ricky skaggs style lick

jeffinwv · September 13th, 2008, 07:22 PM

this lick where you get the small E in the 7th fret and the B string in the 6th and bend it up to the 8th to make a G

what are some examples of this lick? and how do you use it?

Wally · September 15th, 2008, 03:51 PM

I can't point to any licks in particular. I can only say that what is going on is that the 6th fret on the B is the flatted 7th in the G scale to the 3rd(B) at the 7th fret, 1st string.
Bending up to the 8th..the G on the 8th fret, 2nd string...and then out of that 8th back in to the flatted 7th can lead you into whatever you want to do in that G scale. Skaggs is a bluegrass picker extraordinaire, and if you want to undestand him and his playing, study some bluegrass licks amd music. That is where most of country picking comes from.

September 13th, 2008, 07:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
jeffinwv TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: beckley wv Posts: 58	ricky skaggs style lick this lick where you get the small E in the 7th fret and the B string in the 6th and bend it up to the 8th to make a G what are some examples of this lick? and how do you use it?

September 15th, 2008, 03:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wally Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 4,032	I can't point to any licks in particular. I can only say that what is going on is that the 6th fret on the B is the flatted 7th in the G scale to the 3rd(B) at the 7th fret, 1st string. Bending up to the 8th..the G on the 8th fret, 2nd string...and then out of that 8th back in to the flatted 7th can lead you into whatever you want to do in that G scale. Skaggs is a bluegrass picker extraordinaire, and if you want to undestand him and his playing, study some bluegrass licks amd music. That is where most of country picking comes from.