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“Boom Boom” by John Lee Hooker
Born near Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1917 to a sharecropper family, John Lee Hooker was one of the last links to the blues of the deep South. He moved to Detroit in the early 1940s and by 1948 had scored his first number-one jukebox hit and million-seller, “Boogie Chillun.” Other hits soon followed, “I’m In The…
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“Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Composer – Jimmy Page/Robert Plant Where to find this song – Led Zeppelin II track # 1 Release Date – April 1969 No guitarist alive has really ever been able to equal the mass appeal that “Zep’s” Jimmy Page does. Robert Plant, the vocalist, and frequent harmonica player pierce your ears…
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“Surrender” by Cheap Trick
Riff Rundown Guitar Tab, Audio, Video, and full tab download. Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Cheap Trick Where to find this song – Heaven Tonight track #1 Release Date -January 1978 Cheap Trick was formed in 1975 by Robin Zander, Rick Nielson, Tom Petersson, and Bun E. Carlos. The band toured extensively before releasing their first…
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“Pretty Little Ditty” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy (guitar) – Advanced (bass) “Butterfly” Riff This Chili Pepper riff from the instrumental song “Pretty Little Ditty” off of their 1989 album “Mother’s Milk” would resurface about 10 years later in the popular hit by the band Crazy Town called “Butterfly”. It’s the later version by Crazy Town that is most recognized now, but let’s not…
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Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen (Chords & Lyrics)
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Exercise Routine At 63 bpm
Here’s another helping of good ole speed and technique-building exercises. We’ll speed things up a little in this session at 63 beats per minute. Enjoy! Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6
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Freddie King: The Master Blues Showman
Freddie King. In reality, that’s a whole sentence in itself. Freddie King, people. His talent was on par with the other Kings of blues, but he’s perhaps the least talked about King. Why is that? B.B. lived to be the ripe age of 89. Albert kept it going until age 69. Poor Freddie only made…
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Funk #49 by James Gang
Joe Walsh gets funky with this FM radio classic. The “x” means over the strings means you’ll want to mute those strings with your picking hand when picking them. No notes are sounded out. It gives it a percussion-like sound. Funk #49 Music Notation and Guitar Tab Complete Transcription To “Funk #49” (PDF) Complete Transcription…
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Dee by Randy Rhoads (Part 2)
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How To Repair Cracks In Your Acoustic Guitar
If you own an acoustic guitar long enough, chances are good that you’ll have to deal with the repair of a crack in the wood. Knowing how to evaluate the seriousness of a crack will allow you to determine whether to call a repair person immediately or whether it might be OK to leave it…