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Slide Guitar Riffs in Open G: Picking, Expression & Single Note Lines
Once you’ve got your chord positions and progressions down in Open G, it’s time to break out of the “bar everything” approach. This lesson focuses…
Dust My Broom on Guitar: Open D Tuning and Slide Blues
Dust My Broom is one of those songs that sits at the roots of electric blues. Elmore James wrote it, and that slide riff has…
Sunshine of Your Love Riff: Solo Fill Riffs for the Chorus (Part 3)
We’ve built the foundation. We’ve added embellishment. Now comes the payoff. Part 3 is where you learn the solo fill riffs that live in the…
Two Finger Blues Guitar Lesson (12 Bar Blues)
The two finger blues shuffle guitar technique is one of the most useful and musical ways to play a 12 bar blues progression on guitar.…
Blues Riff Ending – Finish Your Riff With Style
You’ve learned the riff. You’ve mastered the shuffle, bends, and double stops. Now it’s time to bring it all together and learn how to finish…