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- Rockabilly RiffingLEVEL 3Learn to play a classic rockabilly riff.
- Unison RiffingLEVEL 4Unison Rock riffs played by guitar and bass together.
- Melodic RiffingLEVEL 5Develop your timing skills with melodic riffs.
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Feedback
kahall14th August 2009Hey, just now checking this one out. Always tardy but never late. Great lesson here. Some new things for me.
Carlos Carrillo15th February 2009Really thanks my friends!
Sergio Dorado7th February 2009Cool lesson
Hisham Al-Sanea7th February 2009nice one Carlos.great job
Ivan Milenkovic6th February 2009Great backing and great riffing man, awesome !
Nazgul6th February 2009Great, Carlos! Your lessons are really inspiring for me. Also, the very first second sound like "Devil In A Midnight Mass" from Billy Talent to me.
- Carlos Carrillo6th February 2009
Glad you like it guys, thanks a lot!
Emir Hot6th February 2009Great riffing Carlos.
Kuba Szafran6th February 2009Great composition Carlos
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kaznie_NL6th February 2009Sounds heavy
Pedja Simovic6th February 2009Very cool lesson on Drop D riffs Carlos. I like backing as well
- Carlos Carrillo6th February 2009Nice riffs Carlos!
OK Toni! Thanks for your comment!This is very melodic, those voices in the background are awesome!
Yes! It is true, is a very melodic lesson! The voices create an incredible atmosphere! Thanks for comment my friend!Great and powerful riffs!
Little bug in the main text: you say the lesson is in A minor but you provide a scale-chart of B minor!
Other than that, thanks Carlos
sorry guys! the lesson is in A minor scale!Thanks for warning me!Very nice lesson Carlos!!
Thanks Bodgan,you are cool my friend!Cool riffs Carlos! I like the backingtrack.
Yes!! the backingtracks are cool! Great comment Piotr!Sounds very cool. Dark and heavy. Thank you for the useful riffting
Welcome my friend! One of my goals like a composer is that the lessons be , besides melodic, original and with a lot of energy!
Thanks for your comment! 
SensE6th February 2009Sounds very cool. Dark and heavy. Thank you for the useful riffting
- Carlos Carrillo6th February 2009Dropped D is just killer,
great riffs Carlos!!
Thank you Muris! I try to create an original song. I love "dropped D" hahahah! 
Piotr Kaczor6th February 2009Cool riffs Carlos! I like the backingtrack.
Bogdan Radovic6th February 2009Very nice lesson Carlos!!
berko6th February 2009Great and powerful riffs!
Little bug in the main text: you say the lesson is in A minor but you provide a scale-chart of B minor!
Other than that, thanks Carlos
Vasilije Vukmirovic6th February 2009This is very melodic, those voices in the background are awesome!
Toni Suominen6th February 2009Nice riffs Carlos!
Muris Varajic6th February 2009Dropped D is just killer,
great riffs Carlos!!
- Lesson
- My notes
Hello friends! In this opportunity we will study the creation of powerful riffs! For this lesson I used dropped D tuning:
1) E 4) D
2) B 5) A
3) G 6) D
The creation of a riff is based on playing with the main notes of the scale that we are using. In this case, the scale of A minor. It is very important to have in mind the progression of chords that we are going to play!
The variations in the tempo turn out very interesting, and in this lesson we will see a clear example. This lesson focuses wisely on techniques like Alternate picking, string skipping, and some vibratos!
When I composed this lesson I found interesting things, for example, a brilliant way of playing octave chords and the powerful melodies that can be generated by the Dropped D tuning!
I believe that it is very important to study these type of compositions and guitar arrangements; with them you will develop techniques, speed and the aptitude to create your own songs!
Audio Settings: to record this lesson I have used the POD X3 live.
Analog Chorus: Depth 66% Mix: 35%
Analog Delay with modulation: 375ms Mix: 29%
Amp: 2002 Criminal Cab: 4x12
Mic: 57 on axis
Scale: B minor.
Tempo: 160.
Nothing is impossible! Feel the music and God bless you!
See you!
Carlos.B Minor Scale:
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