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Guthrie Govan
20 ESSENTIAL
LICKS
LICK 2

JTC SAYS
This solo excerpt begins with a nice chromatic walk up on the low E string ... all proceeded
and followed by E minor pentatonic riffing.

What comes next is the meat of this idea ... it’s an ear catching string skipping lick that
simply walks up the neck chromatically. It’s a nice three finger hammer-on and pull-off
stretch on the G string with a single pivot note being played on the high E string. The first
shape can be looked at as an Em7 arpeggio starting with the b7 ... and then that minor 7
arpeggio is just moved up a half step each time.

Take notice of how in almost all the things Guthrie plays he always does a great job mixing
things up ... and this is a perfect example. He starts out with a chromatic idea (notes close
together) ... then goes into some pentatonic stuff (which is easy on the listeners ears) ... then
he gets into a wide interval idea (using notes far apart as opposed to notes close together
in the chromatic idea) ... and then he starts adding a lot of tension by quickly walking the
shape up chromatically disregarding any sense of key or home base tonality.

Guthrie is a master at pushing and pulling the listeners ear.

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 LICK 2
As recorded by jamtrackcentral.com
(From the 2014 Album GUTHRIE GOVAN'S 20 ESSENTIAL LICKS)

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5 7 8 7 5 7 5 7 9 9
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A 12 10 13 16 16 13 11 12 14 17 17 14 12 15 14
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