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Quick licks: advanced #18

By Guitar Techniques
published 26 February 2013

A Jordan Rudess faux-synth lick and Charlie Parker bebop

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Advanced lick one: Jordan Rudess style lick

Advanced lick one: Jordan Rudess style lick

Although Jordan Rudess is a keyboard player, this line is very guitaristic and also reminiscent of his style. We’ve used an octave divider here to give it a ‘synthy’ sound. Watch the picking scheme as it’s alternating with hammer-ons and pull-off s to give the line a combination of attacks and accents.

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Advanced lick two: Charlie Parker bebop

Advanced lick two: Charlie Parker bebop

A tribute to the master bebop sax legend Charlie Parker. The first bar is typical Parker as is the chromaticism in the last beat of bar 2. Use a warm rhythm pickup tone and don’t be afraid to dig in with the pick somewhat to give it an aggressive attitude.

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