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02/10/26
Must have if you like British Rock
I have been looking for a course that was specifically focused on my influences from British Rock and this course nailed it!
50 British Invasion Licks You MUST Know
Essential blues and rock vocabulary inspired by British Invasion legends.
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Jac Bico
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About this course
Contrary to popular belief, Paul actually shouted, “The Regulars are coming out,” to hail a warning of the imminent British military offensive designed to seize the rebel’s hidden weapons and capture Adams and Hancock. 189 years later, another British invasion announcement from Ed Sullivan was greeted with much more enthusiasm from his teenage audience, “Ladies and Gentlemen — The Beatles!”
That was 50 years ago, and if you didn’t play guitar then, you darn well wanted to. If you did play — the British Invasion changed everything. British bands and their guitarists triggered a veritable Renaissance of electric guitar. The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, The Small Faces, The Moody Blues, The Troggs, The Zombies and so many more early British Invasion bands shaped the very foundation of rock and blues-rock guitar.
There’s no disputing that the roots of the blues and rock are planted solidly in the landscape of American music. But there’s also no denying that the British reinvigorated both genres and kept them very much alive and well for decades to come. And for that, we students of guitar have immense gratitude.
Jac Bico’s 50 British Invasion Licks You MUST Know, embraces the very essence of British-infused rock and blues. Jac takes you on a musical journey from beat guitar to jangly rhythm comping to psychedelic pop melodies all the way to those deep blues-rock licks we’re still playing today. Along the way, you’ll be treated to the fretboard innovations of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Peter Green, Keith Richards, George Harrison and many other generals of the British Invasion.
Joc’s cherry-picked collection of British Invasion licks is no walk down memory lane (although many pleasant memories will indeed be triggered during your practice sessions) — its essential vocabulary for anyone playing blues-rock or mainstream rock today. In fact, as you work through these 50 gems you might be surpassed by how many of them are quoted exactly or slightly tweaked in the music of today’s top indie rock bands.
Joc first provides a little background and insight about the lick, then performs it over a rhythm track followed by a note-by-note, move-by-move breakdown. Everything is tabbed and notated, Guitar Pro files are included as well, plus you get all of the rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
The British are coming once again! Click now and take them home with you…
That was 50 years ago, and if you didn’t play guitar then, you darn well wanted to. If you did play — the British Invasion changed everything. British bands and their guitarists triggered a veritable Renaissance of electric guitar. The Beatles, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Spencer Davis Group, The Small Faces, The Moody Blues, The Troggs, The Zombies and so many more early British Invasion bands shaped the very foundation of rock and blues-rock guitar.
There’s no disputing that the roots of the blues and rock are planted solidly in the landscape of American music. But there’s also no denying that the British reinvigorated both genres and kept them very much alive and well for decades to come. And for that, we students of guitar have immense gratitude.
Jac Bico’s 50 British Invasion Licks You MUST Know, embraces the very essence of British-infused rock and blues. Jac takes you on a musical journey from beat guitar to jangly rhythm comping to psychedelic pop melodies all the way to those deep blues-rock licks we’re still playing today. Along the way, you’ll be treated to the fretboard innovations of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Peter Green, Keith Richards, George Harrison and many other generals of the British Invasion.
Joc’s cherry-picked collection of British Invasion licks is no walk down memory lane (although many pleasant memories will indeed be triggered during your practice sessions) — its essential vocabulary for anyone playing blues-rock or mainstream rock today. In fact, as you work through these 50 gems you might be surpassed by how many of them are quoted exactly or slightly tweaked in the music of today’s top indie rock bands.
Joc first provides a little background and insight about the lick, then performs it over a rhythm track followed by a note-by-note, move-by-move breakdown. Everything is tabbed and notated, Guitar Pro files are included as well, plus you get all of the rhythm tracks to work with on your own.
The British are coming once again! Click now and take them home with you…
What you'll learn
- Execute chord slides smoothly between positions
- Combine arpeggiated chords with melodic lines while sustaining notes
- Perform 16th note rhythms with muted strums
- Create a jangly, chimey guitar sound characteristic of British Invasion bands
- Combine upstrokes and downstrokes in syncopated patterns
Release date: 08/19/2014 • 4h 05m runtime
Sample lessons
George VI
Lick 4
Flash Beck One
Lick 13
Vibe Happening
Lick 22
Rising Arp
Lick 24
What's included
52 lessons • 50 charts • 49 Jam Tracks
50 British Invasion Licks
Hi, my name is Jac Bico. At the very moment I’m writing this introduction (February 2014) it will be exactly 50 years ago, that the first performance by The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show caused a musical landslide: The beginning of the British Invasion. What would follow after the Beatles’ first appearance, was a stream of British bands and artists - an invasion, indeed - that conquered the United States and made the first footprint for rock music as we know it today.
Britain at that time , and then mainly London, was already the center of fashion and style. Bands like the Beatles had already adopted rock 'n roll, blues and surf styles from their American counterparts and had changed it into a new music, known first as Mersey-beat, later as beat music. This was a combination of the aforementioned styles, as well as Celtic folk, music hall and pop. This of course had been a process of years, and didn’t occur overnight.
For instance, Liverpool merchant seamen often sailed in the U.S. and returned with the latest rock 'n roll hits or obscure blues records. The rebellious tone and image of these musicians resonated with British youth in the late 50’s, but attempts to make an English equivalent failed. It was the combination of the various American and British styles that appealed to the young public, that had grown tired of teeny-bop singers and prefab artists. Apart from the beat boom, with artists from the so-called First Wave, like The Beatles, The Kinks, The Troggs and The Stones, we will also have a look at representatives of the Second Wave with more blues rock and psychedelia: the blues boom.
Young players like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Jimmy Page had studied the American blues players very thouroughly, adapted their style, gave it a little boost and brought it back to the U.S. The British Invasion paved the path for the rock group, formed around drums and guitars and producing their own material as singer-songwriters. So, what did the British Invasion bring for us, guitar players? Well, I’d say - the future. It injected American pop culture with new and fresh ideas and made the young generation aware and enthusiastic of a genre it had neglected and almost forgotten: the blues. Somebody said: 'The Americans invented rock and roll, the British kept it alive'. We will learn about beat guitar, jangly rhythm comping, psychedelic pop melodies. But also deep blues licks, early blues rock guitar, the typical British vibrato and more.
Britain at that time , and then mainly London, was already the center of fashion and style. Bands like the Beatles had already adopted rock 'n roll, blues and surf styles from their American counterparts and had changed it into a new music, known first as Mersey-beat, later as beat music. This was a combination of the aforementioned styles, as well as Celtic folk, music hall and pop. This of course had been a process of years, and didn’t occur overnight.
For instance, Liverpool merchant seamen often sailed in the U.S. and returned with the latest rock 'n roll hits or obscure blues records. The rebellious tone and image of these musicians resonated with British youth in the late 50’s, but attempts to make an English equivalent failed. It was the combination of the various American and British styles that appealed to the young public, that had grown tired of teeny-bop singers and prefab artists. Apart from the beat boom, with artists from the so-called First Wave, like The Beatles, The Kinks, The Troggs and The Stones, we will also have a look at representatives of the Second Wave with more blues rock and psychedelia: the blues boom.
Young players like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Jimmy Page had studied the American blues players very thouroughly, adapted their style, gave it a little boost and brought it back to the U.S. The British Invasion paved the path for the rock group, formed around drums and guitars and producing their own material as singer-songwriters. So, what did the British Invasion bring for us, guitar players? Well, I’d say - the future. It injected American pop culture with new and fresh ideas and made the young generation aware and enthusiastic of a genre it had neglected and almost forgotten: the blues. Somebody said: 'The Americans invented rock and roll, the British kept it alive'. We will learn about beat guitar, jangly rhythm comping, psychedelic pop melodies. But also deep blues licks, early blues rock guitar, the typical British vibrato and more.
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky and Fuzzy
A lovely raga-rock fuzz lick from this vocal pop group.
Folk Drone
A ringing chord lick, influenced by British folk music, in the style of the Beatles.
Can't Get No
Not so much an explanation of the legendary Satisfaction riff, as well as an indeep sight in the bass line moving under it.
George VI
A Nashville-influenced hybrid picking solo, using a lot of sixths, in the style of George Harrison.
Moore George
Harrison certainly listened to Elvis’ guitarist Scotty Moore. Here’s a country/rockabilly lick in the style of the Beatles.
Drive In
A fabulous intro lick of a fabulous Beatle song: rock &roll.
+ 45 more lessons
Reviews
17 results
fwielers
Verified buyer
01/22/25
More, more, more of these please!!
Very effective! And so recognizable. Once you not these under your belt, it feels like your back in the great time of the Britisch Invasion in Rock/Blues Music. A real joy to follow and to practice. Need/Want to find the next édition of this one. More, more, more of this!!
Moulinetta
01/01/22
Great course in sixties guitar music
I really enjoyed this course. And singe I started playing in a sixties Garage Punkband, this really helped to get my solo and lead playing in the right direction. Everything is very well explained, there is interesting background information, presented in a calm and friendly manner. I really wish there were more courses like this on sixties music!
Brenda
10/28/21
Essential blues-rock inspired by British legends.
A highly recommended lesson. Jac's work is spectacular. The content is very diverse, plus it's based on great guitarists and bands that made a unique contribution to the blues and rock, generating a memory and tribute to those great classics, but adding a fresh air that makes it enjoyable and fun to learn the material, complemented with an explanation that makes you develop a good learning and technique.
Jorge
10/16/21
British Invasion
Excellent lessons that are quite fun to learn, having as a guide the instruction of the master Jac Bico is undoubtedly a good experience, because it helps you to learn and seek to master essential vocabulary that is necessary to create Rock and Blues, the result you can get in skills when you see and practice these lessons is very helpful to have a better repertoire at the time of playing the guitar. These lessons are highly recommended.
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