Rhythm Riffs, Over 200 Riffs in All Styles Hal Leonard Guitar Method
LIBRO PER CHITARRA CON CD E TABLATURE
Series: Guitar Method
Format: Softcover with CD
Arranger: Greg Koch
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48 pages
KOCH GREG, RHYTHM RIFFS. 200 riffs. CD TABLATURE
Over 200 Riffs in All Styles Hal Leonard Guitar Method
Series: Guitar Method
Medium: Softcover with CD
Arranger: Greg Koch
Are you tired of playing the same riffs over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Loaded with new ideas, Rhythm Riffs gives you the tools to spice up your rhythm guitar playing and make your parts more authentic. This book/CD pack covers rock, blues, jazz, country, funk and "outside" styles. It gives you major, minor and dominant 7th riffs for nearly any musical situation - over 200 riffs in all! The CD includes each riff played at full speed and at a slower practice tempo. 48 pages.
INTRODUCTION
RIFFS MAJOR
RIFFS MINOR
RIFFS DOMINANT 7TH.
12 -BAR VARIATIONS
TUNING
INTRODUCTION
Do you find yourself reaching for the same chord shapes again and again when you pick up a guitar? What if someone asks you to "play something bluesy" on a G chord-do you know what to do? How would you like to spice up your rhythm guitar playing, make your parts more authentic, or maybe just get some new ideas? Rhythm Riffs is a unique book designed for the intermediate to advanced guitarist to increase your playing vocabulary exponentially. Whether you're playing in a band, writing songs, accompanying others, or just jamming with friends, there's so much more you can do-other than strum!-when playing rhythm guitar.
ABOUT THE RIFFS
What is a "riff?" A riff is a rhythmic theme that can contain single notes or chords. What goes into a riff can really depend on the style of music or even the particular player. A riff can include any of these elements:
• unique chord voicing(s)
• distinctive rhythm(s)
• hammer-ons/pull-offs
• fills & ornaments
• passing tones & chords
• unusual playing techniques
• other embellishments
The possibilities are nearly endless!
When it comes right down to it, most songs are the same. That is, they're all based on chords. What makes one song-or style, or artist-different from another, is what they do with those chords. This is where Rhythm Riffs comes in.
Each riff in this book is based on a simple chord-like A, Em, G7, etc. The chord label doesn't necessarily reflect the actual voicing used; it just shows you what type of chord you may want to play the riff over. This means you can start "plugging in" the riffs right away-putting them into songs, grooves, jams, whatever.
But here's where things get really interesting: Each riff isn't just played once. Instead, through various stylistic nuances, each riff is "morphed" into five different genres of music: rock, blues, jazz, country, and funk.* This gives you an option for just about any style you could possibly play! With twelve major riffs, twelve minor riffs, and twelve dominant seventh riffs, plus the five stylistic variations for each, you've got 180 potential riffs for bolstering your rhythm guitar vocabulary. The last section of the book features eight variations on the 12-bar blues, also done in various styles, which provide interesting rhythmic ideas and chord voicings for this most popular and highly used song form. Folk, R&B, and pop are occasional alternate styles.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
There is no right or wrong way to use this book. Some players may want to play each riff in its entirety; others will want to pick and choose just a few chord voicings or techniques out of various riffs. Some players may want to focus on one particular style and learn only those riffs. The option is always yours. If you started the book at the beginning, it would take you quite a while to get to some of the ideas at the end. Therefore, you may want to "preview" the book first: Listen to the CD while following along with the book, and keep track of the selections that you like. Make those your first playing priority. On the CD, each riff is played twice (fast, then slow); the total CD length is just over an hour. Track 45 contains tuning notes.
HOW TO PRACTICE
When learning the riff selections, practice them along at a speed at which you can play flawlessly. If you try to play them fast too soon, the "slop factor" can be too great. (Always give yourself plenty of time to learn each riff; there's a lot of them here and the tendency may be to rush, but each riff is worth taking your time with.) Using a metronome is very helpful for gradually speeding up pieces that you are trying to learn. Start at a reasonable tempo, and as your skill dictates, increase the tempo. When trying to apply the riffs, some incubation time is again a good idea. It may help you to have certain tunes in mindperhaps a song for which you're having trouble finding fresh rhythm ideas. You can try the riffs at your next band rehearsal, record them as you playa tune to see how they sound, play along with records, or whatever it takes to feel conversant with them. Never force a riff, though; strive to make your playing musical. When something works, you'll know it. The 12-bar variations at the end of the book can be used in their entirety or can be cross-mutated by joining some of the different variations together. The idea is to give you a strong rhythmic vocabulary for com ping a blues in any genre.
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
There are two specialized (right-hand) techniques used in this book on occasion-most often in the country-style riffs-that may require a little explaining before we proceed. One is Travis-style picking, and the other is chicken pickin'.
The Travis-style selections in this book are written as two parts like the example below. The lower part can be played with the thumb, while the higher register can be played with the first and second fingers. A hybrid picking ("pick & fingers") approach may also be employed by playing the lower register with your pick while your middle and ring fingers catch the other notes. In either case, muting the lower notes with the palm of your picking hand gives the desired rhythmic approach for this style.
Chicken pickin' means different things to different people, but it basically involves using muting of one form or another to achieve a "clucking"-type sound indicative of a lot of great country guitarists. The muting used to produce chicken pickin', as it occurs in this book, can best be explained with the example below. The three notes of the first A chord are simultaneously plucked by the index, middle, and ring fingers. These same fingers are immediately used to dampen the strings, and the thumb is used to pluck the open A string (which is being muted by the index finger) to produce the "cluck." By rapidly going back and forth between the open chord and the muffled "cluck," your chicken pickin' sequence begins to take shape.
RHYTHM RIFFS giver you major, minor, and dominant 7th riffs for nearly any musical situation. Over 200 riffs in all !
CD includes each riff played at full speed and at a slower practica tempo !
ROCK
BLUES
JAZZ
COUNTRY
FUNK
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