A Blues Lick That Shifts Frets While One Note Stays Put

By Steve Stine Guitar Lessons

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GET THE PDF: http://guitar-zoom.s3.amazonaws.com/NewClubs/Blues/month-21/cool-blues-trick-lick.pdf GET THE JAM TRACK: https://jamtracks.s3.amazonaws.com/blues-club-jamtracks/month21/Blues_Straight_in_A_100bpm.wav Here's a fun blues lick that combines major and minor pentatonic in the same phrase — played in the key of A to keep things simple. The shape starts on frets 5, 7, and 8 across the first and second strings. The trick is that the 5 stays put while the 7 and 8 shift up one fret at a time, creating a moving three-note pattern you can repeat as many times as you want before shifting again. Add a pull-off at the end and it becomes a four-note sequence instead — both work, and which one you use is really just a feel choice. I also break down the picking side, which is what actually makes this lick sound clean: instead of picking each note separately, you push through both strings almost like strumming a chord, using your index finger to mute the second string the instant you leav

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