ANGUS YOUNG LICKS – BLUES/ROCK ‘POWER LICKS’

AC/DC is one of the most popular Hard Rock bands of all times. With their catchy riffs and powerful solos, they’re one of the favorite bands for people of all ages. Today we are going to learn 3 high energy pentatonic guitar licks from blues and rock guitar master Angus Young based on his classic Back In Black guitar solo, using the E minor scale shape on the 12th fret.

What are we going to see today?

• A short reminder of the E minor pentatonic scale (If you want a more detailed lesson about minor pentatonic scale, check this video ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKenmHWKyc‘)
• Angus Young Guitar Lick 1. Similar to a lick Angus plays in the first guitar solo on Back In Black, using the E minor scale shape and blues/rock guitar double stop bend, the result is a peculiar and powerful sound
• Angus Young Guitar Lick 2. based on the same scale shape, at the 12th fret we are going to use a repeating string bend. This is a great high energy rock guitar lick and it sounds awesome when you slip it in your solos!
• Angus Young Guitar Lick 3.Here we are going to use some double stop, a very common technique in Angus playing. Take it and start experimenting with it so you get good at using it in your solos!

With these 3 licks you will bring more power and awesomeness to your solos, making them sound more like the greatest guitar players do!

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Angus Young Licks Rock Guitar Lesson

Learn 3 high energy pentatonic guitar licks from  blues and rock guitar master Angus Young based on his classic Back In Black guitar solo. Learn the scale shape they use, learn how to play them and pick up loads of performance and playing tips to help you take your rock guitar playing to the next level.

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:14 Introduction. Hear me demonstrate some of these Angus Young licks over an AC/DC style backing track.

1:15 How to play E minor pentatonic scale as used in these licks. I’m going to explain and demonstrate the scale shape to help you get to grips with this crucially important rock and blues guitar scale. Complete with description and fingering guidelines.

2:05   Angus Young Guitar Lick 1 – similar to a lick Angus plays in the first guitar solo on Back In Black. It uses the E minor pentatonic scale pattern studied and makes use of an important Angus Young style blues/rock guitar double stop bend. Follow the fingering guidelines for the double stop bend – it can be a bit tricky at first! But once you’ve got it; instant Angus Young!

5:02 Angus Young Guitar Lick 2 – This Angus Young lick is using the same E minor pentatonic shape at the 12th fret.  This is a great high energy rock guitar lick. It uses a repeating bend – be sure to follow the tips for musting and controlling your bends with your picking hand. It ends with an awesome little burst of speedy, triplet riffery!

8:16  Angus Young Guitar Lick 3 – This lick teaches you a great little double stop move which is a great addition to your rock lick trick bag. Even though it uses a note which isn’t in the minor pentatonic scale it will still work great when used along with the scale notes. Take it and start experimenting with it so you get good at using it in your playing.

10:50 Follow this important picking hand muting technique. This can tidy up your playing massively. Use your picking hand and your pick to keep the unused strings silent as you release the string bends. Takes a little practice but essential stuff if you want your guitar soloing to sound slick!

12:22 What to do with these rock licks to get the most out of them. Experiment, jam, find your own little variations.

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ESSENTIAL ‘HOT’ ROCK LICKS

Slash, Angus Young, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde and Randy Rhoads style

We all want to play like our idols, or at least get close to them. In this lesson I’ll show you five great rock licks which you can start to use in your solos from the playing of some of the biggest stars in the rock scene.

You’ll learn

• A Tony Iommi style lick similar to something that he plays in his “Paranoid” solo with Black Sabbath.
• A cool Angus Young style lick from “You Shook Me All Night Long”
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• A wicked Slash lick similar to something he plays in his classic “Sweet Child ‘O’ Mine” solo.
• Zakk Wylde style lick. You’ll know this great guitar player from Black Label Society or from Ozzy Osbourne’s band. Here is a high energy, repeating lick from him, which I’m sure you will find a use for!
• Randy Rhoads style. A classic Rhoads lick from his epic “Mr Crowley” solo.

After learning these licks, you will have some awesome new ideas for your solos. Also remember to change them these examples a bit to get licks of your own.
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Rock Licks – 5 Super Hot Rock Guitar Licks –  in the style of Slash, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde, Angus Young and Randy Rhoads!

Learn these 5 high energy rock guitar licks in the style of guitar greats like Slash, Angus Young, Zakk Wylde and others. In this guitar lesson I’ll show you how to play 5  rock licks and how you can slip them into your guitar solos and kick your guitar soloing up a gear. Sound good?

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:15 Hear me solo using some of the  rock licks you’re going to learn in this lesson. You might recognise some of them from the playing of guitar legends like Slash, Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi, Zakk Wylde , Angus Young and others!

1:03  All these  licks  use the  minor pentatonic scale and the blues scale. Here you’ll learn how to play an E blues scale pattern.

If you need more help learning these then check out my Essential Scales Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVc9uXnnvaLHCT2Tw6JpELUuAIpYNoa5Z

We’re going to be moving it around to a few different keys for these licks. Not sure how to do this? Watch this: https://youtu.be/Ft_uuN3n0M0

1:51  Rock Lick 1- Tony Iommi Style
This lick is like Tony Iommi plays in ‘Paranoid’. It’ll  sound great slipped into your rock solos! It uses the E minor pentatonic or blues  scale pattern we looked at earlier.Watch for the ‘rolling’ technique I show you to get clean, clear notes at the 12th fret on top 2 strings!

4:30 Rock Lick 2 – Angus Young Style
Angus plays a lick like this in his solo on ACDC’s ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’. It’s using the G minor pentatonic scale which Angus has move up to the 15th fret instead of playing it at the 3rd fret. By moving any scale up 12 frets like this you can play the same pattern and licks an octave higher – useful tip! Note the use of ‘pre’ bends and double stops. Take these ideas and insert them into your own playing.

8:44 Rock Lick 3 -Slash Style
This is a favourite of all rock players – but one of the best known uses of it is in Slash’s solo on ‘Sweet Child ‘O’ Mine’ by Guns’n’Roses. It’s using 2 repeating bending ideas in E minor pentatonic which are repeated a number of times. The lick then wraps up with a little blues lick idea. It might take a bit of practice to build up the stamina and strength to loop this one around at speed – but keep working at it and you’ll nail it!

11:12   Rock Lick 4 – Zakk Wylde Style
This Zakk Wylde style lick uses the E blues scale – it’s a high energy, repeating lick which you’re sure to find a use for! Notice how we’re reaching up and grabbing a  higher note on the B string as well. Practice adding this note into some of your favourite minor pentatonic licks – you’ll be surprised at how many cool ideas you can discover! Also check out the double stop bend at the end – this is a useful bending ‘nugget’ to steal for your own licks.

14:08  Rock Lick 5 – Randy Rhoads Style
This lick is like something Randy Rhoads plays in his ‘Mr Crowley’ solo. This  lick uses the D minor pentatonic scale and is basically made up off 2 repeating licks played a number of times. The 2nd half of the lick will test your alternate picking – it might be a bit tricky! Don’t let this stop you though: use hammer ons and pull offs if that’s easier. This part of the lick is a great exercise to develop your picking skills. Start slow and gradually build it up over time.

19:20 How To Use These Licks
Experiment to see how to make them work best in your playing and remember to use these as the starting point for ideas and licks of your very own – super important!

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Supercharge Your Rock & Metal Soloing With These Repeating Metal Licks

Scales and other tools are essential to create solos. But if you want to add excitement and interest to your style, you need to learn and/or create good licks. In this lesson I will show you 5 awesome repeating metal licks in the style of guitar gods like Dave Murray, Kirk Hammett, Dave Mustaine and others. This licks will bring your solos to life and make them sound terrific!

Here is what you will learn today:

• Metal Lick 1 – Dave Murray style. It uses a repeating bending phrase on the G and B strings and ends it with a cool little E blues scale phrase and a string bending.
• Metal Lick 2 – Dave Murray style. You will find a similar lick in the song ‘The Trooper’. Here we will use a bunch of notes taken from the minor pentatonic scale. After learning the shape of this lick, you can create some others starting from the minor pentatonic scale. Let your imagination fly!
• Metal Lick 3 – Kirk Hammett style. You can find similar licks in ‘Fade To Black’ and ‘Enter Sandman’. In this awesome lick you will find notes from the E minor pentatonic scale and bending moves, using also some ascending patterns to climb up the guitar neck.
• Metal Lick 4 – Kirk Hammett style. ‘Master of Puppets’ is like a hymn for metalheads! This lick is very similar to one Kirk uses in that mythic song. Nothing else to say, just go for it!
• Metal Lick 4 – Dave Mustaine style. Here we are going to use a pattern and move it fret by fret until we finish the lick with a cool string bend.

With these amazing repeating metal licks you will add power and awesomeness to your metal solos and sound like some of the best guitar players in the metal scene!

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Play repeating metal licks in the style of guitar greats like Dave Murray of Iron Maiden, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth and others. In this guitar lesson I’ll show you how to play 5 repeating metal licks so you can slip them into your guitar solos and kick your guitar soloing up a gear.

Here’s a breakdown of this lesson:

0:15 Hear me solo using some of the repeating metal licks you’re going to learn in this lesson. You might recognise some of them from the playing of metal guitar legends like Dave Murray, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Dimebag Darrell, Kerry King and others!

1:02 All these repeating licks are in the key of E minor and use the E minor pentatonic scale and the E blues scale with a few other notes added in at times.

1:11 Repeating Metal Lick 1 – Dave Murray Style
Pretty much all the rock and metal guitar legends play repeating licks like this, Iron Maiden’s Dave Murray is no exception. It’ll sound great slipped into your rock solos! It uses a repeating bending phrase which Dave plays on the G and B strings. Notice how he changes the rhythm to alter the feel of the lick. Finally he ends it with a cool little E blues scale phrase.

4:06 Repeating Metal Lick 2 – Dave Murray
This lick is similar to a lick Dave Murray plays in ‘The Trooper’. It’s using a cool little collection of notes which you can ‘add onto’ the E minor pentatonic scale to get higher up the neck. Dave Murray plays a 1 bar lick which he plays 3 times. Here I’ve added on the double stop bends section – another favourite Murray device showing his Jimi Hendrix influence!

8:23 Repeating Metal Lick 3 – Kirk Hammett Style
This repeating lick is from the playing of Kirk Hammett. Check out his solos in ‘Fade To Black’ and ‘Enter Sandman’ to hear him play some ideas like this. The first part of the lick is from the E minor pentatonic scale and uses some of Kirk’s favourite bending moves. He then uses some ascending patterns to climb up the guitar neck. These simple shapes can be added on to your minor pentatonic shape to make up your own ideas – so experiment! Get the pull off patterns in time and clear here and watch you are ‘rolling’ your first finger to seperate out the notes and keep them clean.

13:03 Repeating Metal Lick 4 – Kirk Hammett
Listen to ‘Master of Puppets’ to hear Kirk play a lick like this!
It’s using some triplet pull off patterns from the minor pentatonic scale plus an added note at the 13th fret B string. The lick then moves into a fast tremolo picked line which descends the neck before ending on a bend. Watch your picking hand is loose, relaxed and near the strings as you tremolo pick. This will help you get it up to speed with a bit of practice.

16:20 Repeating Metal Lick 5 – Dave Mustaine
This repeating lick is like something Mustaine plays in ‘Holy Wars’.
It’s simply a repeating pentatonic pattern which is repeated and moved up in 1 fret intervals as it’s played. Even though some of the notes might sound a little ‘out’, the lick creates an exciting ‘climbing’ sound which resolves on the final bend. Persevere with the stretch here – it might take a little practice if you haven’t played a lick like this before. Copy the fingering I use in the lesson – it works well!

Remember to practice USING these licks. Don’t just learn them and not use them! Play them over a backing track to absorb them into your playing. Also take them to pieces and try to find ways to ‘reassemble’ them into licks of your own.

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