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Summary: How to play riff 5 for playing blues guitar in E; get professional tips and instruction from an expert on playing guitar and music theory in this free music lesson video.
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Stephen Haendiges Stephen Haendiges is a seasoned musician, guitarist, teacher, composer and performer with over 15 years of experience. Stephen has recorded and performed in t... read more
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Questions & AnswersThe other common technique to use in Blues is when you're playing the rhythm is throwing in little extra notes in between the rhythms and also to cue the next chord. Also called either a 'lick' or a 'turn around'. I'm going to demonstrate here just a basic E Blues Riff using extra notes. Basically, what I'm going to do is go...(audio demo) and what I'm doing there is playing the same rhythm, but instead of doing it twice in a row I'm going back to E, and then D, back to C sharp, E, back to the root note of E with the B. Basically, what I'm doing there is going...(audio demo) Essentially, what I'm doing there is simply going back from the fourth and fifth fret, back and forth, and playing the E note in between each picking.
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