Why You Know HUNDREDS Of Guitar Licks But You CAN'T USE Them

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

0:00 Why I hate books of Licks 1:14 Why learning licks does not work 1:58 Here's what you can do 2:55 Simple lick version 6:04 Slightly more complex 6:49 Let's use a more advanced lick 8:51 Breaking the mold 10:21 Stop planning, start flowing. And what about scales? 12:09 Applying this to the licks you learn/transcribe 13:53 Do this please :)

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Bet you don't really hate lick books, but find them very limiting by themselves (me too). Too bad some folks are silly enough to trust those who make excuses for not learning a little theory. They love to say _"Jimi Hendrix didn't know how to read music, so obviously you don't have to know music theory to be a great guitar player."_ Not even realizing that _reading music_ and _music theory_ are *not* even the same thing. Open minds work. lols

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 I hate them I hate them kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqa9Y2eMd9eVhZY :-))))

[@beanieism]

Love this as a way to get creative juices flowing. So much more valuable than learning a bunch of licks.

[@thisistimwoods]

Yes! Exactly. I've thought this too. Learning the "how" is the key: how the lick works and how to create your own. Not rote learning licks, which so many teachers preach

[@wrongonetofuckwith9611]

I learn something different every time I watch your video thank you

[@jaezryl]

Slash note selection is really nice. He has a story to tell in his solos.

[@Sebastian_Mroczek]

Simple idea, but very effective in terms of adapting other people's "tricks" and putting a pieces of yourselves into it:). Thank you very much for this!

[@johnmac8084]

Great tips to 'break out of the box'

[@rudolfdinges9331]

Great job....as usual ......! Thank you Tommaso !

[@enterprisesoftwarearchitect]

Nice playing intro!!

[@flashingrod239]

thanks for the AWESOME video!!!

[@aagamanpant936]

Thank you sir!

[@brincandodeserpianista8885]

Thank you

[@NWTMasterWolf]

I am a beginner ( on guitar, was a singer most of my life) and have kinda been catching on to this whole concept. I love the way you explain it and I agree totally although I'm no pro.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

If you can sing, then you have a good leg up already. For you the main difference will likely be getting finger, hand, arm memory, rather than vocal chord, diaphragm, throat and etc memory. Already knowing how the notes sound is a great advantage to being able to find the right notes on the fretboard. The scale patterns are super repetitive on stringed instruments too. Literally just learning the 7 different scale positions for C Major, teaches you the 7 shapes used for *all* keys, and *all* diatonic modes. It's really just those 7 moveable shapes. And eventually you start to see all 7 as one big shape, and that is even easier to move around to any diatonic key or mode. From knowing those shapes well, all of the exotic stuff (and the more basic stuff ofc) is easy to learn. Have fun! ^-^

[@TyphonKrazilec]

Awesome!

[@EngRMP]

I would add just one more element to this idea. Whatever note you end the lick on... find+play the chord that goes with that. That will help you focus/understand/find target notes.

[@julianloef202]

This is exactly Something i realized 2 years ago.

[@EddieMetal68]

After I discovered the hard way that licks usually works only inside a context and nowhere else, I use them only as initial idea for a brain storm and end with a completely different and working original lick!

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Exactly! :)

[@kalelxchugchug9469]

Huray! This how Music suppose to work💥💯it may sound boring but you cannot expound it and be free to create your own music without studying the basic pattern first..then after,its where you can branch it out through your own style.Nice!its a "GREAT PLATUE BREAKER"._AT THE SAME TIME CONSOLATION for players like us who dedicate our time studying scales just to master the fretboard and begin kicking a bunch of improvisation. Realy a must see Tip/trick.👍🔥💯

[@mikechuttoo]

Agree with you. Practicing the scales everyday is boring. I like the idea of expanding small licks and improvise.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

13:15 Sometimes I keep myself entertained by little things like noticing these yellow dots on the fretboard here represent the G Major scale. I used to constantly test myself like this on purpose when I was first learning keys and modes. I did it so much that apparently decades later I'm still doing it and only once in a great while (like now) am I even conscious of doing it so often. lols

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

To my knowledge, you are the first one to notice that :-))

[@FreeGuitarSecrets-RG]

Maestro, I love your lessons and approach! However, I cannot imagine anyone knowing hundreds of licks and not being able to use them? First, we can only play what we practice! Yes? No? Second then, if we learn or practice something, and it doesn't fit into our style or taste... Why would anyone continue? Everything we experiment with either fits us or we let it go... I have bought books of licks, videos or magazines and found one or two gold nuggets that I have incorporated into my style, and I know, you might of too...

[@christopherheckman7957]

(1) 01:17 OTOH, Frank Zappa would occasionally take a guitar solo and write a new song around it. Examples: Most everything on _Joe's Garage_ (2) 04:44 "The first few times you do it you have no idea what you're doing. That's okay." That also appears to be the point of the exercise. 8-)

[@greglawrencemusic]

This is the "stuff" that all budding lead guitar players want to know as it teaches you how to improvise by taking your ear for a ride.

[@patconnelify]

Flee🤣🤣retreat retreat

[@1864dave]

You seem Italian not canadian

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

I am Italian. AND I am Canadian :-)

[@1864dave]

@@MusicTheoryForGuitar 😄😄😄Prevale l accento italiano ,comunque bravo ottimo canale

[@marcotrosi]

in 25 years of guitar playing I have not learned a single lick I guess. At least I don't remember any. Also the amount of songs not written by me I know the chords of I can probably count on one hand. edit: not sure about the definition of the term "lick", but if a lick can consist of 2 notes only then even I might have picked up 3 or 4 "licks"

[@seananderson5334]

If you've played guitar for 25 years then, yes, you've learned a melody from a song you like, i.e. a "lick"