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Dry Spell Blues


Main Riff Practice Loop and Variations

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Dry Spell Blues > Main Riff Practice Loop and Variations

For today's lesson we will focus on the basic riff. I will slow it down so we can play along. This is a simple song, so play close attention to your rhythm and tempo.

See you next week.

Enjoy.

Corey

 

 

 

Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Open A Tuning
Corey Harris
Slide Guitar
Son House
Open A Tuning
Dry Spell Blues

Print Print Chords & Tab

Loop 0:30 Open A Tuning ( E  A  E  A  C#  E )

Loop 0:45 Practice Loop of Main Riff

$5.0 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.3 $1. $1.2 $1. $1.0 $1. $3./3 $1. $1. $1. $6.0 $1. | $5.0 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.3 $1. $1.2 $1. $1.0 $1. $3./3 $1. $1. $1. $6.0 $1. |
$5.0 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.3 $1. $1.2 $1. $1.0 $1. $3./3 $1. $1. $1. $6.0 $1. | $5.0 $1. $2./12 $1. $1./12 $1. $2./12 $1. $3./12 $1. $3./3 $1. $3.0 $4.3 $3.0 $1. |

 

Loop 2:10 Light Touch with the Slide and Picking

Loop 2:55 Variations for the Second Riff

$6.0 $1. $1./12.$2./12 $1. $1./12.$2./12 $1. $2./12 $1. $3./12 $1. $3./3 $1. $3.0 $4.3 $3.0 $1. | $5.0 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.5 $1. $5.0 $1. $1. $1. $5.0 $1. $6.0 $1. |

Variation

$6.0 $1. $2./12 $1. $1./12 $1. $2./12 $1. $3./12 $1. $3./3 $1. $3.0 $4.3 $3.0 $1. | $5.0 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.5 $1. $5.0 $1. $1. $1. $5.0 $1. $6.0 $1. |

 

Loop 3:15 Baseline Variation

Loop 3:38 Response Variation for Main Riff

$6.0 $1. $2./3 $1. $2./3 $1. $1.3 $1. $3./3 $1. $3./3 $1. $3.0 $4.3 $3.0 $1. | $5.0 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.5 $1. $1.5 $1. $5.0 $1. $1. $1. $5.0 $1. $6.0 $1. |

 

Loop 3:54 Muting

Loop 4:20 Closing Thoughts

 

 

 

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Harry Roullier
Harry Roullier Jun 21, 2015

 

Mike Caren
Mike Caren Jun 21, 2015

Hi Harry --- you sound great!  I love the foot-tapping too --- really makes the groove.

Corey Harris
Corey Harris Jun 24, 2015

Nice job.  You have a nice touch on the guitar and the tone really comes through.  You have the basic riff down so just practice the rhythm as it seemed that a few times your foot was slightly out of time.  Good job.

Harry Roullier
Harry Roullier Jun 25, 2015

Thanks for the kind words Corey. Yes my foot runs amuck a few times, also noticed myself doing something with the slide I was unaware of. I learn a lot just playing the videos back....Notice all kinds of things your unaware of when playing.

Thanks again

Corey Harris
Corey Harris Jul 04, 2015

Sounds good Harry.  Nice and simple.  I would only say to play just a little bit more behind the beat.

 
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