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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

A Charlie Byrd-Style Jazz Lick
Another cool lick of the week from Cameron Mizell. This time it's a jazzy line inspired by the great Charlie Byrd:



Notation for the lick is available here.

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Monday, July 7, 2014

Four Note Guitar Solos
It's meant for beginners, but Griff Hamlin's four note blues guitar tutorial, based on a simplified version of the Albert King box, also works an exercise for more-advanced guitar players. Limiting yourself to just four notes (five, if you count the bend of the 10th fret D on the high E string), can be an effective way to construct a solo, one where you're very conscious of every note you play:



You can also open up the simple pattern by bending the 10th fret A note on the B string for a Hendrix feel, as demonstrated by Tim Pierce in this post from last week.

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Jazzy Arpeggio
Cameron Mizell demonstrates a nifty multi-octave arpeggio lick:



Tablature for the lick is available at this post on Mizell's site.

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