Metal Method - Classic Guitar Licks with Doug Marks
Publisher: Metal Method | Language: English
Video: MP4, 640x360 (16:9), 2035 Kbps, 29.970 fps
Audio: MP3, 128 Kbps, 44100 Khz, 2 channels
Size: 1'67 Gb | Length: 01h 18min | Includes Tabs, GPro Files & Jamtracks
This video includes the first fifteen minutes of Classic Guitar Licks. It will give you an idea of what is taught in the course. The printed material that Doug mentions in this video isn’t included with this free demonstration but is included with the course on DVD or digital Download. This program is also included in two of our most popular package deals: The Complete Basic Course with Classic Guitar Licks – The Metal Method Package.
This course doesn’t require any understanding of music theory. It’s not even necessary to study the theory lessons included in this program. That’s not what Classic Guitar Licks is all about. This is about cutting through the confusing information that you’ve been processing all of these years to actually move forward with your lead guitar playing.
On the other hand, if you understand the basics of music theory as taught in The Complete Basic Course that will give you even more options. Some of the greatest players to ever hold a guitar knew virtually nothing about music theory. The secrets taught in this program explain how they accomplished so much with so little knowledge of music theory.
When the Metal Method program was first created in 1982, the heart and soul of the course was Classic Guitar Licks. That tradition continues. Classic Guitar Licks, is a tribute to: Hendrix, Clapton, Trower, Page, Jeff Beck, and more. You can use this program to improvise lead guitar solos for rock, metal or blues.
A System for Memorizing and Recalling Licks
Classic Guitar Licks teaches a technique for memorizing licks, and even more important, recalling licks while improvising. It doesn’t matter how many licks you know, it only matters how many licks you can recall when you need them. In the early 80′s Metal Method instructor Doug Marks was giving private guitar lessons and taught more than sixty songs. He deconstructed the lead guitar solos from these songs into 107 licks. These phrases are transposed to the key of A minor. So, if the lead is in G, which is two frets lower than A, all 107 licks can be moved back two frets. Next, the licks were organized according to their first note. The secret for recalling these licks is to memorize and practice all licks with the first note in mind. For example you’ll learn seven licks that begin on the first string fifth fret in A minor. Next time you’re improvising a lead and you end up on the first string, fifth fret you’ll have seven licks to choose from that start on that note. This grouping of licks makes memorizing them a breeze. This is eighty minutes long and includes on-screen and on-disk tab. Each section and exercise can be located through the menu system. Find licks instantly, and repeat them at the touch of a button. Printable tab is located on-disk in a PDF file. This lesson includes on-disk animated tab so you can use your computer to play along at any speed. A computer is helpful to learn this stuff but not necessary.
