Lesson Friday: World's Shortest Guitar Lick...

[Robert]

Hehe, enjoy this one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Ak5V6mW5A

[marnold]

The world's shortest lick: in an 8:15 video :)

I will say that I liked the application bit at the beginning so that it's not just "here's a trick" but also "here's how you can use it."

[duhvoodooman]

Nice job on that simple but very effective idea, RR! I use this technique a lot.

As a follow-up, you might want to show a related lick (World's Shortest Lick, Vol. 2?) where you hold a note with your index finger on the B string and play the G string 2 frets higher, bending up a full step to reach the same note as on the B string. Great way to get a fat, wailing sound on a "single" note, with one string holding that note while the second bends up to it.

[Robert]

Thanks guys! DVM, that is a good idea. That might just be one of the next lessons I squeeze out. :)

[Tig]

Thanks for the needed lesson. Silly me was trying to do this with just 2 fingers!

[sunvalleylaw]

That's cool Robert. My instructor taught me that one (and the one DVM mentions) a couple years ago, and i have used it. But this gives me some more contexts and ideas of how to use it. Maybe Chuck Berry made good use of that one?

[sunvalleylaw]

P.S. That guitar gives some nice sounds. All were nice. I really like the blues sound you were getting.

[Eric]

That's very useful, Robert. I'm sorely lacking in the little guitar-trick department, so I like vids like this a lot. I can already think of a bunch of solos that are much more understandable now that I realize they were doing this technique.

[Robert]

Thanks! More tricks coming! :)

[syo]

Very nice Robert. Thanks!