Stevie Ray Vaughan Blues Licks

Stevie Ray Vaughan Blues Licks

In this lesson you’ll learn how to play two Stevie Ray Vaughan blues licks step by step. Both licks are using the E blues scale played up around the 12th fret and feature classic SRV style bends, double stops and more. Check out ‘Pride and Joy’ to hear lots more Stevie Ray Vaughan blues licks and tricks like you hear in this demo solo.

Remember it’s not just the notes and licks that gave Stevie his awesome style! You need to ‘dig in’ and play these licks with lots of attack to get them sounding authentic. This will help you capture the ‘high energy’ vibe so characteristic of the Stevie Ray Vaughan guitar style. Let’s get started…

0:30 Here’s a quick reminder of the scales used to play these SRV licks.

1:00 Here is the ‘Texas Pride’ solo study these licks are coming from. Listen to the solo to hear how these licks fit into it.

1:34 Here’s Stevie Ray Vaughan lick 1. It’s using a wicked double stop move from the sliding blues scale.

3:02 Stevie Ray Vaughan lick 2. It’s using similar SRV trademarks as lick 1.

4:15 Let’s give these licks some context now. Here’s how they fit into the Texas Pride solo.