Lick of the Day: "Heaven" - Los Lonely Boys

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Today's lick is an excerpt from my solo for the song "Heaven" by my band, Los Lonely Boys. It involves strummed chords, fret-hand muting and a fast legato run descending the G major pentatonic scale (G A B D E).

When performing the pentatonic run in bar 2, I find the key to producing fast, yet relaxed-sounding rhythms is to keep the fingering simple and easy to remember. If you watch the slow version of the video carefully, you can see how I shift my hand down the neck several times specifically to accommodate a minimalist-style of fingering, using primarily my index and ring fingers to perform much of the run. (For your convenience, fret-hand fingerings are provided in the notation.)

The tempo is 87 beats per minute, 56 for slow practice.

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  • I like that instead of playing it slowly, they just slow down the original footage.

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  • tunning??

  • @screenpuller yeah thats all u need with a cheaper well made strat i love em bro

  • @709slash, I think Henry does have Texas Specials in his guitar. The mexican strats are really well made instruments.

  • @screenpuller oh i want a mexican made and i wana put texas specials thanks :)

  • @709slash... Actually, that particular strat is a Mexican made model. Not made much earlier than the early 90's, if that.

  • The man is a guitar player. And damn good too.

  • 1960 fender isnt it ? Henry influences me alot:)

  • and in the suggestions, there is a dude with a musicman called john petrucci... but the lick is cute.

  • @TehWoWTactics your fat and that is machete

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