Here
I will provide you
with a whole list
of quality riffs
that should generate
full enthusiasms
in your guitar
playing.
These
licks can be used to
build your own guitar
solos in any blues style.
I will explain the techniques
and some of the concepts
used so you can expand
upon them using your
own ideas. You could
also add them to your
own version of improvised
Pink Floyd guitar solos
after learning the concepts
of the solo in the Pink
Floyd guitar solos section.
Here
we go...
Famous
Guitar Riffs No.1
& 2
This
riff is a blues
shuffle very common
to Stevie Ray Vaughan.
This Shuffle involves
a series of pull-offs
and open strings
and it is played
in E.
This
style is very Jimi
Hendrixy. It is
chordal in that
the notes played
are those that constitute
to the chord this
is also called arpeggio
playing. Play this
in A Minor. Enjoy!
Famous
Guitar Riffs No.3
& 4
This
riff is similar
to the one above
but it gives more
of a funkier sound
and this time it
is played in D Minor.
This
is a vintage Eric
Clapton style riff
in the key of A
which involves full
string bending and
some pull-offs.
Famous
Guitar Riffs No.5
& 6
This
riff has the same
idea but it is played
in the 8th position
that is the 8th
fret it is also
played in the key
of A.
This
riff adopts the
style of Eric Clapton/Albert
Collins it gives
a bluesy feel to
it. The riff is
played in A but
played at the 8th
position. The riff
involves a lot of
string bending on
single notes.
Famous
Guitar Riffs No.7
& 8
This
riff involves the
use of a wah wah
pedal in the style
of Jimi Hendrix
and sounds as if
somebody is talking.
All notes are played
on the G string.
This
is a classic 80’s
lick played using
the A Major scale
of the Phrygian
mode an involves
all single notes.
Famous
Guitar Riffs No.9
& 10
This
is an ending style
riff played in E.
It gives a funk
oriented sound and
is played over an
E7 or E9 chord.
This
is a Stevie Ray
Vaughan riff in
E and sounds very
effective when played
fast. Try and master
the full and quarterly
bends.
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