Summary: How to play riff 3 for playing blues guitar in A; get professional tips and instruction from an expert on playing guitar and music theory in this free music lesson video.
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"In this example, I am going to show you using three cords in the key of A, A, D and E. And what we are going to do here to begin with, is start again on the fifth fret, the A five cord. Play the D and then on the same strings of the A and D strings, sliding up to the seventh fret and the ninth fret and playing E. What I am going to show you here is using the same shuffle used on each cords. The very basic rhythm. And what I did there was, I played A twice. Then D twice. And went to E for one. Then the eleventh and twelfth fret and back to D for one and then back to A. That is yet another variation in playing a basic blues rhythm in A. "
eHow Article: Riff 3 for Playing Blues Guitar in A