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Winding Licks - Repeating Licks for Tension

Beginner • Cool Riffs • Rock
Lucas Fowler 43 lessons

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Hi all!

We're going to take a look at what I call "winding" licks. These are simple licks that repeat a short phrase a few times to build tension before resolving to a chord tone. These are also great licks on which to build more complex patterns, I think everyone should have these in their bag of tricks!