In this video, we’ll discuss how to make the move, what it usually looks like, and how to take it further and incorporate it into your soloing. I’m using a lick from Solo 5 in 5 Easy Southern Rock Solos for the demonstration.

So in today’s video, I’m going to take one of the licks from solo 1 of 5 Easy Southern Rock Solos and show you how it would sound without the element of syncopation in it (hint, yeah, it’s lame) and then show you how easy it is to add that syncopation and make it sound like a real melody.

So in this video, we’ll take a lick from an old Marshall Tucker Band song, “Heard It In A Love Song,” and I’ll show you how I adapted it for use with solo 3 of 5 Easy Southern Rock Solos.

However, this beginning phrase trips up a lot of my students because of the syncopation pattern. Yet this is a phrase that comes up time and time again in solos like this or Johnny B. Goode or dozens more.

So get your counting shoes on and let’s dive in…

It doesn’t require you to know the scales or make changes to much of anything, you’re just following the chord in a way that works every time.

I’ll explain the theory, in case you’re interested, but it’s totally not necessary

If you dig it, and want more SRV, check out my How To Solo Like Stevie Ray Vaughan course.

I’ll walk you through the lick, but more importantly I’ll break this apart and show you how you could make this sound for yourself and use it in your own soloing. It’s super fun to noodle with!

For more David Gilmour check out How To Solo Like David Gilmour.

But there’s something David Gilmour does a LOT in his solos that you’re probably not doing, and today I’ll show you how.

If you want more DG check out my How To Solo Like David Gilmour course.

There’s also no denying the total rabbit hole trying to copy his tone can be…

But in the process of making my How To Solo Like David Gilmour course, I discovered that his tone is quite achievable with “normal” stuff, if you know what you’re doing (and you will now.)

While he’s an amazing guitar player, and use a wide palette of sounds…

Many of his most famous and iconic licks still come from the same “moves” that we use in most any other blues-based soloing.

Dig today’s lesson, and if you want more, check out How To Solo Like David Gilmour:

We’re going to take some small “moves” and play them repeatedly until you can actually play them. This is what real practicing should look like

Then, we’ll expand on it, and by the end you’ll not only have a cool lick under your fingers, but hopefully some additional technical ability. This sort of thing is how technique is built, as well as lick vocabulary (and you can check out Blues Speed Building Blocks for more about how that works.)