Top 5 Rock Guitar Licks You Should Know

Mathis Jacobson (@matissguitar)

Standard tuning
 = 120
Lick #1 "Ascending and descending sequences"
1 2 3

                                

            
  
jz.guit.

 2 4 5 2 4 5
2
4 5
2 4
5
2 4 5 2 4
5
2
4 5 2 4 1 2 4 5
2 4 2
5 4
5 4 2
5
4 2
5 4
2
5 4 2 5 4 2 1

Lick #2 ''16th note triplets with pull offs'' Lick #3 ''Combining arpeggios with minor pentatonic scale''
P

  
P
    P
4 5            3 P P P P
6
H
   
         
3 3 3
3 3
P
P P P P P H P
8 7 5 7 10
8 7 5 8 7 5 7 10 7 8 10
 2
7 5 4 7 5 4
7 5 4 7 9
7
7

Lick #4 ''Variations on 16th note triplets with pull offs'' Lick #5 ''Descending 16th note sequence using minor pentatonic scale''
P
             P   P P P

7 8       
P P
9
  P P


3 3 3 3 3 3
P
P P P P P P P P
12 12 10 10 15 12 12
13 13 12 13 12 10 12 10 10 15 12 15 12 15 12 12
 12 12 11 12 11
12
9 14 14 12 14 12
14

Best wishes! /MJ

P
 
10
P P

 
P P P

 14 12
14 12
12
14 12 14
14

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