5 Repeating Blues Licks (Make Your Solos Flow)

In this lesson I’m breaking down 5 repeating blues licks in the key of E that you can loop over and over. These come straight from the E minor pentatonic scale, using open strings plus a bonus lick further up the neck.

Repeating licks are awesome because they build timing, phrasing, and speed while giving you that classic blues guitar sound. Think Clapton, Freddie King, and all the greats who use bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides to make the pentatonic scale come alive.

If you’re learning blues guitar, these riffs are perfect for practicing over a 12 bar blues in E—and you’ll hear how they connect to tons of real songs.

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0:00 Intro
2:04 Repeating Lick #1
4:06 Repeating Lick #2
6:19 Repeating Lick #3
8:42 Repeating Lick #4
10:42 Linking & sliding these licks up the neck
12:00 Bonus Lick (up the neck)
13:36 Mapping these licks to the 12th-fret position
14:47 Jam ideas