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Blues Guitar For Dummies
Chapter 7: Musical Riffs: Bedrock of the Blues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Basic Single-Note Riffs .................................................................................121
For the low-down bass notes: Quarter-note riffs ...........................122
The big daddy of riffs: Eighth-note riffs...........................................123
Adding a little funk: 16th-note riffs...................................................124
Throwing rhythm for a loop: Syncopated eighth-note riffs ..........124
Double the Strings, Double the Fun:
Two-Note Riffs (or Double-Stops)...........................................................125
Straight feel .........................................................................................126
Shuffle, or swing, eighths ..................................................................127
High-Note Riffs, the Bridge to Lead Guitar................................................128
Keith Richards’s borrowed trademark: Quick-four riffs ................129
Intro, turnaround, and ending riffs ..................................................129
Mastering the Rhythm Figure .....................................................................134
Part III: Beyond the Basics: Playing Like a Pro ...........137
Chapter 8: Playing Lead: Soaring Melodies and Searing Solos . . . .139
Mastering Your Picking Technique ............................................................139
Becoming smooth with your simple downs and ups.....................140
Tackling tricky alternate-picking situations....................................141
The Universal Lead Language: The Pentatonic Scale..............................143
Why the pentatonic is the perfect scale..........................................144
The two sides of the pentatonic scale.............................................144
A common scale for practice: E minor pentatonic ........................145
Pentatonic Plus One: The Six-Note Blues Scale........................................149
Adding Some Extra Flava to the Blues Scale.............................................150
Clashing bitterly .................................................................................151
A dash of sweetness...........................................................................151
Chapter 9: Playing Up the Neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
For Inquiring Minds: Why Up the Neck You Should Go...........................155
Positioning Your Digits for an Easy Key Change ......................................156
The pros of closed positions ............................................................157
The details of closed, numbered positions.....................................157
Easing Into Position: Moving the Pentatonic Up and Down ...................158
Changing Your Position ...............................................................................160
A natural first: Moving from fifth position to eighth......................161
The eighth-position blues bonus......................................................161
How low can you go? Moving from fifth position to third.............162
The Technical Side of Moving.....................................................................163
Like taking candy from a baby: The subtle shift ............................163
Seeking a bit of attention: The noticeable slide .............................163
When you don’t want to move, just reach or jump .......................164
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