I-IV-V Blue Riffs
Tutorial Part 2
Danny Grady: So what I have got here is a route, where I put my second finger on the route, play that note twice, and then I bring my first finger down a string in the back of fret here to the fourth fret, here to the fourth fret of the fifth string, hit that twice and then I add my pinky to the seventh fret of the fifth string--
Hit that twice, and then bring my second finger down to the fifth fret of the fourth string. Hit that once --
So when I am here is the route of the chord, the major third of the chord, the fifth of the chord and then the seventh of the chord, dominant seventh here --
And then I am going to take that exact same pattern, and then since the next string is tuned, the next the fifth, the fourth and the string are all tuned to fourth, they are all tuned the same way, we can follow that exact same pattern. Start with your second finger here on the route of the fifth string, fifth fret here on D, and play the exact same pattern.
Second finger on the fifth fret of the fifth string, first finger on the fourth fret of the fourth string, pinky on the seventh fret of the fourth string and then your second finger is going to go on the fifth fret of the third string. So go on the route, a major third, fifth, and down to the seventh.
And then come back -- so each of these riffs also last four beats or one bar. So for each bar, you just play it once.
Giles Martin: Hi, this is Giles Martin. I am here at Abbey Road Studio 2. We are talking about 'Revolution'.
Musically 'Revolution' is a homage to John Lennon's influences. It's kind of Chuck berry on Overdrive.
So we are going to start out with a riff based on a B5 power chord. Your first finger is going to go on the seventh fret of the sixth string, third finger on the ninth fret of the fifth string.
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