3 Ritchie Blackmore Licks From 1972

Here’s the next Three-For-All lesson with 3 Ritchie Blackmore Licks From 1972. Ritchie Blackmore (of Deep Purple and Rainbow fame) is a guitar legend of massive importance and influence for electric rock, hard rock, and metal players all over the world. Even if you don’t listen to his music, you can’t deny the fact that he single-handedly influenced legions of guitarists that came after him, which is a noticeable trend that continues to this day. This lesson takes a look at three licks from a live concert in 1972 from Denmark, which captured Deep Purple strutting their stuff in the early 1970s. The ideas in this lesson include an exotic scale overview (in the style of Blackmore), a slippery-sounding blues lick, some rapid-fire shift-sliding ideas, and much more. One of the hardest things about nailing Blackmore’s style and sound is his tone - which is almost as significant as his licks and phrases. Ritchie’s tone (especially in the 1970s) was biting and rich with overt