CLICK HERE for Tabs Today’s drill is a Paul Gilbert Style String Skipping Legato Guitar Lick using the minor pentatonic scale, hammer ons, and pull offs. This is also a great stretch exercise for the fretting hand, as the notes are configured in a 5-fret spread. Here are a few tips: Focus on the rhythm. … Continue reading “Drill #51 – Paul Gilbert Style String Skipping Legato Guitar Lick”

CLICK HERE for Tabs In this lesson, I show you how to play 3 string skipping blues scale licks on guitar. I have to say that I went a bit out there and made them especially confusing and difficult – that way you’ll get a lot of technique out of them. They sound pretty cool … Continue reading “3 String Skipping Blues Scale Licks”

CLICK HERE for Tabs – May open in new window. Click link in new window to view tabs. Learning to play fast is something many guitar players strive for. I wrote these 3 shred guitar licks to demonstrate a way to get more mileage out of the speed licks you learn, rather than feeling like you … Continue reading “3 Shred Guitar Licks”

Nate shows you a Marty Friedman-style lick – the great guitarist best known for his work with Megadeth. Nate from Richards Guitar Studio shows you a Marty Friedman-style lick – the great guitarist best know from his work with Dave Mustaine and Megadeth.  Learn to cover this lick on guitar using bends, hammer ons, pull … Continue reading “Drill of the Week #27 – Marty Friedman-style Lick”