Jack here, jbf music and guitar lessons, back with some more quick guitar tricks for you-
this fiddley, but pretty unique sounding combination of techniques
-
In this quick guitar tricks we’re looking at a trick I stumble across a while back,
checking out all the awesome Kiesel Contest solls,
that quite frankly put my own one; link in the I up there; to shame! Just nowhere near the top
entries level technical wizardry, cramming in more notes in a second than you’d think human possible!
But, if anything I’m ever the guitar opportunist, shamelessly stealing ideas
wherever I can. I think I’ve lost the bookmark for where I got this;
I think the video was shot in black and white, the guy might have had long light
hair- if you know from that horrendously vague description please pop a link in the comments.
5 licks in ascending difficulty here, the tabs from this will be up on my Patreon.com/Jbfmusic-
I’m calling this the ‘tapbendslide’ ; a bit like a German compound noun;
rather than tap. Bend.Slide. Suggestions, more than welcome,
So by the end of this you should have a cool new technique and some modal licks as
a basic to explore the sounds you can get form it! Too much talking, let crack on,
eh?
-
Ok, before I break this one down, just a quick note to say if you appreciate the
stuff I put out please considering leaving a comment, hitting like, giving this a share and
doing the old subscribe thing. Or enabling all notifications if you’re already a regular- I’m
sure you know the drill, but it really does help out not only the channel in general,
but the visibility of this video- whether it gets recommended and that sort of thing as well.
Obligatory housekeeping aside! We’re in E Ionian here; bend this by a semitone,
keep that held; you might want to pull down for more finger strength and stability-
I’ve covered tapped bends before so if this is totally new to you,
might be worth getting that down first; tutorial with the little I up there. But yeah,
tap the 15th fret, because the string is bent all these notes will ne pitched a semitone higher.
Slide that up to the 17th, then again, pull off,
then a final tap o the 20th fret. You might want to add vibrato with you,
left hand, right or combination- see which suits best. Probably left hand for me.
We’re really just running up the scale: going from G#,
E majors 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 5th, then Root.
Ok, tone bend this time; hold it with those diamond hands; how late I am to that meme
only time will tell! So here every tapped note will be a tone higher in pitch; Tap 16th, semiton
slide and back, pull off, release the bend, slide up, and finish off with that last note.
E Dorian here, b3rd to 4th bend, 6th, b7th, 6th slide, 4th, b3rd, 4th, Root.
Starting off with this triplet lick,
using legato on the D string. Bending a semitone on the 6th fret G string,
keep it held. Left hand hammers on the 8th fret, keep that finger held down. Tap and
slide up. Vibrato, pull off. Slowly release this bend,
muting the string before it returns to pitch. In E Mixolydian here; Root, 3rd, 4th, 5th,
6th, 5th, 6th bending it by a semitone to the flat 7; a really great mixolydian move!;
hammering on the root, tap the 2nd, major 3rd, pull off
to the Root. And here if we returned it to pitch It’s a major 7th, so pretty dissonant, which is
why you want to mute the note out, so you get and almost whammy bar type dip out of the note;
for more on that kind of thing, actually using the Bar like Jeff Beck give the card up there
a click.
Alright, semitone slide, on to the next string and a full tone bend,
again hold it. A tap and the widest slides we’ve done as of yet!
Back to pitch, then slap a harmonic on the 21st fret with your left hand.
Basically a tapped harmonic, but with your fretting hand- more on
that technique with the little i. I’m muting the A and G strings with fingers from my right hand;
1st finger resting on the A string, 3rd on the G.
Is this cheating? Maybe, if I was better at slapped harmonics I could nail it without any
potential slop. But I’m not! So, as a precaution I tend to just mute in case of emergency. I’ve gone
in to way more detail about my muting habits; a top ten tricks video with the I up there.
E Lydian here, major 7th to Root, 3rd, bend it to the sharp 4th, 5th to 7th slide, then the 6th, dip
that to pitch, so it’s a 5th again, then the tapped harmonic is just a 5th but an octave
higher. This sort of icing on the cake isn’t totally necessary, I’m just tapping in to;
pun intended!; different areas you can explore. On that note you can even do bigger 3 semitone
bends and stuff, but that’s maybe a topic for another time, final lick next up! And
good going if you’ve made it this far, a shout out to the lick squad elite- you guys rock!
This time we start with a tap slide, I’ve got my left hand waiting patiently by the 12th fret,
using my 2nd finger to bend by a semi tone, so this left hand is doing all the heavy lifting,
the right is just along for the ride really! Pull off with that bend still held, return it to pitch.
You could hammer this note from nowhere. I’ve just opted to pick it,
bend it a semi tone, tap the 18th fret, slide a semi tone up, pull off and return it to pitch.
In E Aeolian here; root to 2nd slide,
bend to the flat 3rd, pull off to the b6th and release the bend to the 5th. 2nd bent to b3rd,
5th, b6th, pull off to the 3rd and release that to the 2nd for a really melancholic ending.
If you like this twist on a technique, check out those awesome way to spice up your sweeps.
This has been quick guitar tricks, that’s the playlist there. But yeah, hit subscribe
to keep up to date with the channel, leave me a comment, check out the tabs on my Patreon and
enable notifications by ringing that little bell on the side, if you feel so inclined, cheers guys!