20 Modern Rhythmic Licks

Sam Birchall debuts at JTC with a very original, unique and fresh release that is going to blow your guitar world wide open! With varying degrees of intensity from the beautiful to the aggressive, these 20 modern rhythmic licks will show you how to incorporate and master chordal ideas in your own guitar solos!

There is a real progression in the licks starting with simpler more introductory licks which ease you into the idea of using rhythmic chordal ideas in your licks. Then as you work through these 20 ideas Sam will guide you into the more complex and advanced licks.

Sam says 'This package represents many of the ideas the I have been working on over the last few years, distilled down to 20 licks. Each lick is more of a mini solo, packed with ideas, and full of context, to give you some solid ideas and help you apply them straight away. All the licks feature interesting rhythms, and modern intervallic content, utilising a variety of techniques, but without being technique-specific. You wont need to be a killer alternate picker, or a die hard hybrid picker to get something out of them. The track really lends itself to jamming, and works equally well when treated as a simple major vamp, whilst also rewarding a more chord-by-chord soloing approach. It's also the perfect tempo to make your 16th note lines sound interesting, without having to really shred! I hope you have fun picking these licks apart and applying them in your own way.'

On the theory side on things, there is a lot going on! We've got interesting use of rhythmic ideas, syncopation, drop-chords, great use of colour notes and chord extensions and wide interval ideas. Sam's licks are the perfect example of how you can really get a lot of interesting sounds out of a mostly diatonic palette! If you can learn to do a lot with a little, then imagine what's possible when you expand your ideas further!

Some of the fantastic techniques in this pack include; hybrid picking, legato (hammer ons and pull offs), sliding, pick raking, open-strings, palm-muting, finger rolling, tapping, economy picking, percussive clicks and letting notes ring into each other to create chordal effects... plus much more!

If you can master each of these super creative licks in turn then you'll be well on your way to adding your own interesting rhythmic/chordal ideas into your own licks and solos!

As ever, we have included everything you need to practise and perfect the material in this package. There are video and audio tracks for you to watch/listen and study, accurately transcribed TAB/notation for you to analyse and master, and backing tracks for everything! We've even included some text notes to help you really get these parts down!