Thanks l
Thanks again!!!
Thanks. Great lesson
Glad you liked it!
I loved this lesson, I always has been improvised without any strategy and I liked the pieces you gave us make a bigger puzzle, nice ideas, thanks a lot!
Great to hear, thanks Rafa!
These techniques are all like puzzle pieces, so good to know and extremely helpful. Maybe you could also add the "bend and touch"😁Thanks again!
Yeah good point. That would be a great addition
Great class, thanks a lot
Thanks for watching 😎
this is a great lesson.
Thank you for saying!!
Well, since you asked, there are probably at least 2 more tricks to add to this list of ideas. The first trick is "hold still". I mean, I love 8th notes too but, 1/4, 1/2, and whole notes also sound great. The second trick might be "full stop". Who knows, maybe there was an ear worm in that flurry greatness that will tickle the listener for days to come if only he had a moment of silence to process the awesome that just happened.
That's a good point thanks. Space is important in solos too 👍😎
GREAT LESSON
Thanks for watching
Most excellent! Just Great!
Thanks for watching!
Cool stuff!
Thanks again QBRX!
Another great lesson from Blue (note) Morris.
😀Thank you!!! 😀
I use slide and double hammer and double pull-offs inspired by Zztop as in "Gimme all your lovin" and "Legs" live versions are practical idea gold mines only second to "GuitarLessonsVancouver".
Perfect lesson. Thanks. Btw, I visited Vancouver last week. Tasted the best IPA at the Ox pub. Cheers.
Thanks! Yeah we have a lot of breweries here. I'm more of a lager guy myself 🍺
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Thank you for the extra support!!
Thanks!
Thank you for the extra support!! 😀🎸
Brilliant approach thanks so much for sharing! Already I’ve taken a lick of my own and one from a favorite song and expanded it using your method, first with a metronome at different speeds, then with backing tracks of different genres.
Don’t forget to use different pentatonic boxes and to move the whole thing up an octave to get more comfortable higher up the neck!
Thanks!! Great idea moving it to other boxes. We're doing that on our Patreon with shape 4 minor pentatonic 👍
Another great lesson Blue. "Switchbacks", definitely going to try to include these going forward in my soloing.
As for other techniques, I do try to encompass occasional double stops to give a bit more (sometimes discordant) crunch as an alternative sound to single notes
Double stops are definitely a good one to add. I'm planning a video on that soon.
Very good lesson! You may not believe it, but I've been playing guitar for 50 years and I've never thought of consciously using the double note technique in a solo. I would like to add the use of 3 or 4 note chromatic sequences other than in the blue note passage.
Chromatic sequence is a great idea, thanks!
This is a great concept. I think you could benefit from a video that describes the concept of the count in, though! 😂 In all seriousness, very useful video. Thank you.
Thank you! I'll think about that idea thanks!
Lightbulb!!!!!! Again!!!!!!
Excellent!! 💡
EXCELLENT video, Blue. That’s gonna take me a bit to learn, but it’s bitchen!
You can do it!
Add some slide-in double-stops on E and B strings at 5th and 8th frets
That would be a nice addition 👍
Great video, thanks! Book #2 ?????????
Working on book 2 😀
Is the rhythm section playing only Am Chords?
Very helpful Blue, god help my neighbours now ! ha ha
Crank up the volume!
Haha, nah, neighbours will just be jealous they're not playing guitar :)
How about adding repeating licks.
Good idea. There are lots of things you could add to the machine. I just chose some common ones that work well. But there are definitely more :)
Not sure why anyone wants/needs tabs for this.... Better to just follow along and play by ear.
Not really complicated...!