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A Lydian Sweep - Lick Of The Day

Here's the new Lick Of The Day Episode as requested by our Shredaholic Daniel (sweep picking & arpeggio topic), early access for all SGC members - online on Instagram/Facebook tomorrow! I will upload your exclusive bonus lesson here tomorrow too so we can learn the sweeping lick and the theory surrounding it together :)&n...

#2: A Hirajoshi Scale [SGC Bonus Lesson]

Bonus video time! As promised we dig deeper into the A hirajoshi sound today. This scale is related to the pentatonic scale and we only have to change 2 notes to get it. You will learn a cool trick to memorize this scale very quickly - this will also allow you to write interesting shred licks covering a great portion of the f...

A Hirajoshi - Scale Of The Day

Here's the new Scale Of The Day Episode, early access for all SGC members (online on Instagram/Facebook tomorrow)! I will upload your exclusive bonus lesson here tomorrow too so we can look deeper into this very interesting sound. 

This scale is related to the classic minor pentatonic scale but has a really cool me...

Lick Of The Day #13 - Hungarian Minor Shred

Today we look at a fast and very interesting lick in the E hungarian minor scale! The video will be online on Instagram and Facebook in a couple of hours, as always the Shred Guitar Community gets it first. I added the video file to the downloads, as well as the tabs and guitar pro file!

We pick almost every single note...

#1: A Harmonic Minor [SGC Bonus Lesson]

In the first scale of the day video we discussed the A harmonic minor scale, this video will make it's concept much clearer to you. We check out what makes this scale so special again and also focus on the chords we get by working with this key!

Your homework is writing a little song, riff or lick in harmonic minor - yo...

Lick Of The Day #12 - Pentatonic Shred

It's getting quite fast again as we check out this cool pentatonic shred lick. We are combining two different pentatonic boxes here and extend the usual shape with the first notes of the next connected box. By doing that we get the stretch pentatonic shape which is perfect for fast licks in triplets! I always prefer to work w...

Lick Of The Day #11 - Sweeping and Tapping

This time we combine 2 topics we already checked out here at the Shred Guitar Community - sweep picking and tapping. That's a quite common thing for modern shred players to do, that doesn't mean that it's easy though. You need to master the combination of those 2 motions, the listener should not hear that you are breaking up ...

Lick Of The Day #10 - Guitar Slapping

Time for some slapping! This time I show you one of my favorite exotic guitar techniques - slapping is usually only used by bass players, us guitarists can get in on the fun too though. To master this percussive technique you have to learn 3 individual motions: the slap, the pop and a deadnote you create with your left hand. ...

Lick Of The Day #9 - 8 Finger Tapping

Time for yet another new technical approach for licks - using more than one finger for tapping! As we already discussed with the pentatonic tapping lick, it get's really interesting when you combine different scales and intervals beyond the stretching capabilities of your left hand. When you tap with more than one finger you ...

Lick Of The Day #8 - Tornado Of Souls

Alright my friends in the Shred Guitar Community - it's time to check out an infamous classic now. This is the well known pull-off lick in the guitar solo of the Megadeth song 'Tornado Of Souls', originally performed by Marty Friedman. This solo has been the big test for every new Megadeth lead guitar player and I love to wat...

Lick Of The Day #7 - Tapping Pentatonic

Time to check out one of your favorites - the tapping pentatonic lick! I love to use tapping to combine different scale positions or arpeggios. You are not bound by the stretching abilities of your left hand anymore and can come up with some really crazy combinations. Tapping has gotten a bit of a bad reputation because it is...

Lick Of The Day #6 - Fast Fingerpicking

This time we dive into the world of fingerpicking for the first time. We look at one of my favorite patterns/tricks concerning this topic. This works perfectly for licks in triplets, we are working with pull-offs here to reach a fast tempo rather quickly. Licks like this one sound much harder than they actually are! When you ...

Lick Of The Day #5 - Guthrie Govan #2

Time to look at the second Guthrie Govan lick! This one is taken from his work with the Aristocrats again, it's from the track 'Sweaty Knockers'. That's the hardest lick we have looked at so far and it took quite some time to learn it. The different rhythmic groups are quite challenging and you should start very slow when you...

Lick Of The Day #4 - Guthrie Govan #1

It's time to look at two very unique licks by the master Guthrie Govan! The first one we look at in this post is taken from the Aristocrats song 'Bad Asteroid'. Focus on the swing/shuffle rhythm and practice this one with a clean sound to get all the details right. It is much harder than it looks and requires some smooth play...

Lick Of The Day #3 - Harmonic Minor Shred

This time we check out a very cool harmonic minor lick. It's quite fast and based around the repitition of different scale positions within the 3 note per string patterns. The raised 7th gives us the unique and oriental harmonic minor sound here, check out the bonus lesson for the harmonic minor scale to learn more about that...

Lick Of The Day #2 - Neoclassical Sweeping

In this episode we looked at a cool neoclassical sweeping section, I uploaded the tabs, guitar pro file and the original video again for you! This is a small cadence, we play an A minor and E minor arpeggio here - that's a quite classic one for this genre and you can use it from now on to get this sound in all kinds of differ...

Lick Of The Day #1 - Hybrid Picking Arpeggio

Hello dear Shred Guitar Community! To start your adventure I will give you the tabs and guitar pro files for every 'Lick Of The Day' episode here on Patreon so you can learn them in detail. I also added the original video for you so you can watch it whenever you want and don't have to look it up on Instagram or Facebook!