Welcome to Episode 2 of the 'Happy Picking!' podcast!

This episode we talk 'All About Licks'.

Playing, learning and being able to craft licks on the banjo is such a fundamental tool for all banjo players and has been for over 100 years!

In this episode we take a deep dive into the world of licks and look at understanding licks by approaching the questions of:

- What is a lick?

- When do we play licks?

- How do we know which lick toplay?

- How many licks should I learn?

With that knowledge in mind, we will progress to look atdeconstructing a lick and the recipe for building them yourself.

We look at:

- What is in a lick?

- The recipe for writing a lick.

- Writing licks in 'G'.

- The G major scale and the theorythat we need to know to write a lick.

- Adding techniques and scalenotes to licks.

- Writing licks for 'C' and 'D'chords.

In the final part of the show we will delve even furtherand get into the awesome nitty-gritty world of the blues note and the dominant 7th and how to really flavour your licks in a more 'bluegrass' way.

- Bluegrass techniques for licks

- What is a 'blues note'?

- Using blues notes in 'G' and 'C'.

- What is a 'dominant 7th'?

- Using the dominant 7th in licks.

* Please remember to like, subscribe and get in touch totell me how you enjoyed the show and which sort of licks you have written.

LINKS

Click on the links below to get the files for the show.

HP#2- 'All About Licks' Tab Sheet:

- Download the tab file for today's episode and check out the other tabs available.

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Blank Tablature Sheet:

- Print these blank tablaturesheets for 5 string banjo and write your own licks.

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⁠12 Bar in G Backing Tracks:⁠

- Practice different licks playingalong to these 12 bar backing tracks in the key of G.

- Available at 80/100/120/140 bpm.

Have fun writing and...Happy Picking!