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Kristofer Dahl18th November 2009Indeed rocking
- great to see a new lesson from you Emir!
Braer18th November 2009nice
Sergio Dorado18th November 2009Cool riffing, Emir! Everyone must study these pentatonic approaches
Sensible Jones18th November 2009Excellent stuff Emir!!! \m/:D
Emir Hot18th November 2009Thank you guys ![]()
Pedja Simovic18th November 2009Awesome lesson Emir, very well done !
Bogdan Radovic18th November 2009Great rock lesson! Very cool tone and backing! ![]()
NoSkill18th November 2009I enjoyed that man. I think if I can work out the faster runs, this might be doable. Thanks!
Emir Hot18th November 2009Thanks guys.
NoSkill, This should be doable for sure with some practicing. I had trouble with these 16th triplets but after a day I was able to play it with no problem ![]()
kaznie_NL18th November 2009Cool track Emir!
Emir Hot18th November 2009
Alexiaden9318th November 2009Awesome lesson, master Emir ! ![]()
Emir Hot18th November 2009
Daniel Realpe18th November 2009you rock! reminded me a little to the chili peppers, in the riff
Emir Hot18th November 2009
Crazy_Diamond18th November 2009Great groove Emir ![]()
Emir Hot18th November 2009
Adrian Figallo18th November 2009very groovy man!, what guitar do you have over there
? looks very cool!
Emir Hot18th November 2009
Ivan Milenkovic18th November 2009Some great rocking Emir! ![]()
Emir Hot18th November 2009
playaxeman18th November 2009fantastic lesson Emir
great fast runs you have got there
These are the ones you allways think of "what is he playing there, I like to play them too"
Now I finally have time to study them at ease.
Emir Hot19th November 2009
JamesT19th November 2009Awesome man!
I've been looking for a way to practice combining riffs, leads, picking, and pentatonics all at the same time.
This one goes on my practice list.
Emir Hot19th November 2009
MirkoSchmidt19th November 2009Wow, sounds awesome like always! Unfortunality its to hard for me! But great work Emir!
THE BUZZARD19th November 2009Great lesson Emir, it,s got a funky pentatonic vibe to it!
Gabriel Leopardi19th November 2009Great stuff Emir! This lesson rocks!
Zsolt Galambos19th November 2009Love your phrasing! Also a very tight playing, well done, bro! ![]()
Emir Hot19th November 2009Thank you people ![]()
kahall20th November 2009This lesson made the bulb in my head a little brighter. If you know what I mean. Something clicked, I guess because I actually know the e minor pentatonic scale. It will take a while longer to play it but it will be fun trying. We are so lucky to have you here.
Emir Hot20th November 2009
Stephane Lucarelli20th November 2009Awesome riffs Emir!
Emir Hot20th November 2009
Gerardo Siere20th November 2009Awesome playing Emir!
Emir Hot21st November 2009
whitesnake21st November 2009very cool lesson, i must try to learn this one,
thank you
Emir Hot21st November 2009
intemperateControl21st November 2009Good to see you back doing your thing. Very cool grove you got going there - awesome lesson! ![]()
Emir Hot22nd November 2009
Jerry Arcidiacono22nd November 2009Great and rocking lesson Emir ![]()
Emir Hot23rd November 2009
Laszlo Boross23rd November 2009In good style and useful lesson Emir! Nice job! ![]()
iamblackmo23rd November 2009Yes Sir, I like this one.
Emir Hot23rd November 2009
iamblackmo23rd November 2009Just because you asked! I will learn this and hope I can learn it well!
Emir Hot23rd November 2009
audiopaal24th November 2009GREAT lesson Emir
Really cool riffs, and I might be able to play it after a while as well
You're awesome! ![]()
Emir Hot24th November 2009Thanks audiopaal, I am sure you can play this with some practicing.




Hi
One of my previous lessons was about Open String Riffing in E Scale. This scale, whether minor pentatonic, blues or combination of both, is very common in rock music as it gives many options for riffing in combination with open strings. May rock legends use this approach such as Ritchie Blackmore, Angus Young etc... Some of the most famous riffs are in the key of E. Think of Whole Lotta Love, Woman From Tokyo, Back in Black... The key of E, especially the power chord, has a very powerful sound on the guitar as that’s our lowest note in a normal tuning.
This time I am showing how to extend riffing in E minor pentatonic mixed with some passing soloing patterns. I wouldn’t really call this one a solo as this is typical rock minor pentatonic riffing in a busier arrangement with some fast rock licks in between. Paul Gilbert uses this approach a lot especially on Mr. Big albums.
Use stronger vibrato when riffing with longer notes on the low 3 strings as this sounds more powerful in this kind of rock style. The whole lesson uses just one scale – E minor pentatonic. Learn this chart in 5 positions and you can do a whole lot more with it.
I hope you will enjoy riffing over this backing track and see you soon with some more rock stuff.
Emir