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Summary: Blues guitar in E major is the easiest key to play in and some would say the most fun. Learn a great blues guitar riff in E major in this free video clip on music theory.
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
"In this example, I'm going to do another kind of blues feel except I'm going to incorporate open strings as well, and I'll break it down later, but right now you can hear it with the drum tracks. Now what I'm doing there is pretty much just going; one, two, and then doing a little scrap or you can go in between and using the open B and E strings, which is in the E major chord. And going. And so like what you are doing there rather than staying on the chord adding something that?s going to go with the drums as well, cause if you notice when I was playing that it goes right with the beat, and its a nice little variation you can do without just playing the rhythm chord all the time. You can actually use some of the melody notes with the [...] in conjunction with the rhythm of the drums, and kind of just give it a nice little variation. So instead you'll be going. And you know, again, just giving something different instead of playing the same type riff all the time."
eHow Article: Blues Guitar E Major Riffs