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Riff 6 for Playing Blues Guitar in E

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    Part of the video series: Basic Blues Guitar Licks

    Summary: How to play riff 6 for playing blues guitar in E; get professional tips and instruction from an expert on playing guitar and music theory in this free music lesson video.

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    "Another example of playing additional notes within the rhythm of the basic Blues pattern in the key of E is, essentially, where you can use, in this example, two strings and I'm going to show you right now. I'm going to play the E, and what I'm going to do is, I'll play it slowly at first, I'm going to go...(audio demo) Essentially what I'm doing there is playing E with the same rhythm, with the same basic rhythm. And, what I'm doing is playing the third fret, throwing which is not in the key, but it's what's called an accidental and it gives it a nice flavor to the rhythm. I'm going three, fourth fret, to the B second from the A, then back to E. I'm just essentially going...(audio demo) Essentially, what I'm doing there is just playing two different strings and giving a nice simple basic Blues rhythm."

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