Tony Rice-style licks

Some bluesy bluegrass licks in the Key of G styled after Tony Rice.

Guitar lesson by jkeen Tags: licks, runs, blues, pentatonic scale, tony rice

More: Bluegrass
1 year ago

Example 1:
This lick can be used in a variety of ways and is easy to vary. It can be played over the G-D-G chord resolution at the end of a verse. There is an example of this in the video, where I use the lick to end Part 1 of Salt Creek.

E--3---1-----------------------------------------
B----------3--2--1-------------------------------
G--------------------3/4--0---------0------------
D-----------------------------3--0---------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------
   dn  dn  dn up dn  dn   up  dn up dn

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Example 2:
This lick is a great filler over a G chord.

E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G-------0--3h4-----0-------0---------------
D--3/5----------5-----3p0------------------
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
   dn   dn dn   up dn up   dn

You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mfXiTWkao