Blues Guitar: Sliding 6ths Riff

Blues Guitar

Sliding 6ths Riff

Blues guitar playing is defined by certain riffs. This lesson covers an easy blues riff that can be used in a variety of settings. You hear this riff all the time in blues songs like “Soul Man” by the Blues Brothers and so many others. It’s a common blues finger pattern using 6ths combined with 3rds that are slid from the 5th up to the 6th scale step over any major chord in a blues setting.

This lesson covers…

• Sliding 6ths Riff

• 2 Note & 3 Note Version

• Applying the Riff to Different String Combinations

• Application in a Song

Grab your guitar and let’s learn one of the most common riffs you hear in Blues! - Steve Krenz

Steve plays a ES-335 Block Inlay in this lesson.

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