Tony Iommi

Lick 1: 

Demonstrates Tony’s use of unison bend, as well as his use of the E minor pentatonic scale. This lick is pretty straight forward, and as with many of Tony’s runs, is based around pretty straight forward two note per string pentatonic phrases. This lick moves around a lot, so make sure you’re up to speed with your pentatonic patterns.

Lick 2: 

Is another pentatonic lick, but this lick has a slight twist, with a slightly tricky fast left hand slide between the 15th and 17th frets of the top E string.

Randy Rhoads

Lick 1:

Is a classic Randy lick and is based around the F# minor pentatonic scale, but also includes the blues scale, plus notes from F# Aeolian. This lick is a little tricky so practise slowly to start.

Lick 2:

Illustrates Randy’s classical influences, with a descending figure based around a Diminished arpeggio. This lick covers a lot of the neck, so practice it in sections. The lick concludes with more F# minor pentatonic lines.Lick 1 is an E minor blues based lick that kicks off with a slow gradual bend. Make sure you dig in to this lick with lots of aggressive vibrato.

Jake E Lee

Lick 1:

Is an E minor blues based lick that kicks off with a slow gradual bend. Make sure you dig in to this lick with lots of aggressive vibrato.

Lick 2:

Is a pretty unusual lick, that starts off with notes performed by sliding into them, followed by a line where the fretted note is then re played by a right hand tapped note, giving a delay effect.

Zakk Wylde

Lick 1:

Is a blues based figure that uses the F# minor pentatonic scale and includes double stops and classic bending phrases.

Lick 2:

Is another pentatonic based idea that shifts up the neck on the top two strings through all of the F# minor pentatonic positions. Be sure that you have your pentatonic patterns down, and take care with the slides at speed.

Gus G.

Lick 1:

Demonstrates one of Gus’s bluesy style licks, with a searing bend that rises gradually, before heading into a fast loop pattern, and concluding with a unison bend. This lick is based around the E minor pentatonic scale.

Lick 2:

Is another Gus G signature lick, and demonstrates how Gus negotiates the neck using 5th intervals on the top two strings. Take care with the position shifting slides.