Like so many famous guitar riffs, Green River is based around the E Pentatonic Minor scale, and it also uses plenty of moves and tricks that are standard to blues and rock guitar. However, there are various ways in which you can change the tone and feel to suit your playing style.

Green River Intro Riff – Guitar Lesson:

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This song can be played in several different ways, with varying degrees of difficulty, but in order to get it to sound like Jimi you will need to comfortable with a few techniques, such as string bending and slurs at the lower end of the fretboard.

Voodoo Child – Guitar Lesson – Jimi Hendrix:

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Finger tapping is often played along one string, but it will be well worth adding in more notes from other strings to widen the range of your sound.

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What makes Ironman different from other guitar riffs is that it will be playing two notes, the first and fifth note – in a power chord shape – for each position. You can then pick up these shapes along one string.

Ironman Guitar Riff (lesson):

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This will require accurate positioning of the pick and the picking finger, as well as a bit of theory knowledge. But if you already know how harmonics work on the the guitar you will just be applying the same principle, although this time using the picking hand to locate the harmonics.

Pinch harmonics on guitar will be easier to pick out when playing at the 5th and 7th frets, so it will be best to start experimenting at these positions first, either on the 3rd (G) or 2nd (B) string.

How to Play Pinch Harmonics on Guitar:

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There are plenty of myths concerning the ‘right approach’ for fingerstyle guitar, and some guitar lessons will say you will need long nails in order to pluck the strings properly. But this is not the case; many players will incorporate different styles that will require shorter nails on the picking hand, And if you think of all the different finger-picking styles out there – folk, blues, flamenco, jazz to name a few – you will see it is more important to develop a style that suits the music you want to play.

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If you have gotten over the basics on the guitar and know a little about power chords and barre chords along the fretboard, these ‘With Or Without You’ chords won’t be too difficult to get down.

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Once you have successfully played a harmonic at the 12th fret, try it again on the 7th and 5th frets, which will prove a little harder. Playing harmonics on guitar requires plenty of accuracy, but it’s a technique that won’t take too long to master.

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The names of the chords used in Purple Haze may make a bit intimidating for beginners, but they are relatively easy to play. Timing, on the other hand, will be crucial if you want to get those chords to sound right.

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When it comes to strumming patterns, you are going to come across many varations for playing a chord progression, but what you have got to get right first is holding the pick. And there many different picks out there as well, coming in different sizes and thickness, that will have an influence on the technique you use.

Also important to know when you’re working out strumming patterns is how to count beats and play in time, and which strokes will fall on the beat and on the ‘offbeat’.

Beginner Strumming Patterns for Guitar:

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