Ohio5665
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50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST
Nice collection of licks! some are challenging!
50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Crucial phrases, concepts and shred guitar techniques you MUST know.
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Top educator and TrueFire's resident Monster of the Shred, Jeff Beasley presents 50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know covering a selection of shred licks inspired by Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen and many other kings of style. Beasley's handpicked range of phrases, concepts and techniques were chosen because of their versatility and application in a multitude of different contexts as motifs for original improvisations.
Beasley covers the full range of minor, major and dominant licks along with scale and arpeggio motifs, right and left-hand techniques, double-stops, melodic development, picking techniques, diminished runs, sweeping Mixolydian and Dorian phrases, sequences, pentatonic variations, legato, hammers, taps and all of the other essential tricks of the shred trade.
Fair warning; 50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know is not for the weak of heart. You will be seriously challenged to get a grip on the techniques, endurance and skills needed to pull these licks off and so plan to spend plenty of time working on your shred in shed!
After working through and mastering 50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know, you'll have the chops, knowledge and vocabulary to deliver powerful, evocative solos within a broad range of shred styles ranging from the classic to modern stylings of the form.
Beasley covers the full range of minor, major and dominant licks along with scale and arpeggio motifs, right and left-hand techniques, double-stops, melodic development, picking techniques, diminished runs, sweeping Mixolydian and Dorian phrases, sequences, pentatonic variations, legato, hammers, taps and all of the other essential tricks of the shred trade.
Fair warning; 50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know is not for the weak of heart. You will be seriously challenged to get a grip on the techniques, endurance and skills needed to pull these licks off and so plan to spend plenty of time working on your shred in shed!
After working through and mastering 50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know, you'll have the chops, knowledge and vocabulary to deliver powerful, evocative solos within a broad range of shred styles ranging from the classic to modern stylings of the form.
What you'll learn
- Combine string skipping with arpeggios
- Execute major scale sequences in groups of four notes
- Apply baroque-style sequencing patterns
- Develop picking hand coordination for non-adjacent string changes
- Develop hand synchronization for fast scalar runs
Release date: 12/12/2010 • 2h 36m runtime
Sample lessons
Five O' Clock Somewhere
Lick # 2
Arp Attack
Lick # 6
Pentascension
Lick # 16
Sequential Scream
Lick # 27
What's included
52 lessons • 50 charts • 50 Jam Tracks
50 Shred Licks You MUST Know
Welcome to 50 Shred Licks You MUST Know! You’ll learn 50 of my favorite shred licks from many of my favorite guitarists, including Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen. These licks have been chosen because of their versatility and application in a multitude of different contexts as motifs for original improvisations. Beasley covers Minor and Major, Major 7th, minor 7th, Pentatonic major and minor, scale and arpeggio motifs, right and left-hand techniques, double-stops, melodic development and a useful variety of picking techniques.
Alternatively
This lick is designed to develop and strengthen your picking technique. Executing the lick on one string requires a precise alternate picking ability and utilizes all four digits of the fretting hand. Synchronizing the two hands is a must for any shredder and this lick targets that aim.
Five O' Clock Somewhere
This Pentatonic lick has been widely used by many great rock and shred guitarists. The lick starts with a whole step bend and moves into a 3 note arpeggio followed by a triplet feel melody. In this case I've phrased it in quintuplets (5's). It's very challenging to alternate pick as each pass through the five notes requires the opposite picking of the previous pass. Nevertheless it is a staple for any rock or shred guitarist.
Flat Top
This lick utilizes the flat-picking technique and the pentatonic scale. Starting with a pull-off then a string skip from the 5th to the 3rd string. The pull-off and the flat-picking technique make it easier to play at a quick tempo creating the illusion of fast alternate picking.
Trip Case
The triplet with the pentatonic scale creates a flurry of notes that definitely gets the listeners attention. Alternate-picking is required and is a bit difficult in that an odd numbered sequence has alternate picking patterns: down-up-down then up-down-up. A staple of Randy Rhoads and Zakk Wylde.
Sweep Myx
The 6-string major arpeggio ending with the flat-7th incorporates an element of the mixolydian scale (1,2,3,4,5,6,b7). Sweep-picking allows for speedy execution and requires the fretting hand to move quickly instead of difficult alternate picking with the picking hand.
Arp Attack
Another sweeping arpeggio but this time an actual mixolydian arpeggio (1,3,5,b7) ending on the root (A). There's a bit more reaching involved for the fretting hand.
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Reviews
10 results
Macdey
Verified buyer
05/08/25
Buen curso para mejorar técnica
Muy buen curso con licks variados para cada technique
lislash6045
Verified buyer
03/02/25
First stuff
Super good collection of solos
rjaleman
Verified buyer
01/17/24
More than just licks
A nice solid variety of licks and techniques. Aside from just cool riffs, they’re great chop-building exercises.
Fazzeli
Verified buyer
05/08/23
GREAT COURSE
Definitely we need to increase our phrases when playing the guitar and this course is giving the opportunity to do it, you need this.
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