Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This year I went to NAMM 2026, where I got to see one of my favorite players, Isaiah Sharkey, perform. Luckily, I had my cellphone ready to film some of his playing. As usual, he played a lot of outstanding jazz and neo-soul licks. In this video, we’re going to take a look at an amazing Dorian chromatic line that immediately caught my attention. Enjoy the lesson!
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This year I went to NAMM 2026, where I got to see one of my favorite players, Isaiah Sharkey, perform. Luckily, I had my cellphone ready to film some of his playing. As usual, he played a lot of outstanding jazz and neo-soul licks. In this video, we’re going to take a look at an amazing Dorian chromatic line that immediately caught my attention. Enjoy the lesson!
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![2 Advanced Neo-Soul Licks | Guitar Lesson (Josh Smith Concept)
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today I transcribed 2 sophisticated Neo-soul licks for you guys utilising a concept I learned from Josh smith. These 2 licks are very useful because you basically can use them playing over a 1 - 4 or a 251 chord progressions. Have fun with the tabs.
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![3 Spicy Neo-Soul Influenced Jazz/Blues Licks [TABS]
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here are 3 very cool und useful jazz/blues licks with that extra neo-soul flavour. These 3 licks are meant to play over a standard blues chord progression. Have fun incorporating them into your repertoire!
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Today we gonna take a look at the LOCRIAN♮2 scale which is the sixth mode of melodic minor. This scale is a great tool for more interesting and fresh phrases playing over a Minor7b5 chord. You can utilise this scale for jazzy neo-soul guitar solos playing over a minor groove. Have fun with this easy lesson!
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![How I FINALLY Got My Runs Fast & Clean [Easy Picking Trick Lesson]
I always struggled with playing fast, clean pentatonic runs — especially those flowing blues-rock lines you hear from players like Eric Johnson and Joe Bonamassa and Eric Gales.
Then I came across an old video of Eric Johnson talking about his picking technique. So I tried it. In this video, Ill show you 3 exercises that helped me get this approach under my fingers. Well start slowly and work toward faster, cleaner pentatonic runs that you can actually use in your playing.
This approach is especially useful if youre into blues, blues rock, R&B, neo-soul, and modern guitar phrasing and want your pentatonic playing to feel more fluid and expressive.
Backing track by the awesome ELEVATED JAM TRACKS:
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⚡ IN THIS VIDEO:
00:00 – 01:03 Solo
01:03 –02:55 Explanation
02:55 –03:30 Exercise 1
03:30 – 04:10 Exercise 2
04:10 – 04:33 Exercise 3
04:33 – 05:06 Outro
00 – Outro
Give these exercises a try and let me know in the comments
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![Practical Neo-Soul/Blues/Gospel Mixolydian Lick [TABS]
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![Intermediate Jazz Blues Fusion Lick in Mixolydian + [TABS]
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![R&B Lofi Jazz Backing Track // G minor [smooth & chill]
Easy & contemporary lofi neo-soul/r&b jam track for improvisation. Have fun jamming and stay tuned!
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![this chord is so cool...[short lesson]
Here is a quick and very useful lesson on a great sounding r&b/neo.soul guitar chord. Check out the lesson #short
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![Chilled Neo-Soul 2516 Backing Track in C Major
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here is a modern neo-soul backing track. The backing track is a typical jazzy 2516 chord progression. Perfect for practicing jazz licks!
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![Professional Neo-Soul Guitar Chord Progression/Licks/Inversions [TABS]
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here is a killer Neo-Soul guitar Progression in E minor including tasty licks, chord voicings and inversions.
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![Cool Intermediate Martino/Sharkey Style Harmonic Lick | Quick Lesson [TABS]
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