Playing Rock Guitar Lessons    Rhythm, Lead & Clean Guitar 

Playing Rock Guitar Lessons

Beginner Guitar Rhythm, Lead and Clean

Acoustic Lessons, Riffs and Tablature

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Contents: Page

Information 2

Introduction 3

Distorted Rhythm Guitar Lesson 3

Clean Acoustic Guitar Picking Lesson 4

Clean Acoustic Guitar Picking Lesson 5

Lead Guitar Lesson 6

Information:

This book and the lessons or information contained in it, is for

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It should not be altered in any way or sold.

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Playing Rock Guitar Lessons

Some guitar tab riffs to try out playing rock guitar and to be used
as a sound check for your distorted rhythm, clean guitar (acoustic)
and lead guitar sounds.

Lessons are from:

http://www.playingrockguitar.com/

Distorted Rhythm Guitar Lesson

Use three finger power chords for this. The chords you need are
shown below.

Chord 1 Fingers Chord 2 Fingers Chord 3 Fingers

e |-----| e |-----| e |-----|
B |-----| B |-----| B |-----|
G |-----| G |--2--| 1 G |--4--| 4
D |--2--| 1 D |--2--| 1 D |--4--| 3
A |--2--| 1 A |--0--| A |--2--| 1
E |--0--| E |-----| E |-----|

Use some distortion or overdrive; get the correct settings and pick-
ups to use here:
http://www.playingrockguitar.com/soundcheck-for-rock-guitar-playing

Distorted Rhythm guitar riff

e |---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
B |---------|----------------------|-----------------------|
G |---------|-2-2-4-4----2-2-------|-2-2-4-4----2-2--------|
D |--2-2----|-2-2-4-4----2-2-2-2---|-2-2-4-4----2-2-2-2----|
A |--2-2----|-0-0-2-2----0-0-2-2---|-0-0-2-2----0-0-2-2----|
E |--0-0----|----------------0-0---|----------------0-0----|
|<- Repeat this bar ->|

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Clean Acoustic Guitar

Here are two riffs to check out your clean sound.
The chords you need are shown below. Only two chords are shown as
the same left hand fingering is used all the way through.

Chord 1 Fingers Chord 2 Fingers

e |-----| e |-----|
B |-----| B |-----|
G |--9--| 4 G |--7--| 4
D |--9--| 3 D |--7--| 3
A |--7--| 1 A |--5--| 1
E |-----| 0 E |-----| 0

The first one is a clean picked riff. Pick the strings singly and
slide to the next position.
Again you can get more info on this and the correct effect and pick-
up settings here:
http://www.playingrockguitar.com/soundcheck-acoustic-guitar-lesson

Clean guitar picking riff

e |--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |--------------------------|-------------------------|
G |--------9-----------9-----|-------7-----------7-----|
D |------9---9-------9---9---|-----7---7-------7---7---|
A |----7-------7---7-------7-|---5-------5---5-------5-|
E |--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
Slide to 5
e |--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |--------------------------|-------------------------|
G |--------5-----------5-----|-------4-----------4-----|
D |------5---5-------5---5---|-----4---4-------4---4---|
A |----3-------3---3-------3-|---2-------2---2-------2-|
E |--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
Slide to 3 Slide to 2

e |--------------------------|-------------------------|
B |--------------------------|-------------------------|
G |--------9-----------9-----|-------7-----------7-----|
D |------9---9-------9---9---|-----7---7-------7---7---|
A |----7-------7---7-------7-|---5-------5---5-------5-|
E |--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----------|
Slide back to 7 Slide to 5

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The next riff is a clean strummed riff. Strum the top four strings
together and slide to the next position. Use the same fingering and
amp, pedal, pick-up settings as the clean picked riff.

Note the strumming pattern, down stroke, upstroke etc.

Clean guitar strumming riff

D U D D
e |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G |--9-9-9--7-|--7-7-7--5-|--5-5-5--4-|--4-4-4--9-|--9-9-9--7-|
D |--9-9-9--7-|--7-7-7--5-|--5-5-5--4-|--4-4-4--9-|--9-9-9--7-|
A |--7-7-7--5-|--5-5-5--3-|--3-3-3--2-|--2-2-2--7-|--7-7-7--5-|
E |--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|--0-0-0--0-|
Slide to 5 slide to 3 Repeat and start over

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Lead Guitar Riff

Last riff is to test your lead guitar sound. Get the correct
settings and pick-ups to use here:
http://www.playingrockguitar.com/soundcheck-for-rock-guitar-playing

The left hand technique is important here.

Have your third finger on the fourth fret, slide to the sixth. Use
your second on the fifth fret below and then first finger on the
fourth fret.

See rough finger guide below.

Left hand Fingering

3 3 2 1 1
e |--------------|
B |------5-------|
G |--4/6---4--2--|
D |--------------|
A |--------------|
E |--------------|

Lead guitar riff

/ is slide

e |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
B |------5-------|------5-----|-------5--------|------5------|
G |--4/6---4--2--|--4/6---/4--|--4/6----4--2---|--4/6---/4---|
D |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
A |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------|
E |--------------|------------|----------------|-------------|

e |----------------|------------|-------4--|-------4---------|
B |----------------|------------|----------|-----------------|
G |--6-7-6--4--2---|-6-7-6--4---|--2-2-----|--2-2------------|
D |----------------|------------|--2-2-----|--2-2------------|
A |----------------|------------|----------|-----------------|
E |----------------|------------|----------|-----------------|

Hope you found them useful and enjoyed them.

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