A Nice Ending Lick
This lick can be used to end songs, verses or just phrases, and will come in very handy.
Free Licks/Blog/Performances
Here are some useful guitar licks and playing tips by Homespun owner/instructor Happy Traum and others. Homespun Performances are excerpts from lessons by some of our great artists that are worth listening to just for pleasure. Keep checking back as we'll be adding to them frequently. And take a look at Happy's Blog. He has had a fascinating journey through more than six decades of playing, writing, and studying about American folk music, and he has quite a few stories to tell.
A Very Cool Lick in A
A very cool "Lick of the Day" that's easy but effective. You can use it for blues, bluegrass or old-time music - flatpick or fingerstyle. It makes for a great exercise, too. Let us know how you like this one. It's one of my favorites.
Aaron Gilmartin's "Intro to Malagueña"
Aaron Gilmartin has made some wonderful video lessons for Homespun on flamenco and bossa nova guitar styles and techniques. He is an acknowledged expert in these genres and is a fine teacher as well. Malagueña is undoubtedly the most familiar Spanish guitar piece in the world. Aaron Gilmartin shows how to play it in two versions, one very basic and the other a little more complex - and exciting! Even beginners will have fun with this one. You can see all of Aaron's lessons here.
A "Quick Lick" from Toby Walker
The great blues guitarist Toby Walker is one of Homespun's most popular video instructors. Here's a quick and easy "Lick of the Day" that you're sure to enjoy learning. Click here for more of Toby's Homespun lessons:
Lisa Liu's "Lick of the Day"
Here's a quick arpeggio exercise from the terrific Gypsy jazz guitarist Lisa Liu. It's a great exercise and will come in very handy when you're soloing in any genre you play.