Sunshine of Your Love Riff: D Pentatonic Scale & Song Structure (Part 1)
Sunshine of Your Love is a masterpiece of blues-rock. Cream created a song that’s been covered thousands of times, and that riff is instantly recognizable.…
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How to Play the D9 Chord (Without the Muted String Mess)
The D9 chord trips up more guitarists than almost any other blues voicing. It looks straightforward on paper, but getting all five strings to ring…
Slow Blues Solo — The Toughest Riffs
Lesson four. Two days to go. If you put your time in after the last lesson, this is going to make sense. If you didn’t…
Up Around The Bend – Intro Riff
That tricky slide riff at the start of Up Around The Bend has puzzled guitarists for years — but it’s actually not that hard once…
Pentatonic Scale Guitar: Pentatonic Guitar Scales
Understanding pentatonic scale guitar is a big step forward for any guitarist. Once you get this under your fingers, you’ll start seeing the fretboard differently…
Jimi Hendrix Guitar Licks: One-String Scale Runs (Part 2)
Now we’re getting into the fancy stuff, boys and girls. In Part 1, we learned how Jimi built that foundation with the E pentatonic bass…