Foreword

Firstly, if you’re reading this I’d like to say a huge thank

you for downloading this lesson. It means a lot to me that
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it allows me to spend more of my time producing more
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everyone for your help, it’s very much appreciated!

Welcome to the 2 n d lesson in the ‘Rick’s Quick but Slick

Licks Series’! The lesson is based upon a video I put
together for my Youtube channel. The video showed me
warming up before doing a filming shoot in London, UK
and so far has received a ton of views, likes and
comments. I have had countless messages from people
all over the world asking for transcriptions of some of the
licks for the video, so it made complete sense to put this
lesson together.

The main aim of this lesson is to show you how I combine

techniques to form lines. The techniques under the
spotlight are: Sweep Picking, Speed Picking and Legato.
I’ve had messages from lots of players asking how I use
these techniques together as lots of guys seem to
struggle to be able to change from one technique to the
other in a natural fashion. This lesson will prove to be
invaluable when it comes to combining the
aforementioned techniques.
When Sweep Picking, Speed Picking and Legato are used
in conjunction with one another, the results can be
deadly!

There are 21 killer shred licks in total, however the first 9

are preliminary licks that will give you a solid foundation
for the licks, which follow. The preliminary exercises,
particularly exercises 1-4 should be given special
attention as they form the basis for a lot of the rapid-fire
picking lines that I play.

The licks are quite demanding but are extremely good

fun to play, once the technique has been firmly grasped.

The transcription of the licks may be ever so slightly

different to the ones that appear in the video mainly
because during the video solo, the licks form part of a
larger line, so I had to bring each lick to some sort of
logical conclusion.

I have decided not to include any backing tracks with

this video lesson as I think these licks are meant to be
taken apart, so that you can get to the underlying
technique and understand why they sound the way that
they do. This may take some time. I think that the most
effective way that you can incorporate them into your
playing is to take small fragments of them to start with.
Once you have integrated those, you can then look at
extending them.

OK, I’ll let you get on and practice these sequences in

peace now but please keep your eyes peeled on my
website and facebook fan page for updates as I plan to
add many more lessons in the ‘Rick’s Quick but Slick
Lick Series’ very soon.

Have fun and I’ll catch up with you all next time.
Cheers!

Rick Graham

August 2013
 Killer Shred Technique
Sweeping, Speed Picking and Legato combinations
Rick Graham
Standard tuning

= 145
Ex1

E-Gt

12 15 17 15 12
15 15
12 14 17 17 14 12
14 14
12 15 17 17 15 12

Ex2

15 17 20 17 15
17 17
14 17 19 19 17 14
17 17
15 17 19 19 17 15

Ex3

17 20 22 20 17
20 20
17 19 21 21 19 17
19 19
17 19 22 22 19 17

Ex4

20 22 24 22 20
22 22
19 21 24 24 21 19
22 22
19 22 24 24 22 19

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 Ex5
9

5 5 5 5

13 16 14 13 13 16 14 13
14 14 14 14
12 16 16 12 12 16 16 12

Ex6
11

5 5 5 5

12 16 14 12 12 16 14 12
14 14 14 14
12 16 16 12 12 16 16 12

Ex7
13

5 5 5 5

12 16 14 12 12 16 14 12
14 14 14 14
12 15 15 12 12 15 15 12

Ex8
15

5 5 5 5

12 15 14 12 12 15 14 12
13 13 13 13
12 15 15 12 12 15 15 12

Ex9
17

5 5 5 5

11 14 12 11 11 14 12 11
13 13 13 13
12 15 15 12 12 15 15 12

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 Ex10

19

15 17 20 17 15 12
17 15
12 14 17 14 17 19 17 14 12
14 14 17 14
12 15 15 12

Ex11

21

15 17 20 22 20 17
17 20
12 14 17 14 17 19 21 19 17
14 14 17 19 17 19
12 15

Ex12

23

17 20 22 24 22 20
20 22
12 14 17 14 17 19 17 19 21 24 21 19
14 14 17 17 19 22 19
12 15

Ex13

25

15 17 20 22 20 17
17 20
12 14 17 14 17 19 21 19 17
14 14 17 19
12 15 22 19 17
20 17

Ex14

27

13 15 13 15 17
14 14
10 12 10 12 15
12 12
10 13

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13 13 15 13 15 16 17 16 15 13 12 13 14 15 14 13 12 12 10 13 10
15 17 17 15 14 15 14 11 10 11 13

30

¼ ¼
12 13 12 10
13 12 10
13 12 10 12 10
12 10
10 8
10

Ex15
32

10 12 10 12 15
10 12 10 12 15 10 12 12
10 13 13

33

10 13 10 13 15
10 12 10 12 14 10 12 12
10 12 12

34

10 13 10 13 15 13 10
10 13 13 13
14 12 10
12 10

35

10 12 12 14

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 Ex16 ETC....
36

12 15 12 15 12 15 12 15
12 13 12 13 12 13 12 13

37

13 17 13 17 13 17 13 17
13 15 13 15 13 15 13 15

38

11

T
14 16 18 23 18 16
16
15 18
15 16
13 16 13 16
13 14 13 14

39

11

full
T ¼
14 23 16 14 13
14 14
13 13 11
15
16 13 11

Ex17
40

7 12 7 12 7
7 10 7 10 12 12 10 7 7 10 12 12 10 7 7 10 12 12 10 7 7
7 10 10 12 12 10

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42

10 12 14
7 7 10
12 12 10 8 8 10 12
10 8 10

43

13 17 13
13 15 15
14 14 17 19
12 15 15 15 17 19
17 15 17

Ex18

45

T
17 18 20 22 20 18 17
18
19 17 17 15
19
20 17 15

46

13 15
13 15
14
17 15 14 17 12 14 15
15 13 12 13

47

13 12
13
14 12
14 14 15 14 12
15 12 10

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 eX19 ETC......

48

13 17 13 12 15 12
13 15 17 17 15 13 13 15 17 17 15 13 12 13 15 15 13 12 12 13 15 15 13 12

50

10 13 10
10 12 13 13 12 10 10 12 13 13 12 10

51

8 8 12 8 10 11 12 11
9 10 12 12 10 9 10 12

52

10 8 10 8 8
12 10 12 10 9 10 9 9
12 12 11

53

10 9 10 9 9
12 12 10 9 10 9 9
12 12 10 12 10 8 7

Ex15

55

20 20
18 17 15 15
17 17 14 14 17
15 14 15
15 17

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13 17 17 15 12
15 13 12 12 13 13 12 13 12
14 14

57

12 12
15 14 15 14 12 14 12 12
15 15 12 14 15 14 15 14 12 12
15 15 13 12 10

Ex21

59

10 12 10 8 10 8 8
12 10 12 10 9 10 9 9
12

60

10 12 10 9 10 9 9
12 10 12 10 9 10 9 9
12 10 12 10 8 7

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