Now let’s work on our first lick by playing it through together. It’s important that you put in the time with your metronome first so that you can play through the lick in time and the notes ring clear.

Use this playalong video as a test: if you can play along with me at this tempo, you’ll have built up your muscle memory to a point that you’ll be able to pull off the parts that use this technique in the repertoire. If not, keep working with a metronome at a slower tempo until you can. You’ll get it!