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Funky Blues

Instructor: Steve Hubbard
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Blues
Level: Beginner
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    Funky Blues - Intro Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues

    Excerpt: Hey guys! This tutorial will focus on a beginner 'Funky Blues' riff, and will also include a modified example, as well as a short lead run! As mentioned in the above video, some techniques that may stand out are: Staccato:   Characterized by performance in which the notes are abruptly disconnected. Inflection:    A deviation from...

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    Funky Blues - Example 1 Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues

    Excerpt: Here we have a riff that follows the notes of a minor pentatonic scale. If you are unsure of what that is, there are several tutorials available that will help you get the grasp of it. For this lesson, its not entirely necessary to know; though, it would be useful when trying to improvise your own version of this example. Feel free to play around with makin...

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    Funky Blues - Example 2 Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues

    Excerpt: For the second example, we will play the riff over dominant 7th chords, and will slightly change the idea, adding a major 3rd. If you get this down fairly easy, try switching your techniques, from alternate picking, to legato, etc. Move on to the third example, for a small addition to these ideas!

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    Funky Blues - Simple Lead Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues

    Excerpt: This lick works well with both example one and two, and follows the E minor blues pentatonic scale. Try picking every note in the run, using mostly legato, or combining both techniques to achieve what may be the most comfortable for your playing. You most definitely have heard this run, or something similar to it, at some point in listening to music. This ...

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    Funky Blues - Outro Steve Hubbard
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    Instructor: Steve Hubbard Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Blues

    Excerpt: Remember, be creative, and use your own 'voice' in music! As always, send questions my way if you have any. Thanks for checking out this tutorial!

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