If you’re learning guitar online and you’ve never heard of JustinGuitar.com then you’re in for a real treat. Justin’s been teaching online since forever, delivering high quality free guitar lessons on YouTube and his website.

In this lesson Justin Sandercoe shows us how to play a beginner’s level fast rock lick, as well as some really cool variations on it. You’ll get some good practice playing your hammer-ons and pull-offs with all the licks presented here.

I’ve tabbed out each example from the video for your learning pleasure.

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JustinGuitar – Fast Rock Licks For Beginners

Licks from the Video

Here are the four licks that Justin shows us in this video. They range from an easy repeating three note pattern to an all out blistering metal lick. Have fun with these and remember to keep your rhythm steady and take your time. It will never sound good fast if it never sounded good slow.

Click on the tabs to see them larger.

Lick 1

Here is the core lick that all the variations are built upon. It’s a quick hammer on and pull of followed by a single note on the next string up.

Lick 2

In this lick there is added variety due to the changing hammered on notes.

Lick 3

In this sweet metal type lick Justin takes moving the hammered high notes to the next level. This odd seven note lick may be a bit tricky to fit in when jamming, but I suggest not thinking about it too much and just going for it. Eventually you’ll find the sweetspot where the lick fits right in with the rhythm.

Lick 4

A big part of guitar solos involves getting from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’, and doing it in style. This is the sort of lick that can do that. Mind the bit Justin says about muting with your first finger across the neck while you play the lick. This will reduce unwanted noise as well as allow more freedom to your picking hand, since it won’t need to be as accurate.