Rock guitar lessons

From Blues to Rock guitar in one lesson

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The blues has for a long time now been a inspiration for many rock guitarist/composer. Many accomplished bands have made their rock signature through the blues and done it well. For those about to rock, the blues is not only a brilliant starting point but it's also the most logical one. The blues is the most essential starting point for anyone wanting to get on with his/her rock guitar lessons.

Things you need to know about guitar riffs

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A low pitched guitar sound is very likely a riff. It is, in other words, a brief repetitive chord progression. It basically stands for several notes played in a pattern. It usually originates at a scale or at a chord. The riff is that part of a rock song that people remember. Popular rock bands of the past like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin, all made us of riffs for their songs that scored the highest on the charts. During the 1920’s the word “riff” was added to the vocabulary of musicians. The term was relevant in the description of some jazz music and some rock music. The new meaning of the word is merely “musical idea”.

The Aeolian mode

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The Aeolian mode is the sixth mode of the major scale. To play the Aeolian you start on the sixth of the major scale.

Building left hand power

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One of the most important aspects of guitar playing is to have sufficient power in your left hand to be able to play chords, arpeggios, scales, licks, etc. at a steady beat without getting tired. The three most important aspects of the left hand, in this context, are power, flexibility and agility.

As a guitarist you have to work relentlessly to accomplish the three, with power being the most important of the three. Still flexibility should not be ignored in this context since it plays a vital role in building power with agility. Agility is a kind of byproduct of building power and flexibility but should not be only treated as such, endless rhythmic exercises will in the end build the agility needed to become a fluent player. This article mainly covers the power aspect.

The Locrian mode

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The Locrian mode is a musical mode or diatonic scale. It may be considered a minor scale

with the second and fifth scale degrees lowered a semi-tone. The Locrian mode may also be considered as a scale beginning on the seventh scale degree of any Ionian, or major scale.The Locrian mode has the formula 1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7. Its tonic chord is a diminished triad (Bdim in the Locrian mode of the diatonic scale corresponding to C major).

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