Playing Rock Guitar Lessons Rhythm Lead and Clean Guitar Tabs

Playing Rock Guitar Lessons

Rhythm, Lead & Clean Guitar

Playing Rock Guitar Lessons Beginner Guitar Rhythm, Lead and Clean Acoustic Lessons, Riffs and Tablature

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Contents:

Page

Information

2

Introduction

3

Distorted Rhythm Guitar Lesson

3

Clean Acoustic Guitar Picking Lesson

4

Clean Acoustic Guitar Picking Lesson

5

Lead Guitar Lesson

6

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Playing Rock Guitar Lessons Some guitar tab riffs to try out playing rock guitar and to be used as a sound check for your distorted rhythm, clean guitar (acoustic) and lead guitar sounds. Lessons are from: http://www.playingrockguitar.com/

Distorted Rhythm Guitar Lesson Use three finger power chords for this. shown below. Chord 1 e |-----| B |-----| G |-----| D |--2--| A |--2--| E |--0--|

Fingers

1 1

Chord 2 e |-----| B |-----| G |--2--| D |--2--| A |--0--| E |-----|

Fingers

1 1

The chords you need are

Chord 3 e |-----| B |-----| G |--4--| D |--4--| A |--2--| E |-----|

Fingers

4 3 1

Use some distortion or overdrive; get the correct settings and pickups to use here: http://www.playingrockguitar.com/soundcheck-for-rock-guitar-playing

e B G D A E

Distorted Rhythm guitar riff |---------|----------------------|-----------------------| |---------|----------------------|-----------------------| |---------|-2-2-4-4----2-2-------|-2-2-4-4----2-2--------| |--2-2----|-2-2-4-4----2-2-2-2---|-2-2-4-4----2-2-2-2----| |--2-2----|-0-0-2-2----0-0-2-2---|-0-0-2-2----0-0-2-2----| |--0-0----|----------------0-0---|----------------0-0----| |<- Repeat this bar ->|

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Clean Acoustic Guitar Here are two riffs to check out your clean sound. The chords you need are shown below. Only two chords are shown as the same left hand fingering is used all the way through. Chord 1 e |-----| B |-----| G |--9--| D |--9--| A |--7--| E |-----|

Fingers

4 3 1 0

Chord 2 e |-----| B |-----| G |--7--| D |--7--| A |--5--| E |-----|

Fingers

4 3 1 0

The first one is a clean picked riff. Pick the strings singly and slide to the next position. Again you can get more info on this and the correct effect and pickup settings here: http://www.playingrockguitar.com/soundcheck-acoustic-guitar-lesson Clean guitar picking riff e |--------------------------|-------------------------| B |--------------------------|-------------------------| G |--------9-----------9-----|-------7-----------7-----| D |------9---9-------9---9---|-----7---7-------7---7---| A |----7-------7---7-------7-|---5-------5---5-------5-| E |--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| Slide to 5 e |--------------------------|-------------------------| B |--------------------------|-------------------------| G |--------5-----------5-----|-------4-----------4-----| D |------5---5-------5---5---|-----4---4-------4---4---| A |----3-------3---3-------3-|---2-------2---2-------2-| E |--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| Slide to 3 Slide to 2 e |--------------------------|-------------------------| B |--------------------------|-------------------------| G |--------9-----------9-----|-------7-----------7-----| D |------9---9-------9---9---|-----7---7-------7---7---| A |----7-------7---7-------7-|---5-------5---5-------5-| E |--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------| Slide back to 7 Slide to 5

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The next riff is a clean strummed riff. Strum the top four strings together and slide to the next position. Use the same fingering and amp, pedal, pick-up settings as the clean picked riff. Note the strumming pattern, down stroke, upstroke etc.

Clean guitar strumming riff e B G D A E

D U D D |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |--9-9-9--7-|--7-7-7--5-|--5-5-5--4-|--4-4-4--9-|--9-9-9--7-| |--9-9-9--7-|--7-7-7--5-|--5-5-5--4-|--4-4-4--9-|--9-9-9--7-| |--7-7-7--5-|--5-5-5--3-|--3-3-3--2-|--2-2-2--7-|--7-7-7--5-| |--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-| Slide to 5 slide to 3 Repeat and start over

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Lead Guitar Riff Last riff is to test your lead guitar sound. Get the correct settings and pick-ups to use here: http://www.playingrockguitar.com/soundcheck-for-rock-guitar-playing The left hand technique is important here. Have your third finger on the fourth fret, slide to the sixth. Use your second on the fifth fret below and then first finger on the fourth fret. See rough finger guide below. Left hand Fingering 3 3 2 1 1 e |--------------| B |------5-------| G |--4/6---4--2--| D |--------------| A |--------------| E |--------------|

Lead guitar riff / is slide e B G D A E

|--------------|------------|----------------|-------------| |------5-------|------5-----|-------5--------|------5------| |--4/6---4--2--|--4/6---/4--|--4/6----4--2---|--4/6---/4---| |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------| |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------| |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------|

e B G D A E

|----------------|------------|-------4--|-------4---------| |----------------|------------|----------|-----------------| |--6-7-6--4--2---|-6-7-6--4---|--2-2-----|--2-2------------| |----------------|------------|--2-2-----|--2-2------------| |----------------|------------|----------|-----------------| |----------------|------------|----------|-----------------|

Hope you found them useful and enjoyed them. Visit Playing Rock Guitar Lessons for more lessons, tips and advice: http://www.playingrockguitar.com/

End of the lessons.

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Playing Rock Guitar Lessons Rhythm Lead and Clean Guitar Tabs

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