0:00:10.104,0:00:11.864 Hey, how are you doing?[br]Justin here. 0:00:11.864,0:00:17.644 In the lesson today, I'm going to be [br]teaching you 6 Angus Young style riffs. 0:00:17.656,0:00:22.716 Like rock lead guitar riffs. A lot[br]of Angus's style is built on blues. 0:00:22.716,0:00:25.355 They're essentially blues licks [br]from kind of, you know, 0:00:25.355,0:00:29.435 Chuck Berry, T-Bone Walker, [br]Albert King kind of style licks, 0:00:29.435,0:00:32.295 but played a little bit [br]heavier, a little bit faster. 0:00:33.121,0:00:37.021 So what I'm going to do is- [br]Yeah, there's 6 licks. 0:00:37.021,0:00:39.457 I'll just take you through[br]them one at a time. 0:00:39.457,0:00:41.789 Lick number 1 sounds something like this: 0:00:41.789,0:00:45.759 ♪♪ 0:00:46.804,0:00:48.414 A little bit slower: 0:00:48.414,0:00:57.254 ♪♪ 0:00:57.749,0:00:59.529 Let's check it out in the close up. 0:01:00.402,0:01:03.432 Lick number 1, nice and slow: 0:01:03.432,0:01:18.262 ♪♪ 0:01:18.800,0:01:20.560 Using my 3rd finger here: 0:01:20.560,0:01:21.260 5 0:01:21.260,0:01:21.970 8 0:01:21.970,0:01:23.090 5 0:01:23.090,0:01:24.120 7 0:01:24.120,0:01:25.080 5 0:01:25.080,0:01:26.030 7 0:01:26.030,0:01:27.140 5 0:01:27.140,0:01:27.980 7 0:01:28.255,0:01:33.395 Roll, back and plenty of vibrato. 0:01:33.395,0:01:38.875 I've got a whole lesson on this rolling [br]technique if you're struggling with that. 0:01:41.096,0:01:45.706 Pick, pick, flick, and it's [br]important to realise that this 0:01:45.706,0:01:49.766 note here is the note [br]that's on the beat, so it's: 0:01:49.766,0:01:52.526 3 -- 4 -- and a- 0:01:52.526,0:02:01.606 ♪♪ 0:02:01.922,0:02:05.112 So make sure you've kind of sussed [br]that out because it's a good one 0:02:05.112,0:02:07.822 to be practising repeating [br]along with your metronome. 0:02:07.822,0:02:10.052 Just make sure you're [br]there with the rhythm. 0:02:10.092,0:02:17.182 3 -- 4e - and a 1e - [br]and a 2e - and a 3 -- 0:02:17.976,0:02:24.186 4e - and a 1e - and a 2e - and a 3 -- 0:02:24.293,0:02:29.353 ♪♪ 0:02:29.998,0:02:32.185 Lick number 2 sounds something like this: 0:02:32.185,0:02:36.475 ♪♪ 0:02:37.587,0:02:39.257 Bit slower: 0:02:39.257,0:02:46.467 ♪♪ 0:02:47.508,0:02:49.628 Okay, let's check it out as a close up. 0:02:50.338,0:02:53.638 Okay, lick number 2 nice and slow: 0:02:53.638,0:03:01.738 ♪♪ 0:03:03.347,0:03:04.567 That lick again: 0:03:05.116,0:03:15.286 2 -- 3 -- and - 4 - and - [br]1e and a - 2e and a - 3e and a - 4e 0:03:15.286,0:03:18.506 1 -- 2 -- 0:03:18.918,0:03:22.098 ♪♪ 0:03:22.411,0:03:24.811 Making sure you tone bend, 0:03:24.811,0:03:26.171 drop it down, 0:03:26.171,0:03:28.261 tone bend with vibrato. 0:03:29.889,0:03:32.469 Then we've got here 8-5 flick off. 0:03:34.846,0:03:37.156 8-5 again, but picked. 0:03:38.804,0:03:40.543 Now I usually pick, 0:03:40.543,0:03:41.593 pick, 0:03:41.593,0:03:42.563 flick. 0:03:43.153,0:03:45.613 ♪♪ 0:03:45.963,0:03:46.773 Pick, 0:03:46.773,0:03:47.513 flick off, 0:03:47.513,0:03:51.393 pick, pick, pick, pick, 0:03:51.393,0:03:52.393 flick off. 0:03:52.723,0:03:55.142 ♪♪ 0:03:55.142,0:03:56.562 Another little roll in there. 0:03:56.562,0:03:59.562 ♪♪ 0:03:59.902,0:04:00.602 Yeah, 0:04:00.602,0:04:01.302 5 0:04:01.302,0:04:02.002 7 0:04:02.002,0:04:02.712 5 0:04:03.498,0:04:12.028 ♪♪ 0:04:12.745,0:04:15.255 Lick number 3 sounds likes this: 0:04:15.255,0:04:19.005 ♪♪ 0:04:19.717,0:04:23.257 But of course it tends to get [br]repeated a little more, the first lick. 0:04:23.257,0:04:27.807 ♪♪ 0:04:28.589,0:04:30.379 But I've just put a little tag on it. 0:04:31.127,0:04:32.077 Little bit slower: 0:04:32.077,0:04:37.837 ♪♪ 0:04:38.513,0:04:39.583 Okay, lick number 3: 0:04:39.583,0:04:45.763 ♪♪ 0:04:46.413,0:04:48.643 Now this first part gets repeated a lot. 0:04:48.643,0:04:51.633 Now I've just written it out [br]2 times officially for the lick, 0:04:51.633,0:04:54.423 but of course you would do[br]it as many times as you like. 0:04:54.423,0:04:55.123 It's this: 0:04:55.123,0:05:02.133 ♪♪ 0:05:02.722,0:05:05.686 Now some people might prefer [br]to do the bend with a 3rd finger. 0:05:05.686,0:05:12.106 ♪♪ 0:05:12.260,0:05:16.150 I don't recommend doing bends with the [br]4th finger, only with the 3rd finger. 0:05:16.260,0:05:20.630 So, I mean you can if you like. It's up to[br]your style, it just doesn't work for me. 0:05:21.754,0:05:25.154 So, if you're going to do this [br]style with your 4th finger here: 0:05:25.154,0:05:28.774 ♪♪ 0:05:28.774,0:05:32.454 You'd probably swap over your 3rd finger[br]for the bend, doesn't really matter. 0:05:32.454,0:05:36.514 I suspect Angus's is going to[br]be doing it here with a 2nd finger: 0:05:36.514,0:05:37.964 ♪♪ 0:05:37.964,0:05:39.894 Making sure that you get that full tone. 0:05:39.894,0:05:41.730 ♪♪ 0:05:41.730,0:05:44.680 So it ends up being the same as[br]that note on the second string. 0:05:44.680,0:05:54.050 ♪♪ 0:05:55.695,0:05:57.895 Lick number 4 sounds like this: 0:05:57.895,0:06:02.795 ♪♪ 0:06:02.795,0:06:04.375 Very bluesy lick. 0:06:04.375,0:06:09.065 ♪♪ 0:06:10.031,0:06:11.221 Let's get to a close up. 0:06:12.068,0:06:13.378 Lick number 4: 0:06:13.378,0:06:22.468 ♪♪ 0:06:23.182,0:06:26.041 So here we're starting off with[br]a tone bend on the 12th fret: 0:06:26.041,0:06:27.621 ♪♪ 0:06:27.621,0:06:30.110 A little triplet chromatically [br]down the blues scale: 0:06:30.110,0:06:32.120 ♪♪ 0:06:32.120,0:06:36.120 Now we've got a little 5 notes [br]over the space of 4 rhythm. 0:06:36.140,0:06:40.120 ♪♪ 0:06:40.120,0:06:43.161 Basically, what that's meaning [br]is that this little passage here: 0:06:43.161,0:06:46.521 ♪♪ 0:06:46.982,0:06:49.222 Finishes with this note on the beat. [br] 0:06:50.022,0:06:52.182 You can use hippopotamus or university. 0:06:52.182,0:06:54.072 Hip-po-po-ta-mus 0:06:55.891,0:06:57.781 U-ni-ver-si-ty 0:06:58.871,0:07:00.821 If you want to get your group of 5 there. 0:07:00.821,0:07:04.941 Hippopotamus or university [br]have 5 syllables, so you'd have: 0:07:04.941,0:07:10.911 1 -- 2 -- 3 - trip-let - hip-po-po-ta-mus 0:07:12.242,0:07:15.102 And bringing this back [br]onto the beat there, 0:07:15.489,0:07:18.919 but it's really a blues riff so you[br]can play with the rhythm there a bit. 0:07:19.111,0:07:25.501 ♪♪ 0:07:25.654,0:07:26.734 Just play with it. 0:07:26.736,0:07:34.056 ♪♪ 0:07:34.268,0:07:36.098 Lick number 5 sounds like this: 0:07:36.098,0:07:39.618 ♪♪ 0:07:39.618,0:07:41.298 Now this is another repeating lick. 0:07:41.298,0:07:42.008 This bit: 0:07:42.008,0:07:43.808 ♪♪ 0:07:43.808,0:07:46.108 Can get repeated as many [br]times as you like, and 0:07:46.108,0:07:47.308 ♪♪ 0:07:47.308,0:07:49.638 just finishing it with that really. 0:07:49.638,0:07:50.908 You can pick every note: 0:07:50.908,0:07:52.438 ♪♪ 0:07:52.438,0:07:53.818 or do them all as flick offs: 0:07:53.818,0:07:55.668 ♪♪ 0:07:55.668,0:07:58.818 Of course you can probably[br]get it a bit faster with the flick offs: 0:07:58.818,0:08:00.738 ♪♪ 0:08:00.738,0:08:04.578 but it doesn't quite have as [br]much guts if you do it that way, 0:08:04.578,0:08:07.098 and of course that-[br]This one can go right up the neck: 0:08:07.098,0:08:09.958 ♪♪ 0:08:09.958,0:08:13.498 There's lots of different variations[br]that you should play with, of course. 0:08:13.658,0:08:15.588 Okay, lick number 5 here we've got: 0:08:15.588,0:08:16.638 8 0:08:16.638,0:08:17.678 7 0:08:17.678,0:08:18.618 5 0:08:18.618,0:08:19.588 over and over again: 0:08:19.588,0:08:23.598 ♪♪ 0:08:23.598,0:08:26.748 Now if you pick every note it [br]sounds a little bit more aggressive: 0:08:26.748,0:08:29.898 ♪♪ 0:08:29.898,0:08:31.848 but you can always do pick, flick, flick: 0:08:31.848,0:08:36.318 ♪♪ 0:08:36.482,0:08:38.392 You could use those fingers if you want. 0:08:38.392,0:08:42.382 ♪♪ 0:08:42.437,0:08:46.537 And this lick definitely works[br]if you move it up 12 frets 0:08:46.537,0:08:48.667 so your 1st finger [br]will be on the 17th fret: 0:08:48.667,0:08:52.107 ♪♪ 0:08:52.164,0:08:53.694 And of course alternate picking: 0:08:53.694,0:08:58.664 ♪♪ 0:08:59.588,0:09:02.118 Important thing with a [br]riff like this is to work out 0:09:02.118,0:09:04.038 how to get out of it because repeating: 0:09:04.038,0:09:06.818 ♪♪ 0:09:06.818,0:09:08.538 you'll find fairly straight forward, 0:09:08.538,0:09:11.208 but then you've got to[br]figure out how you'll finish it. 0:09:11.208,0:09:13.268 Now, probably the most [br]most obvious one is: 0:09:13.268,0:09:13.968 ♪♪ 0:09:13.968,0:09:15.968 putting a bend on the end, or: 0:09:15.968,0:09:17.318 ♪♪ 0:09:17.318,0:09:18.598 sliding up here: 0:09:18.598,0:09:21.168 ♪♪ 0:09:21.168,0:09:24.758 is quite nice up to the 10th fret [br]with a 3rd finger, 2nd string. 0:09:24.758,0:09:27.258 ♪♪ 0:09:27.258,0:09:30.078 Also gets you to the next position [br]which is quite nice, or: 0:09:30.078,0:09:33.088 ♪♪ 0:09:33.088,0:09:35.378 you could put a bend on, [br]wouldn't really matter. 0:09:36.253,0:09:40.033 Lick number 6 is kind of a country [br]style riff that Angus uses quite a lot. 0:09:40.033,0:09:43.363 I'm going to show you one way of[br]playing it, which is going to be this: 0:09:43.363,0:09:45.743 ♪♪ 0:09:45.743,0:09:49.873 But make sure that you understand[br]the kind of idea of having this 0:09:49.873,0:09:52.933 12 fret bend and then adding [br]the other note together: 0:09:52.933,0:09:55.893 ♪♪ 0:09:55.893,0:09:59.233 Very commonly done in AC/DC stuff, [br]so make sure you check out 0:09:59.233,0:10:01.313 lots of variations of this yourself. 0:10:01.466,0:10:04.696 And I'll also show you a quick [br]close up of how to do the same lick 0:10:04.696,0:10:06.866 ♪♪ 0:10:06.866,0:10:08.866 further up the neck,[br]so we'll have it here: 0:10:08.866,0:10:10.416 ♪♪ 0:10:10.416,0:10:11.116 and up here: 0:10:11.116,0:10:12.866 ♪♪ 0:10:12.866,0:10:14.851 Both essentially the same thing. 0:10:15.103,0:10:16.943 Okay, lick number 6 here: 0:10:16.943,0:10:22.184 ♪♪ 0:10:22.184,0:10:25.054 Now I'm showing you the one[br]I've tabbed out for you is this: 0:10:25.054,0:10:28.144 ♪♪ 0:10:28.144,0:10:32.734 but there's loads of variations with this.[br]The concept that I'm trying to get you 0:10:32.734,0:10:34.964 use to here is bending this 12th fret: 0:10:34.964,0:10:37.144 ♪♪ 0:10:37.144,0:10:39.144 and then sneaking[br]little finger underneath: 0:10:39.144,0:10:43.134 ♪♪ 0:10:43.134,0:10:46.249 You can hold that little finger[br]down and play it. It's quite nice. 0:10:46.249,0:10:53.139 ♪♪ 0:10:53.139,0:10:55.719 And really muck about with[br]that quite a lot, it's nice. 0:10:55.719,0:10:57.679 ♪♪ 0:10:58.911,0:11:02.762 Essentially what we're doing, just so you[br]understand the kind of theory behind it. 0:11:02.762,0:11:03.862 ♪♪ 0:11:03.862,0:11:09.092 As we're bending, we're really reaching [br]these 2 notes here which are 14th and 12th 0:11:10.037,0:11:15.941 Which are essentially [br]part of little A-chord there. 0:11:15.941,0:11:21.021 A-shaped bar chord. [br]That's why the lick works. 0:11:21.021,0:11:22.583 ♪♪ 0:11:22.583,0:11:23.283 Or: 0:11:23.283,0:11:26.613 ♪♪ 0:11:26.843,0:11:31.266 Now exactly the same note can be[br]found further up the neck here, 0:11:31.266,0:11:33.266 putting little finger on the 17th fret: 0:11:33.266,0:11:34.666 ♪♪ 0:11:34.666,0:11:36.776 And bending the 16th fret up a tone: 0:11:36.776,0:11:51.138 ♪♪ 0:11:51.768,0:11:55.868 Well I hope you've enjoyed playing around[br]with those Angus Young styled licks. 0:11:55.868,0:11:58.248 The big deal here is to[br]make sure that you practice 0:11:58.248,0:12:00.878 variations of them, don't [br]just learn like a set lick. 0:12:01.151,0:12:04.731 And what I really recommend that [br]you do is that you get a backing track 0:12:04.731,0:12:07.841 of some sort of blues [br]or rock backing track 0:12:07.841,0:12:12.011 and then practise using each of the licks,[br]one at a time, and experimenting with 0:12:12.011,0:12:14.511 how you play it, so you [br]learn variations of it. 0:12:14.671,0:12:17.671 And then try to mix it in with all[br]the other licks that you know 0:12:17.671,0:12:21.351 so play one lick then go into this [br]new lick, deliberately, kind of thinking 0:12:21.351,0:12:25.061 about it and play the lick and then [br]go on back into your regular playing. 0:12:25.071,0:12:28.451 Try and get that new lick [br]in as many times as you can. 0:12:28.550,0:12:32.260 Now that's a little bit conscious. In [br]real life it shouldn't happen like that, 0:12:32.260,0:12:35.920 you shouldn't really be thinking much at[br]all, just be feeling and doing. 0:12:35.920,0:12:39.320 But in order to get that way, [br]to get it kind of instinctive 0:12:39.320,0:12:41.830 you need to have practised [br]these things a whole lot. 0:12:41.830,0:12:46.260 It's that repetition that kind of makes it[br]natural for you to do those kind of licks. 0:12:46.260,0:12:51.900 So practise, consciously, thinking about [br]it, trying to get those licks in as best 0:12:51.900,0:12:55.560 you can and as often as you can[br]and probably what you'll find is 0:12:55.560,0:12:58.930 the ones that kind of naturally[br]fit with your style of playing 0:12:58.930,0:13:02.650 that'll come out on their own without [br]having to think about it. And the ones 0:13:02.650,0:13:06.840 that maybe don't fit so well with your[br]natural playing style - maybe you won't 0:13:06.840,0:13:10.882 play them so much, but that's[br]cool because they weren't the ones 0:13:10.882,0:13:14.172 that were naturally right for you [br]so don't stress about it, you know. 0:13:15.002,0:13:17.492 It's lot's of good fun. [br]Plenty more AC/DC licks. 0:13:17.492,0:13:22.252 Highly recommend the "If You Want Blood[br]You've Got It" live album by AC/DC for 0:13:22.252,0:13:28.198 licks stealing, cause it's live and[br]Angus's guitar is really kind of clear 0:13:28.198,0:13:32.018 in the mix and it's quite an[br]easy one to transcribe from. 0:13:32.268,0:13:34.648 Not too much production[br]kind of covering things up. 0:13:34.648,0:13:38.638 Really raw and lots of really [br]proper blues lick in there, 0:13:38.638,0:13:43.268 so check that album out - that would [br]be a highly recommended one. 0:13:43.268,0:13:45.768 But remember, transcribing [br]is the way forward. 0:13:45.768,0:13:49.208 Don't just be getting licks from[br]me and off tab books and stuff. 0:13:49.208,0:13:53.008 Try and get into working out stuff by ear [br]because you'll learn it loads better 0:13:53.008,0:13:56.408 and you'll really get inside it and[br]you'll pick up the vibrato better 0:13:56.408,0:13:59.308 and the styling of it, the[br]rhythms of it and everything else. 0:13:59.308,0:14:02.268 Cause remember, music is about [br]listening not about reading. 0:14:02.488,0:14:06.538 Anyway, have fun with all of that and I'll[br]see you for another lesson some time soon. 0:14:06.538,0:14:07.238 Take care. 0:14:07.238,0:14:07.968 Bye.