Blues Guitar Lessons: Mexico blues

How to play Carlos Sanata-style licks

Neville Marten (Guitarist)

This is sort of lick one on steroids. It’s all about hammer-ons and pull-offs between two sets of three strings - first, second and third, and second, third and fourth.

Essentially each move is a four-note phrase with one picked string and three notes played legato. It sounds pretty quick, but is quite easy to play once it’s under your fingers.

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