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"Money-Maker" Fills

Instructor: Mike Salow
Topic: Cool Riffs
Style: Any Style
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    "Money-Maker" Fills: Playthrough & Intro Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Hello again Infinite Guitar! What are "money makers"? They are guitaristic fills that are musically pleasing to the listener and are heard mostly in very popular styles of music. In other words, they are fills that will get you well-paying gigs! Well in theory, you would just use them at gigs. There are many ways we can explore these types of fills but for...

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    "Money-Maker" Fills: 4ths Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: On to our first approach of using 4th intervals. Although I'm calling these "4ths" they are more like inverted 5ths because in most cases we'll be playing the root and 5th of the current chord. Pay close attention to how these intervals work over the chords.  It's easy to think of these as being part of the pentatonics but I see them as being part of th...

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    "Money-Maker" Fills: Hendrix Double Stops Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: These Hendrix style double stops will always start will a 4th and grace-note into a minor third. The notes included in the fills will not always be chord tones but the chord tones will be emphasized. Each fill will start in the second half of the measure and resolve into the following chord.

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    "Money-Maker" Fills: Final Fills & Outro Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Here we have the last couple variations, and we're done! Be sure to recognize that the main duty of these money makers is to very tastefully outline the chords. Each of these will be very "inside" and are here to please the average person in the audience. I can gaurantee that if you learn to properly utilize these type of licks, you'll get a lot more gigs. ...

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    "Money-Maker" Fills: Backing Track Mike Salow
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    Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Utilize the backing track to practice the previous examples. Enjoy!

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