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Hi, how you doing?
Justin here.
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The lick we're checking out today,
I call the 'Rock Sliding Octaves'.
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Very versatile and cool lick
you can use it all over the place,
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so let's get to a close-up,
check out how to play it.
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Okay, as the name of this lick suggests,
we're using an octave shape.
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So we've got here two notes
that are both the note C.
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We start with our 1st finger
in the 5th fret of the thinner string.
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And we have our little finger in the
8th fret of the thinner string.
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These two notes...
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are both C and they're an octave apart.
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Now the idea of the lick is that
we play the lower note...
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the higher note...
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and then the lower note...
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and slide to another note.
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Now the actual lick I showed you there,
or what I'm going to show you,
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is using the A minor pentatonic.
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A really good thing is just to get
used to the pattern first.
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You can do that by just using the
octave shape between the C
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and the D.
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So you play the lower,
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higher,
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lower,
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slide,
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high,
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low,
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slide,
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high.
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You don't hold the pattern
down the whole time.
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You kind of...
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slide.
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When I'm putting the little finger down,
my 1st finger is just lifting up.
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Not lifting off the guitar,
and not leaving the string, in fact.
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It just releases the pressure,
so the note stops.
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Otherwise we get...
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which is okay, but really we want...
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so you really hear the clarity and
the distinction between the octaves.
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That's what we're looking for.
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That would be the first thing
I'd recommend.
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Just bouncing between two notes.
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Now the actual lick that
I've showed you here
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is using the A minor pentatonic scale.
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And the way that I'd recommend
you look at it is
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just to think about your 1st finger and
let your little finger find its own way.
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Remember, it's on the thinner string
3 frets higher.
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So the notes of the
A minor pentatonic scale
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on the 3rd string starting on here
on the C, we've got the 5th fret,
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the 7th fret, the note D,
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9th fret, the note E,
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12th fret, the note G,
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and the 14th fret is the note A again.
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So a good thing to practice first
is just moving, using our shifting octaves
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and using this triplet pattern.
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1 trip-let
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2 trip-let
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3 trip-let
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4 trip-let
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1 trip-let.
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You can slide from any one that you like,
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as long as they're notes...
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in the scale, you're gonna be fine.
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So the actual lick I've
showed you is going...
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now I'm just talking about
the 1st finger now.
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When I describe the fret numbers,
and I'm assuming the little finger, okay?
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So we're going 5,
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9,
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7,
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12,
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9,
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14.
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Note finished on the high octave A there.
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You can finish on whatever note you like,
or with a bend or whatever.
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But that pattern is really interesting
and kinda cool, I think,
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because you're starting on one note,
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you miss one, go to the next note,
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back to the one you missed,
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miss one up to the next,
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back to the one you missed,
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miss one,
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and you're there.
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That's how you get the...
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Remember you don't have to stick to that.
You can...
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You can really do however you like,
there's no set pattern.
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I'm just trying to show you one
I think kinda works.
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So, practice that nice and slow.
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And practice it until you've got it
so it's nice and smooth and flowing.
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The big trick when you're doing
big jumps, if you're going...
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what you wanna do is
while you're here,
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my eyes are now looking here.
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Before my hands even moved,
my eyes are staring at the 12th fret
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so I can see when my finger arrives.
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If your eyes follow the finger,
you'll always end up going too far
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and coming back, or not going far enough.
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Make sure you stare at the
place you're going to.
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And then you can slide your
1st finger up to that point.
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Here you'd be looking 5th fret,
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now I'm already looking at 9th fret,
finger's there.
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Now I'm looking at 7th fret.
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Now I'm looking at 12th fret.
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Now I'm looking at 9th fret,
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and 14th.
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That's the trick if you're gonna
do the big slides,
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is to make sure that you're looking at
the place you want your finger to go to.
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Don't watch your finger, watch the place
where you want it to go to.
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That's using the 3rd string
and the 1st string.
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Course it works just as well
on the 2nd string.
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Just then, I was using the
Dorian Mode, G major scale.
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You can use any scale, a minor
pentatonic is good to get used to first.
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But you can always add in that F# note,
it's a lovely one in A minor.
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So, anytime, you know, on any string...
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you could be using it on the thicker one.
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I don't think it's as effective on
the thicker ones,
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but on the 1st and 3rd,
and 2nd and 4th,
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it's a very, very cool little trick.
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For this kind of lick, I normally
use outside picking,
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which means I'd be using a down pick
on the thicker string,
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and an up pick on the thinner string.
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You don't have to, but that's
the one that works for me.
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Let's have a quick look at me
experimenting with this lick.
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I hope you have fun playing about
with this sliding octaves lick.
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It really is a lot of fun,
really good one,
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fairly easy to incorporate, you can adapt
the rhythm to suit the kind of the song.
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Doesn't always have to be a triplet,
you can really play around as you see fit.
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It's definitely one you should explore
and see what you can get out of it.
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Have fun, see you for another
lick very soon.
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Take care of yourselves,
bye-bye.