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Chord Progressions: An Overview
A chord progression (or harmonic progression) is a series of musical chords or chord changes that “aims for a definite goal” of establishing (or contradicting) a tonality founded on a key, root, or tonic chord. Chords and chord theory are generally known as harmony. A chord progression can be thought of as a harmonic simultaneity succession: it offers…
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“Badge” by Cream
This riff requires you to use a precise down, up, down, up motion with your strumming arm. On the downbeat we mute the strings for a percussive sound and on the upbeat we strum the chord fragments. It’s a little trick to get at first, but practice along with the jam track until you get it!
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Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Composer – RHCP Where to find this song – BloodSugarSexMagik track #11 Release Date – September 1991
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Don’t Follow by Alice In Chains
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate This riff is great for beginners to learn, yet may still provide a bit of a challenge for more intermediate players, too. The basic premise for the riffs is 4 chords played arpeggio style, or in other words: one note at a time. You’ll want to let each note ring as…
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“A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” by Dwight Yoakam
From Wikipedia: “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere” is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in June 1993 as the second single from his 1993 album This Time. Like his previous single, this song peaked at #2 in the United States and at #3 in Canada.
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The Major Scale
The major scale contains 7 notes and is the basic building block of all western music. It’s one of the most important things to learn on the guitar. This lesson will show you how to play it through video and tab. Don’t miss it! Fig. 1: The Major Scale The tab below shows the major…
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Mary Had A Little Lamb by Buddy Guy and Stevie Ray Vaughan
How Hard Is It? This song’s intro is an instrumental featuring the guitar. It helps make this blues song very unique. It’s not for the faint of heart, though. There are a few quick passages that may trouble some players. Video Demonstration In the video below I’ll play the entire intro for you: “Mary Had…
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Burden In My Hand by Soundgarden
Difficulty: Intermediate Composer – Cornell Where to find this song – Down on the Upside track # 7 Release Date – May 1996 The Band: Chris Cornell – lead vocals, guitar Kim Thayill – guitar Matt Cameron -drums, vocals Ben Shephard -bass The first thing you should do in order to play this song is…
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The DAF Formation
The DAF formation shows you how to play any major chords all over the fretboard, using three major chord formations. It is very handy when a tune stays on the same chord for a few bars, because it allows you to automatically climb the fretboard playing rapidly ascending and descending licks and arpeggios. Even moreso, it allows you to ‘spice’ up…
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“Bother” by Stone Sour
Difficulty: Intermediate