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Iconic riffs, licks and solos

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Iconic riffs, licks and solos

Style by style breakdowns of the phrases that define guitar history. Educational analysis, never unlicensed transcriptions.

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A minor pentatonic that bends like a vocalist

Four notes, one bend and a vibrato that sells the whole phrase. Open the breakdown and play it slow first.

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Iconic riffs, licks and solos

Riff96bpm
Riff in E
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Lick72bpm
Slow blues turnaround
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Solo110bpm
Modal jam climb
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Riff104bpm
Funk sixteenth strut
Originally by GuitarAtlas Editorial
Lick124bpm
Country double stop
Originally by GuitarAtlas Editorial
Solo84bpm
Power ballad lead
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