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Simple Riff & Lick Practice Tune

 

Now that we've explored all these different arrangement tools, let's try and use some of them in a practice tune. This practice tune will start out with a riff, and then we'll go to a solo using a new rock lick. Then we'll end the solo in a theme and finally we'll finish the song by repeating the riff as an outro.

In this tutorial we've gone through some of the most common arrangement tools used in rock, and I hope you've gotten a good understanding of how to recognize and use them. But remember that no matter how much you try, you can't come up with a perfect labeling system and expect it to be 100% clear and perfect. Music is not science, it's art. All we can do is try to categorize the different terms so we can isolate them and learn from them. Have fun with it!

Anders Mouridsen
Instructor Anders Mouridsen
Tutorial:
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Styles:
Rock
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2 months ago
Hi Anders, I very much enjoyed this Simple Riff & Lick Practice Tune. Regarding the Solo, can you please delve into the improvisations. In particular there's a repeating lick on the B and G strings that I'm trying to get under my fingers. I've heard it in Rock & Blues songs and would like to master it. I believe it starts by bending the D note on the G string to an E note and then playing the E note on the B sting and then executing a pull-off on the B string from the G note to the E note. Then repeating this in quick succession. I could probably figure it out if the downloaded version of video could be slowed down. By the way, I download the videos so that I can play them using my media play that supports AirPlay. Using AirPlay allows me to display it on my big screen TV, which makes it easier to view. It would be great of Guitar Tricks supported AirPlay of its online videos for this reason. Just so you know, this is something supported by YouTube. Thank You & Best Regards, Ron Fangio
Mike Olekshy 2 months ago

Hello - thanks so much for your question! I see the lick you're describing in his improvisation. You described it correctly except when playing the E note on the B string - be sure to also include the A note (5th fret) on the high E string. You can barre down on the 5th fret of the B and high E string to facilitate this. Hope this helps! Also - I've forwarded your suggestion re: Airplay to admin.