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How To Use Guitar Trill Technique In Your Riffs, Licks and Solos

Guitar trill technique is frequently used as an exercise by students starting out, or trying to improve, their legato technique. And while trills do make a good exercise, one shouldn’t miss the fact that they’re also a very expressive melodic ornament you can use in your guitar riffs, licks, and solos. In this lesson you’ll …

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Easy guitar licks

15 Easy Guitar Licks That Increase in Difficulty

When I was writing the lesson on creating and using guitar licks I had a problem deciding whether as examples I use easy guitar licks, intermediate ones, or more advanced. After sharing the post on Reddit some people suggested that the guitar lick examples should be easier –  while others, that they should be more …

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Guitar Phrasing Concept

Guitar Phrasing: How to Improve your Solos by Simply Understanding a Concept

What’s the difference between a lead guitar solo that makes you beg for more, and one that bores you to death? Is it the scales the guitar player is using? Is it the number of positions the guitar player can play the scales in? Is it how fast the guitarist can play? Is it an …

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