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How to Best Utilize a Riff with the Diminished Arpeggio

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Summary: Learning how to utilize a riff with a diminished arpeggio is key to learning how to incorporate the pedal steel and riff into your guitar experience. Learn more in this free video series.

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How to Best Utilize a Riff with the Diminished Arpeggio

I'd like to show you an example of using a diminished lick and utilizing a different technique to get the cord or the note for the next cord by coming back. It's kind of an interesting sounding lick that I've heard on more advanced guitar playing. Basically what's going to happen is we're going to start on the G on the 5th fret, 4th fret B, 2nd fret high E, 5th fret. We're going to slide up to the next note in the scale would be on the high E string, which is the A to C. Slide back down. Pull off on 4th fret B, 5th fret G. It would be and then slide from there to the 8th fret on the G and make the same cord form. Slide up to the 11th fret again a whole half step which gives it a diminished tone. Slide back down to the 5th fret. Played at a slower tempo. If you choose to pick every note, you can or to give it that more ominous sound you can just rely on sliding and the hammer ons and pull offs.

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