Friday Night Cruise

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Hey everyone! In this tutorial we'll be learning a short experimental rock piece. It has a bit of a Latin rock feel and part of it is also slightly influenced by a band called Muse. The wah pedal I'm using in this video is a Dunlop Crybaby 535Q. An excellent wah pedal! Once you've checked out the full video above, head on over to the next page and let's g...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: This first exercise is where I significantly implemented the wah pedal. If you have a wah pedal, definitely use it for this so you can get that rock/funk sound. Basically all you'll be doing with the wah pedal is pressing down on it while you strum each bar chord, then slightly lifting your foot up at the end of each chord. In the tab below, you'll see B an...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Exercise 2 is pretty straightforward in that we'll be playing straight sixteenth notes throughout the entire thing. Keep your alternate picking steady and make sure each note sounds crystal clear and equal in volume.

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Exercise 3 has both a clean part and a distorted part. In the clean part, you'll primarily be playing dead notes on most your downstrokes, then with your upstrokes you'll be playing the notes normally. Watch out for the quick legato line at the end of bar 14 where you'll be playing sixteenth note triplets. The distorted part is a bit more variated than the ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here is the backing track at it's original tempo of 109bpm. If you need to practice it at a slower speed, go to the next page to access the backing track at 80bpm.

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here is the backing track slowed down at 80bpm.

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