More Great 6 Note Sequences

Licks You Can Use For Lead Guitar

Do you need more ideas? Sometimes we hit a wall with lead guitar playing. Searching for the best stuff stuff to play can be a tough task! Either we don’t know what to play, we play the same old licks, or we feel uninspired. This is the 2nd article focusing on 6 note sequences. Below you’ll find more examples, as well as video of each example. If you missed part 1, here it is.

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Example 3 uses the same principles in the previous examples. Down two scale steps (presented in B minor), up one, repeat the pattern. This pattern starts on the 3rd of B minor. This 6 note sequence is especially effective since it emphasizes a scale tone on every downbeat.

Example 4 also emphasizes scale tones on strong beats. Notice that on beat 2, the F# (5th of B minor) is played again, even though it was just previously played in the last sextuplet. This motivic device, of reiterating a scale tone, comes back again and again in future examples to come.

Watch the Video Below For Video Examples of 3 & 4

More descending sextuplets for 5 as well as 6. Number 5 is in E minor, starting on the 3rd. As with previous examples, the 6 note sequences are designed to emphasize chord tones on strong beats.