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Guthrie Govan
20 ESSENTIAL
LICKS
LICK 3

JTC SAYS
This is a relatively short idea, however it’s one that uses a technique that is repeatedly used
by Guthrie to move from one position the next. Instead of just walking up or down a normal
scale you will find that he’ll often throw in a chromatic note or a series of chromatic notes to
move his hands to a new position of the neck.

He does this often when playing a flurry of 16th notes ... which makes what could be a
boring sounding group of scale sequences sound so much cooler.

This lick is based primarily out of B minor pentatonic with some chromatic notes thrown
in. Also observe the beginning notes where he uses bends to grab the listeners ears with
familiar blues phrasing before he gets into some more modern sounds with the chromatic
notes.

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(From the 2014 Album GUTHRIE GOVAN'S 20 ESSENTIAL LICKS)

P = 130
Bm

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1
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V V V V V V
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T
A 4 (4) 7 4
6 4 4 7 9
B
P sl. H

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g V V V V V V V V fV V V eV fV V
3
Ig V V
FullM FullM
9 10 13 14 10 12 11 10 7
T 7 10 7 10 11 12 12 12 12 7 10 7
A 7 9 9 9 10 9 7 8 9 10
7
B
H

b
gg V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
Fm

5
I V V V V V V V V

M
1/2 1/2 M M
1/2

9
T 10 10 (10) 12 (12) 10 (10)
A 11 11 9 11 9 9 11 9 11 9 7 7 9
11 9 7
B
P sl. P P H

gg gV V
Em

7
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1/2

T
A 13
B
sl.

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