Hot Bluegrass Licks Mandolin Licks — Here are some favorite hot licks tabbed by the NEZ, the Old School's world-class mandolinist (and copy writer). There are several mandolin sites around the WWW with tabs of various songs ranging from jazz to traditional fiddle tunes, but I've found very few (if any) tabs of hot Monroe-style mandolin licks. Here are some for you to learn and work into your songs. Other mandolin exercise videos, tabs and MP3s are available at williamanesbitt.com NOTES: 1. I use the term "Monroe-style" loosely. Like any other mandolin player, I draw from a variety of sources. So these might be better classified as "Monroe-hybrid." 2. Some of them might require digital athletics you're not used to. Pinky dexterity is a must. Practice, baby. 3. Why go to all this trouble? Because I love playing this style, and would love it even more if lots of others did as well. Enjoy!    Guitar Licks — Here are some guitar licks, also tabbed by the NEZ. Most are pretty blues-based, patterned loosely after the inimitable Tony Rice (anyone who's tried to imitate him knows how inimitable he is). Here again, these are licks, not tunes. There are a zillion websites you can go to for tunes. NOTES: 1. Use any picking pattern you like, but these are tabbed assuming the traditional alternating up-and-down picking motion. Happy pickin'!

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