Acoustic Rock Basics: Creating Chordal Riffs
Learn to deconstruct simple chord shapes and progressions to create classic-sounding riffs with this lesson in the Acoustic Rock Basics series from Acoustic Guitar.
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents: David Ryan Harris
The singer-songwriter performs “So Is Mine”—from his album ‘Lightyears’
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Acoustic Guitar Sessions Presents Ed Sheeran
Pop super star Ed Sheeran performs a solo-acoustic version of "Thinking Out Loud" for Acoustic Guitar Sessions.
Tommy Emmanuel | Acoustic Guitar Sessions
Australian fingerstyle guitar master Tommy Emmanuel talks about meeting and playing with his hero Chet Atkins, his favorite guitars, and his 2011 album Little by Little.
Cordoba Guitars Artist Iren Arutyunyan on the Basics of Fingerstyle Technique
Presented By: Córdoba Fingerstyle technique is used in almost every genre and style of music, from timeless classical pieces to today’s top hits. Instead of strumming chords, pluck individual strings to “decorate” the harmony! In this video, learn the basics of…
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The Country Boom-Chuck Rhythm
Learn to adapt the country boom-chuck rhythm to rock songs.
Simple Rhythms Make Great Patterns
Sometimes, you only need a simple trick to create the right feel, and that’s the key to the groove in Example 1a.
A Classic Blues Rhythm Pattern
Blues and rock are two styles that are heavily intertwined, and the rhythm pattern in Example 3 instills more of a bluesy sound into your rhythm simply because it’s a common rhythm pattern in blues tunes.
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DigiTech Vocalist Live3 and TC Helicon VoiceLive Touch Review
These two new auto-harmony devices not only provide more power, but are easier to use and better organized.
Here’s How to Break Up Easy Chords to Create Rock Riffs
Many of the best licks and riffs by artists like the Beatles and Neil Young are really just made up of bits and pieces of easy chord shapes. You can use these same basic chord shapes to create cool riffs for your own songs.