Lesson ID: A0100
In this guitar lesson, I’ll teach you four of my favorite bluegrass flatpicking licks that travel the guitar neck. I use these licks all the time in my bluegrass guitar solo breaks and also as rhythm guitar fill riffs. All four licks are in the key of G and they’re built with a combination of the blues scales and the major pentatonic scales. Our tablature download includes comments that’ll tell you the scale positions each lick travels through up and down the neck. As you’re learning these licks, try to visualize the scales in each position. If you like this lesson, you might also like our Bluegrass Lick Library.
Lick 1
| Video Start Time | Lesson Topic |
|---|---|
| 00:00 min | Lesson Overview |
| 01:34 min | Important Guitar Scale Positions |
| 04:16 min | Lick 1 Breakdown – Measures 1 & 2 |
| 06:58 min | Lick 1 Breakdown – Measures 3 & 4 |
| 10:30 min | Practice Along with Me |
How to Practice
Flatpicking Method
sweet licks!!
Very nice lesson as always
Thanks for the awesome licks and thorough explanations. Your lessons are still really helping me improve. Keep it up!
Awesome man
Very clean picking. Sounds great. THanks for the lesson!
Thank Devin. Nice lesson. I’m joining tomorrow morning and getting on these licks. Keep up the great work with your videos! They’re helping me a ton.
These licks are killer. Thanks man. Best teacher I’ve found online for this style.
Just joined a minute ago and loving the site. Awesome lesson man!
Devon keep up the good workThis is really awesome for people that don’t have the cash to pay for the lessons keep up the good work thank you Ernie Duvall
Thanks, glad the lesson helped out! Wish I could do all the lessons free but have to put some food on the table! Thanks a lot for checking out the site. – Devin
Amazing lesson, thanks!!
Now the measures make more sense. Thanks Devin
Put more together! These are awesome!
Thanks Joe! Sounds good, I’ll post some more. This type of stuff is my favorite to play and teach. I’ll try to work them into the bluegrass improv course soon and maybe put a few together to make a complete solo with a backing track. Have a great weekend. – Devin
What a GREAT lesson. There is so much in there. Thanks Devin. BRILLIANT
These licks have inspired me to pick my guitar up again. I’m 65 yrs old and I’m having a ball playing these licks. Thanks Devin.
Awesome, great to hear! Hope I can post some more that’ll keep you motivated.
Love lick 1. This is a fun one to play.