Learn Guitar Riff Moody Rock 1a
In this video, we're learning the first riff in the Moody Rock 1 series of guitar riffs to help with soloing and improvisation on guitar!
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In this video, I'm going to teach you how to play that riff that was just playing that I call the Moody Rock 1a Riff. And I'm going to show you the rhythm, what fingers I use, and I’m gonna have a TAB for us to look over so we can really break it down. First, I'm going to play it for you without the backing track. Okay, so we'll break it down, piece by piece, starting with the slide. So if we take a look here, the first thing we have is the double slide of the E and the B string from the 8th fret to the 10th fret. So when we look at it, the first thing we notice is that the 8s are small, meaning they’re grace notes, sliding right into the 10s as part of that dotted eighth note. So they’re going to be really quick. So that's all going to be on the first beat. What I do is, I just barre that first finger on those bottom strings and I quickly slide them up to the 10. And that's your first beat right there. And we hold it for that dotted eighth note. So we're holding it for the dotted eighth note, we’re going 1 on the beat, and then e + or we're holding it for. Then we're ending the first beat with the double 8s for the a. So that's going to be 1 e + a 1 e + a When we move on, we see that we have a pause for the second beat, and that 8-8 is just carrying over. So that's going to hold for 2 e + a, or 2 + So if I demonstrate that really quick, it's going to be 1 e + a 2 e + a Keeping time nice and even. When we move on to the third beat, we have a grace note of the 7th fret on the G string sliding to the 9th fret. So again, that's a quick… Just like the first grace note in the song. Same thing. Except we're only hitting one string this time and I use my middle finger for that. So for beat three, it would just be 3. So if I start from the beginning… 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 And again… 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 So we're going to hold that 9th fret G string for e + for the dotted eighth note. So that's 3 e + So for the a of the third beat, I'm going to hit the 10 of the B string with my ring finger. So just the third beat is going to be… 3 e + a Again… 3 e + a So if I put that all together… 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a When we get to the fourth beat, it's actually going to be silent because the 10 is tied to it. And it's going to last for an eighth note’s worth after that. So it’ll be 4 e If I’m starting from the third beat… 3 e + a 4 e Then to finish off the first measure. On the + of 4, we hit the 9, which lasts for an eighth note. So it's going to be + a Which our middle finger is already on… + a 9th fret of the G string. So I'll play the first measure for you a bit slowly. 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a And now a little faster. 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a And we're going to move on to the second measure, which starts on the first beat on the 9th fret of the G string. Which we already have our middle finger still on. It’s the last note we hit from the first measure, so we don't have to move anything. And we're going to slide it to the 7 on the e following the 1 for the sixteenth note. So unlike a grace note, we want that part to fall on the rhythm. 1 e… 9/7… with that slide connecting the two… 1 e Still with our middle finger. The 7 has a tied sixteenth note to it, so the + is silent of the 1 e + a And then we're going to do a vibrato on the 5th fret of the G string on the a of 1 So it's going to be 1 e + a So if I’m going slow… 1 e + a And we want to end with that vibrato, however you're comfortable doing it. So just the second measure going slowly… 1 e + a And then a little faster… 1 e + a So now we'll play the whole thing slowly… 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a So now I’ll play it a little faster… 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a I hope you had fun learning the riff! If you enjoyed the video, please give it a like! If you want to learn more guitar, you can subscribe! Happy Practicing!