Austin Phillips
@philausopher · Guitar · Lethbridge, Alberta
Alberta-based musician and guitar teacher.
Quick lick at the end of the first section of the Enter Sandman solo. More…
For Anouk at Lethbridge Music Academy. More…
Solo guitar arrangement for Anouk at Lethbridge Music Academy. More…
Exact same picking pattern as before with a stretchier shape to get some wider interval sounds. More…
A pretty easy fast pentatonic lick on 2 strings that is very easily abused LOL More…
Here's the opening riff for this tune - straight blues scale stankiness 👌 More…
Here's a couple different ways to subdivide the pentatonic scale and stretch out the box shape into longer phrases instead of just running up and down the scale. All of these can be straight alternate… More…
Straight alternate picking starting on a downstroke using a slide with the ring finger to shift positions; triplet time feel to give you a little more time to switch positions. More…
Another Yngwie-ism using some legato this time for a nice smooth sounding descending run. More…
Very typical Yngwie type pattern, really easy on the picking hand as it's a single escape phrase with even numbers of notes on every string. More…
Very EJ type phrasing but maybe a little more aggressive! Using the Eric Johnson downwards only economy picking; always change strings on either an upstroke or a downward sweep. Joe picks everything… More…
Little slidey lick you can move around pretty much anywhere. Very easy to play fast since it's only on two strings. More…
Trying to string together some Gary Moore style single string phrases. More…
Cool little lick I came up with in the style of Josh Smith (one of if not the greatest blues guitarist alive IMO) - moves very smoothly from the I to the IV chord in some flashy yet tasteful 16th notes. More…
For Ezekiel at Lethbridge Music Academy - here's the same phrase in a different key. Learning the same lick in multiple keys and areas of the fretboard is a great way to start finding landmarks on the… More…
For Ezekiel at Lethbridge Music Academy - here's a fun little phrase to add to your musical vocabulary. You might recognize it from Looney Tunes or other cartoons and it can be a funny way to end a song! More…
For Ezekiel at Lethbridge Music Academy - focus on keep the fingers as relaxed as possible and flick the string down and away from the guitar neck to achieve a nice smooth pull-off sound. Use a metronome… More…
Little crosspicking etude with some pretty chord shapes that has a variety of note groupings - good for practice. More…