top three licks

Lick 1 (see Carl Verheyen Video Licks, Lick 1 Intervallic demo) Carl demonstrates this ascending intervallic lick. He uses this type of phrase throughout the solo and the interval leaps are ear-grabbing and interesting to listen to. Play through this slowly as it’s a bit of a finger twister. Working out where you need to shift position is a key element.

Lick 2 (see Carl Verheyen Video Licks, Lick 2 motif demo) Carl also demonstrates a motif that he came up with in preparation for the solo. This one uses string skipping and finishes with a string bend. it is possible to make much longer phrases with this idea if you use your ear to follow the contour.

Lick 3 (Bar 46, page 49) This string-skipping arpeggio idea works well and is used a couple of times during the solo. Here the Am7 arpeggio is used during the Fmaj7 oriented bar; notice how it results in a rather sophisticated, C6/F sound.