Guitar Licks Lessons
Learning guitar licks is one of the best ways to apply theory, technique, and fretboard knowledge in a musical context. This page focuses on licks that help you move across the neck, develop phrasing, and expand your lead vocabulary.
Each lesson demonstrates a complete musical idea rather than isolated patterns. The goal is to understand how licks are constructed so you can adapt them, combine them, and create your own variations.
How to use these lick lessons
Each video includes on-screen guitar TAB so you can follow along while playing. Spend time learning the lick slowly, then experiment with changing rhythm, position, or phrasing.
If you want a written reference, downloadable TAB PDFs are available alongside the lessons, but the focus here is on learning by playing and listening.
Video lessons
The videos below demonstrate complete guitar licks and explain how to practice and apply them musically.
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DREAMY GUITAR LICK | LICK OF THE WEEK 1
This lesson demonstrates a melodic guitar lick that moves across the fretboard rather than staying in a single position. The focus is on visualising how notes connect as you shift between areas of the neck.
Learning licks this way helps develop fretboard awareness and creates ideas that can be reused in different keys and musical contexts.
Pay attention to how the lick flows between positions and how it can be broken into smaller phrases.
This lesson focuses on a rhythmic guitar lick built from the major pentatonic scale. Slides, percussive mutes, and articulation are used to give the lick a strong groove-based feel.
This approach helps bridge the gap between rhythm and lead playing, making licks feel more musical when used between chords.
Focus on timing and feel rather than speed, and experiment with applying the idea in different rhythmic settings.
LEARN THIS GUITAR LICK | LICK OF THE WEEK 2
This lesson demonstrates a tapping-based lick that uses the minor pentatonic scale across multiple positions on the fretboard. The goal is to show how tapping can be integrated into familiar scale shapes rather than treated as a separate technique.
Understanding how the lick moves through the pentatonic positions makes it easier to adapt and extend the idea in your own playing.
Practice slowly at first and focus on clean articulation between both hands.