Blues Guitar Lesson - 12 Bar Blues Guitar Riff in the Key of E
- 10 years ago
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In this guitar lesson, John Maclennan will teach you a spicy blues riff that every aspiring blues player must know.
Ok, so... What is a riff? A riff is the part of the song that you will remember, it can be done with pentatonic, major or minor scales... it depends of the song and the context. For example, do you know Smoke on the water by Deep Purple? That is one of the most known riffs ever. Also the Enter sandman´s riff by Metallica.
The example of today´s lesson, it is a blues shuffle rhythm kind of different than the most popular with power chords that everyone knows. So it´s an E 12 bar blues progression where instead of playing full chords we just play 2 note chords. And ofcourse we will have the traditional chords I-IV-V, in this case E, A and B7, respectively.
I also recommend you to listen to the greatest bluesmen of all time, such as BB King, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, etc. But as I always recommend, it is pretty important that you come up with your own ideas, which is the best advice for starting to find `your´ unique sound and style.
Alright, that is all for today... Anyway I suggest that you keep enjoying and learning from John Maclennan and all the stuff at Guitarcontrol.com! Where? In our free lessons at www.youtube.com/guitarcontrol
Click on the link above to get the tabs for this video! GO!
In this guitar lesson, John Maclennan will teach you a spicy blues riff that every aspiring blues player must know.
Ok, so... What is a riff? A riff is the part of the song that you will remember, it can be done with pentatonic, major or minor scales... it depends of the song and the context. For example, do you know Smoke on the water by Deep Purple? That is one of the most known riffs ever. Also the Enter sandman´s riff by Metallica.
The example of today´s lesson, it is a blues shuffle rhythm kind of different than the most popular with power chords that everyone knows. So it´s an E 12 bar blues progression where instead of playing full chords we just play 2 note chords. And ofcourse we will have the traditional chords I-IV-V, in this case E, A and B7, respectively.
I also recommend you to listen to the greatest bluesmen of all time, such as BB King, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, etc. But as I always recommend, it is pretty important that you come up with your own ideas, which is the best advice for starting to find `your´ unique sound and style.
Alright, that is all for today... Anyway I suggest that you keep enjoying and learning from John Maclennan and all the stuff at Guitarcontrol.com! Where? In our free lessons at www.youtube.com/guitarcontrol