Fits right in with your Jump blues, Roberto!!

Jim C.

Maybe I should do a collection of just licks, like this...? Anyone interested? 

Perhaps I would even need to talk - just playing the licks and including slow motion perhaps. 

I should be able to make 25 cool licks for certain styles, using maybe 5 different backing tracks, so 5 licks per track. 

This would be more for intermediate players perhaps, and it would be very straight to the point!

One specific thing that I believe would really balance this out Robert are a few cool lower register licks to balance things out......like around the 1st fret........this would help mi things up nicely!

Jim C.

Thanks Jim. Right back at ya. One specific thing you (and everyone else) should spend time with is take licks and ideas and play them in different areas of the neck. 

For an example of how this can be done, take a look at  https://www.masterguitaracademy.com/course/14-licks-in-7-keys/

The benefit of doing this is that you will know the fretboard better, and you will feel less stuck in certain areas of the neck. This results in more relaxed playing, and fewer moments of "lost on the fretboard".

Another benefit is that you are making an effort in figuring things out on your own. Not from scratch, because you already have all the notes. You just have to create some effort in where and how those notes are being played. This is an YUGE benefit! Some elbow grease and wood shedding in this area will help your ear, your technique and your motivation. MPFA - Make Practicing Fun Again!

Makes sense?

Absolutely! Plus as I mentioned just about a week ago.....and along these same lines as you write here......plus open challenge to anyone reading this: Take your "Jump Your Blues" solo and plug this into your nice Gypsy Jazz in C backing track!! To me it fits like a glove ...but different due to the variance of progression and timing!!

Jim C.

Posted by: robert

Thanks Jim. Right back at ya. One specific thing you (and everyone else) should spend time with is take licks and ideas and play them in different areas of the neck. 

For an example of how this can be done, take a look at  https://www.masterguitaracademy.com/course/14-licks-in-7-keys/

The benefit of doing this is that you will know the fretboard better, and you will feel less stuck in certain areas of the neck. This results in more relaxed playing, and fewer moments of "lost on the fretboard".

Another benefit is that you are making an effort in figuring things out on your own. Not from scratch, because you already have all the notes. You just have to create some effort in where and how those notes are being played. This is an YUGE benefit! Some elbow grease and wood shedding in this area will help your ear, your technique and your motivation. MPFA - Make Practicing Fun Again!

Makes sense?

Good plan, Robert.  I've tried your course 14 licks and it is as you say, a worthwhile challenge.  I do indeed need to do more of it.