Riff 4 for Playing Blues Guitar in A

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Summary: How to play riff 4 for playing blues guitar in A; get professional tips and instruction from an expert on playing guitar and music theory in this free music lesson video.

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Riff 4 for Playing Blues Guitar in A

What to show you now a rhythm playing in A, using full chords. The first chord I'm going to show you is A major 7. I'm going to show you, here. Again, we're on the fifth fret and you're going to bar your first finger over all six strings. Your third finger is going to go on the seventh fret on the A string. Then you're going to put your second finger on the sixth fret on the G, making this sound. (demo) It gives it that effect, that's an A major 7. Then we're going to go to D7, which is second finger fifth fret A string, first finger fourth string fourth fret, third finger on the G string and then on the B string on the fifth fret making this sound. Basically, what I'm going to do here is go.(demo). Basically, what I'm just doing is playing the Bass notes twice and then playing the full chord. Then on the D7. Full, up to speed is(demo). That's utilizing four chords playing in A Blues.

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