Riffs and Rhythm
Live Guitar Course: Explore the concepts and techniques required to play great rock riffs and great rhythm.
During this course, Irene Ketikidi will be going through all the different picking hand techniques you need in order to play solid rhythm guitar with confidence and an authentic tone. She'll take a look at right and left hand muting, groove and pick dynamics, fingerstyle techniques, chord fills, skank picking, tone, and much more!
Riffs and Rhythm
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Week 1 07/01/2020 at 3pm |
Modern Rock RiffingCombine palm muting, double stops and lead fills to create an authentic 80s‐90s modern rock riff. |
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Week 2 07/08/2020 at 3pm |
Static Shuffle RiffThis week, Irene shows us how to use a light palm mute to create a groovy blues shuffle riff. |
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Week 3 07/15/2020 at 3pm |
Funk ChordsThis week, we get to work on our funk strumming along with groove and pick dynamics. |
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Week 4 07/22/2020 at 3pm |
Single Note Funk PickingOften referred to as skank picking, this picking style will allow you to create exciting percussive single note rhythm lines. |
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Week 5 07/29/2020 at 3pm |
Combining Funk and RockThis week Irene combines the right‐hand techniques we learned so far into a modern funk/rock riff. |
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Week 6 08/05/2020 at 3pm |
Modern FingerstyleWe’ll leave the pick aside and use our fingers to explore different tones and dynamics for both chords and fills. |
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Week 7 08/12/2020 at 3pm |
Chord FillsIn this lesson, we'll combine the adjacent scale to each triad chord of our progression to create fills between chords. |
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Week 8 08/19/2020 at 3pm |
R&B Fingerstyle and FillsIn this last week of the course, Irene will look at how to play with an R&B/hip hop feel and work on our laid back groove. |
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