Lick of the Day

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Today’s lick is part two of two and it is a cool lick to play in the B section when the Am becomes an A major. Cheers!

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This week we’ll be working up some licks for Watson Blues! Today we’ll start with the kick off....obviously normally done by the guitar.....but fun to play on the mandolin too! Cheers!

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Lick number 98!!

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Lick 4 of 7 for Watson Blues.

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Lick 5 of 7

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Since the Jazz tune of the month is Honeysuckle Rose I figured I’d base some of the licks on that. Hopefully I’ll have a version on that link of my take on the tune soon!

In the meantime, here is the high part of the Django intro.

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Part 2 in the Honeysuckle Rose series is the lower octave lick to yesterday’s lick (#104) Cheers!

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Today’s lick is over the F7 to Bb7 change. Cheers!

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Here’s one right out of the Django playbook!

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Today’s lick is a gypsy jazz lick I transcribed from a clarinet solo. Cheers!

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Cool little Gminor run today for Honeysuckle Rose!

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Today’s lick is played over the F7 chord in the B section.

To see how the lick is used in the song, check out the full video here

https://youtu.be/jiSLpdP5YvY

[mandolin breeze]

That's what I'm talking about!! . . . Nice job Daniel . . . think I'll grab my mando . . . and a beer!!! Happy New Year!!! And THANKS!

[danielpatrick]

Here is the final lick in the Honeysuckle Rose series! Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year! The next few licks I’m going to post this week are going to be some scale exercises I’ve been warming up with every morning. This one is kind of musical sounding to my ear and descends down the major scale 3 notes at a time. Start at the root note of a scale, then work your way down to the lowest note you can. Try to get each note to sound as clear as the last. (It gets tricky when switching strings!) Then start with another note! The tab for this exercise is available for free at www.mandolinsandbeer.com

Be sure to use a metronome! Cheers!

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The next tune up to bat is Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down. Today’s lick starts with a kick off lick and then the beginning of an intro over the E chord. Tomorrow will be over the A chord.

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Today’s lick is part 2 and played over the A7 chord. Cheers!

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Part 3 of intro, played over the D7 chord. Cheers!

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Here’s the final lick to make up the intro. This lick is over the G chord. Cheers!

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Let’s dig in to some Mark O’Connor fiddle licks on this tune!