Texas Rock Lesson

Javier Aviles

Texas Rock

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- Javier Aviles7th January 2016
  Thank you, my friends! Un saludo.
- Chris Harrington4th January 2016
  Wow! Love this dirty blues tune, beautiful guitar too!
- playaxeman4th January 2016
  cool
- Javier Aviles4th January 2016
  QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Jan 3 2016, 01:48 PM)
  Absolutely grooving, and what a lovely guitar Javier!
  
  Thanks Kristofer, Having groove is important for me!
  
  QUOTE (MisterM @ Jan 3 2016, 02:23 PM)
  Hi Javier
  
  ouahhhh nice groove, I like it...
  
  Thanks MisterM, I`m glad...
  
  QUOTE (Monica Gheorghevici @ Jan 3 2016, 05:40 PM)
  Awesome lesson, I like it very, very much!!
  
  Thank you, very much!!... Monica.
- Monica Gheorghevici3rd January 2016
  Awesome lesson, I like it very, very much!!
- Manu RASSE3rd January 2016
  Hi Javier
  
  ouahhhh nice groove, I like it...
- Kristofer Dahl3rd January 2016
  Absolutely grooving, and what a lovely guitar Javier!

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- Tags: Hybrid picking, Bending, Sixth intervals, Harmonics, Texas, G blues, G pentatonic major, G pentatonic minor, Double stops, Blues licks, Riffing, Chords, Groove, ZZ top
-Guitar Lesson:
Let me show you a song with Texas rock vibes. Hybrid picking, bending, sixth intervals, harmonics - are some techniques used.

-Music Style:
Texas Rock

-Tonality & Scales:
G
G Pentatonic minor
G Pentatonic Major

-Techniques:
hybrid picking, bending, sixth intervals, harmonics

-Sound:
I used a PRS 513 25th anniversary with crunch and overdrive sound.

-Tuning:
Standard tuning: E,A,D,G,B,E

-Tempo & Beat:
90pm (Slows 50bpm)
4/4

-Chord Progression:
```
 
|  G5  | G5 EF |  x 4
|   C   |   C    | G5  |  G5  |
|   C   |   C    |  D   |D C Bb A |
|  G5  | G5 EF |  x 4
```

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