30 Outside the Box Rock Licks

Been jamming for a while and looking to spice up your rock playing? Mark Kroos invites you to get these 30 show-stopping rock licks under your fingers! He'll guide you through a host of useful techniques and tools to help enhance your playing over an army of scales and arpeggios that perhaps you've never played before to help create a more versatile and complete rocker!

Marty FriedmanTommy EmmanuelSteve VaiEric GalesEric Johnson

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30 Outside the Box Rock Licks

About this course

Been jamming for a while and looking to spice up your rock playing? Mark Kroos invites you to get these 30 show-stopping rock licks under your fingers! He'll guide you through a host of useful techniques and tools to help enhance your playing over an army of scales and arpeggios that perhaps you've never played before to help create a more versatile and complete rocker!

What you'll learn

  • Navigate position shifts during sweep picking runs
  • Combine string bending with touch harmonics in a musical phrase
  • Execute ascending sweep picking patterns with proper right-hand technique
  • Apply rolling barre technique to prevent unwanted string ringing
  • Release bends while maintaining harmonic clarity
Release date: 02/17/2022 • 2h 32m runtime
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Sample lessons
Diminished Scale Riff
Diminished Scale Riff
Octave Lines with Triplets
Octave Lines with Triplets
Descending Dorian Double Stops
Descending Dorian Double Stops
Highly Legato Tap Melody
Highly Legato Tap Melody

What's included

31 lessons • 30 charts • 29 Jam Tracks

Introduction
Mark introduces us to '30 Outside the Box Rock Licks'!
Melodic Minor Lick
For our first lick, Mark uses the Melodic Minor scale.
Lydian Dominant
This lick encompasses the Lydian Dominant scale which is very similar to the Mixolydian Mode.
Whole Tone Pattern
For this lick, we will be using the whole tone scale which will use a repeated figure throughout the lick.
Diminished Scale Riff
We move on to the diminished scale for this next lick which will be played over a C7 chord.
Quirky Descending Triad Riff
This lick will use augmented triads and diatonic triads to create tension and resolution throughout the riff.
Diminished Scale Triplet Run
For this lick, Mark will incorporate some triplets in the Diminished Scale.

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