Description
Why is this riff as good as the solo? It's built on the A Minor Pentatonic scale just like the solo and it's picked exclusively. You need as much technique to play this riff as you do to play the lead guitar solos. This is essential Prog Rock playing.
Rhythm is again an important factor in playing this riff. Surprisingly, the scale passage is played on the beat with 16th notes. Its only difficulty is its speed. The power chords that follow are all off beat 8th notes. This syncopation provides the rhythmic twist that turns these ordinary chords into one of the greatest riffs of all time.
Lesson Info
Instructor
Andy Gurley
Tutorial Lessons
- Carry On Wayward Son: Introduction
- The Must-Know Riff
- Time Changes Everything
- Prog Rock Wall of Harmony
- Less Is More
- A Riff As Good As the Solo
- It's All In the Rhythm
- Crossing the Bridge
- New Time, New Key
- 4 Licks and a Les Paul
- How To Make Quarter Notes Interesting
- Let's End With A Guitar Solo
- What's Better Than Ending With One Guitar Solo?
- Tone and Equipment
- Feats of Strength: Play Along!
- Carry On: Jam Along
