20 Starter Blues Licks

If you've always loved the sound of the Blues but never got round to playing it yourself, or you're a Blues connoisseur looking for something super sweet and melodic to learn, then we have the perfect package for you! Dave Lockwood has created a sublime 20 Licks Series, intended for the beginner to intermediate blues player, and after huge demand from his previous audio only packages, he has filmed them to help you through the learning process!

Each lick in this pack is extracted from a full solo, and intended to be reworked into your own solos, so you know you're getting the real deal here! Dave makes great use of the full range of the neck, creating lines and ideas that are both simple yet sophisticated. The licks are well thought-out, paced to let the notes breathe and executed with conviction and soul - this is Melodic Blues at its finest!

The highly jammable backing track is based on a 12-bar sequence with a few extended chords thrown in for good measure, this gives you a little more melodic freedom than a standard I-IV-V Blues but remains within a familiar Blues framework.

On the technique front Dave uses hybrid picking, double-stops, bending, vibrato, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs to great effect, combined with targeting chord tones, repetition and tension and release to challenge the listeners expectations.

Studying the TAB/Notation alongside the accompanying lick notes, will help you to learn and master these expressive Blues phrases. We've also included a short play through video so that you can see and hear the context of each lick, and how Dave skilfully strings them all together to create an interesting and coherent solo. These licks will help newcomers to raise their game, challenge the technically efficient players to apply the brakes and lay back a little, and inspire anyone with a passion for Blues guitar and soloing.

As ever, we have included everything you need to practise and perfect the material in this package. There are video and audio tracks for you to watch/listen and study, accurately transcribed TAB/notation for you to analyse and master as well as backing tracks for you to practise every lick to, and jam out your own solos! We've even included some text notes to help you really get these parts down!