
Walks you through each lick in the John Mayer guitar course, transcribes the lick from the clip, and details tablature and fingering for 20 licks in his style.
Learn lick nr.1 in d major pentatonic, starting on a string ninth fret with a hammer-on, then a chromatic run to the 12th fret with vibrato and staccato slide.
Learn lick nr. 2 in john mayer style, playing 14th to 12th fret on d string, hammer-on to 14, slide to 16, with vibrato on 17 before resolving to 16.
Master lick nr. 3 in the key of A blues, played over the fifth chord with fretting on the B and E strings, pull-offs, and a final A7 root note.
Explore a blues lick in G using the first position G minor/major pentatonic shapes, combining major and minor tones with double stops, slides, pull-offs, and a blue-note hammer-on.
Master lick five in the key of B pentatonic, featuring a root trill in Stevie Ray Vaughan style, fast hammer-ons, blue note, and vibrato in the Albert King position.
learn lick nr. 6 in the key of a in first position, with fretting patterns including pull-offs, slides, blues note on g string, and a final bend, all practiced slowly.
Learn lick number seven in f-sharp pentatonic, starting at first position up to the 14th fret, with slides, double stops, and a bluesy blue-note walk.
Explore lick 8’s right-hand muting and f-sharp pentatonic on g and d strings, then lick 9’s double stops, pull-offs, and slides from a trio performance at Harlem concert.
Learn lick nr. 11 from the John Mayer guitar course, mastering index and thumb slapping, muted notes, pull-offs from d string to open, and a trill on d string.
John Mayer has created his mark in the guitar world for decades now and is a much respected guitarist among other pro players and the guitar community. He even gets praise from guitar legends like Eric Clapton. If you ever wanted to take an in depth look into his playing style and learn Licks that you probably haven't heard before, than this guitar course is for you!
The Licks you will learn are transcribed from live versions of his own songs like ,,Out Of My Mind", ,,Slow Dancing In A Burning Room", ,,Gravity", ,,Queen Of California", ,,Vultures", some livestreams he did on Instagram and also from guest solos on other peoples songs like Keith Urban.
You will find, that his playing is inspired by a lot of players, who came before him. So there might be the possibility, that some licks sound familiar to the things that guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King or Eric Clapton would play. Still you will find that he creates his own style in some sense.
After the course you will have a better understanding on the complexity of his improvising style and will hopefully feel more confident to use these licks yourself in the context of a song.