I tend to forget my licks everytime I play ... bad habit lah .... so maybe i show you something I practice ... i Get my Vocabulary by practicing stuff like that ......
By playing Scales in 3rds ...
---------------------------------------------------2----3---5-2-------------------
-------------------------------------------3---5-----3----5-----------------------
------------------------------2---4---5-2---4---5-------------------------------
-----------------2---4---5-2---4---5---------------------------------------------
----2---4---5-2---3---5-----------------------------------------------------------
5-2---3---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------
2-5---3---2-----------------------------------------------------------------------
----5---3------5---3--------------------------------------------------------------
-------------5---4---2-5---4---2------------------------------------------------
--------------------------5---4---2-5---4---2------------------------------------
---------------------------------------5---3---2-5---3---2-----------------------
----------------------------------------------------5---3---2-5-------------------
in 6ths ... Do it descending and Ascending
-------------------------------------------2----3----5------------------------
---------------------------------3----5--------------------------------------
-------------------2----4---5-----------2----4----5-------------------------------
------2---3---5-----------2---4----5----------------------------------------------
--5---------2---3----5---------------------------------------------------------
2---3---5---------------------------------------------------------------------
Or Do Arpeggios ... Descend and Ascend
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------8----------10
-----------------------------------------------9----------11--------9---------11---
---------9----------10--------9-12--------10-------9-12---------10-----9-12------
------10-------9-12-------10--------9-12-------10-----------12-------------------
8-12-------10----------12---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------8--------10-------8-12-------------------------------------
-----8-12--------10-----8-12-------10------------------------------------------
---9----------11-------9---------11----------------------------------------------
10--------12----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Or invent a Pattern ....
10-7-8-10-8----7-8-7------7----------------------------------------------
--------------10-------8-10---10-7-8-10-8-----7-8-7------7------------
----------------------------------------------9---------7-9---9-----7-9-7-------7---
-----------------------------------------------------------------10--------9-10---10-7-9-10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9----7-9-7------7------------------------------------------------------------------
--10-------9-10---10-7-9-10-9---7-9-7------7-----------------------------------
--------------------------------10-------8-10--10-7-8-10------------------------
The Key thing is ... keep reinventing new patterns and mastering them one by one .... Then you will be able to play them without thinking ... have fun!!!