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Summary: How to play riff 18 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.
Stephen Haendiges is a seasoned musician, guitarist, teacher, composer and performer with over 15 years of experience. Stephen has recorded and performed in top clubs all around the...read more
"I'd like to show you another variation of playing the E Blues rhythm and in this we're going to use what's called a rest. Meaning, where we're playing, we're going to play the E chord and stopping in between each measure that I'm playing. What I'm going to do here is go (demo) rest, (demo) then to A (demo), and then B (demo), back to A (demo), rest (demo). Basically, up to speed, what that sounds like is (demo). Rest. (demo) Rest. That's utilizing rests in a rhythm of E Blues. "