In this video you'll learn how a simple barre across the top strings can be used as the basis for riffing off minor chords. Visual diagrams show several common patterns used, with song examples from:
Jimi Hendrix: Angel, All Along The Watchtower
Neil Young: Southern Man
Led Zeppelin: Since I've Been Loving You
Eric Clapton: Let It Grow
Carlos Santana: Evil Ways, Black Magic Woman
Aerosmith: One Way Street
Rolling Stones: Monkey Man
Pantera: Cemetery Gates
The second part of the video has several lessons, played slowly, from player viewpoint, including pick hand, on how to play these riffs in Southern Man, Since I've Been Loving You, Monkey Man, and Cemetery Gates.
The riff shapes shown in this video are some of the many chord, riff and lick shapes you can find in my free web app "The Building Blocks Of Rock", available here:
https://guitarviz.com/bbr.html
It's just a web page, all you have to do is open it. Nothing to download, and you don't need to sign up for anything.
Please leave any comments or questions. I do read them all!
cheers, Kevin
0:00 intro
0:24 what's in this video
0:50 what it is
1:20 Jimi & Neil examples
2:48 Since I've Been Loving You
4:00 Let It Grow
5:22 Santana examples
7:10 One Way Street
8:28 Monkey Man
9:21 Cemetery Gates
12:12 Lesson: Since I've Been...
14:59 Lesson: Monkey Man
16:50 Lesson: Cemetery Gates
21:25 Lesson: Southern Man
24:28 Coda and links