In the first lesson we looked at one way to inject life into a basic strum pattern, in the second one, how to add some spice through chord modifications. This time we're going to learn a simple riff that can be used to spice up your rhythm playing, and then we'll roll all through together to see how much we can add dynamics to the basic Em, C major progression.
Adding Spice With A Quick Riff
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Great info!
Can’t wait to use the Riff! Thanks Jon!
Great info still enjoying the I IV V course
I like the use of the hammer on in the riff. It reminded me that I can use the lead techniques I have learned and mix them in with plain scale runs embedded in the chords. Very nice.
Also heard you loud and clear, that sometimes less is so much more, when you play with emphasis. Thanks
Makes such a difference. Adapted this to a rhythm pattern I've created in 'G" and it's come together nicely.
Really puts flavor in your sound! Good job
Great insight. Am using this this weekend.
will i get lucky
I like this. It helps but so does frequent practice. .
Just what I needed …
Just as I was in a rut…you come through with another cool lesson!
This lesson proves that it doesn’t have
to be complicated to sound great, really
appreciated it, I will certainly be using
this asap.
Thanks for the idea, Jonathan. With a few minutes a day, it'll be second nature. You, Colin and Griff helped get me back to playing guitar after a 40 year lapse. Thanks..
very cool. love your lessons, helps me out very much
thi i great!!!!it started of with only a small thingie and now this sound great and i am going to teach it to my students too. thanks jonathan looking forward to your course!!!!!
i hope there will be a download option!!!
I am going in for open heart surgery on December 12th. I was able to raise the money as a landscaper for my son to go to the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery starting in January, but that took all of my money. I will be unable to work for a couple of months after my operation. I would love to improve my guitar playing skills during my time of convalescence . I hope I win his drawing. It will give me something to look forward to. Sincerely yours, Roy Long
I am going in for open heart surgery on December 12. I was able to raise the money to send my son to the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery but money will be tight during my convalescence . This would definately give me something to look forward to after my surgery. I will be out of work for a couple of months.
I like it!
Thanks, great lesson.
I feel like you are talking to me and not at me.
Well explained and fun to try.
Simple and yet very dynamic stuff!! Great Jonathan. Keep it up !
I picked up the guitar after putting it down over 30 years ago. I can see this study to make improvement it my come back.
Didn't care for your program until I saw this third lesson ,You keep it simple for us old pluckers,from will age 71:)
Enjoyed all 3 lessons. You have a nice style of teaching.
Love your stuff; I save every lesson you send out in my Google Docs 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
thanks, i'll give the little riff a try
I love the way you have built on each lesson and tied it all together….pearls of information ! Thanks
Great series of lessons. They seem to be very helpful in the short time I have been using the techniques.
I want to add spice to the strum!
I marvel at your simple approach. I can see myself causing emotions to certain listeners who will be hearing me already!
In Hawaiian Slack Key, there are “vamps” that transition or connect the verses. I can use this! Mahalo (Thank you).
what a cool technique /tip. gonna implement this right away. Another tool to ad to my bag of tricks!
Thanks Johnathan,
Great , I put the riff in between the verses and chorus which breaks it up with .more variety and emphasises the changing of tempo going into the chorus. Makes the song sound so much more with just that small addition/change. Cheers! Dennis Bertram
My main goal in learning and playing the guitar is to enter a mini vacation. Just you the guitar and the sounds you create. If you have gone fishing or sailing you will know what I mean. I am not into preforming but at some time I might enjoy playing along with someone. I think the Dynamic Rhythm Guitar course will help expand what I might be able to do on the guitar either during my mini vacation or playing with other musicians.
I hope I can win this course. Losing my house sucks. My wife being Ill and disabled sucks. Music is all I got to keep going and i need all the course help I can get. Every bit of information ties in to information I have gathered and helps with my playing.
Thanks
Good info. Feels like the words “ground control to Major Toms should be sung” to this riff. Ha just kidding.
Been playing for awhile now, mostly fingerpicking. Ive been moving towards flatpicking and enhancing my chord transitions. Your Dynamic Rhythm Course is simple to follow without the usual flourish and confusion found on other video sessions.
That riff you played on the intro to the mini lesson was different than what was covered in the lesson. I guess it was a “teaser” of sorts. maybe a bit more advanced or complicated than you had time to cover in the mini lesson. Anyway, the info in mini lesson was very helpful and fun even if different than intro. 😀
Good ear 🙂 Yes, I did that purposefully as a bit of a teaser.
And away we go! Good stuff. Useful.
Great Lessons
Great lesson. Hoping to apply this to my upcoming gigs.
Thanks for reminding us how the simple concepts are so expressive and necessary in our progress. Not to be forgotten.
Thanks Jonathan I’ve really enjoyed these three lessons and I also want to learn that initial intro 🙂
where are the first two lessons? i can only get 3/3 ?
There are links below the video on this page to the first and second vids.
Even here in New Zealand we’re learning guitar Boethcher style.
Jonathan,
I have picked up the guitar off and on for years but not until your Unlocking I, IV, V and Guitar Scale Patterns courses did I have any real understanding of the instrument. Now I am playing more often and enjoying it more just simply by having learned fundamentals and techniques from your courses.
I am very much looking forward to your new Dynamics course.
Thanks,
Ronnie
Really like this style … Fits well with my British/Canadian harmonic poetry & such … Please Gimme More !
great info
Thanks from Down under in Australia
I loved the 3 part series on how to make your playing sound more interesting using strumming, chord modification, and throughout in a riff. At 63 I need all the help I can get .
Thank you.
Mike Stinon
Who says life is almost over at 50. I just picked up the guitar at 52 and my debut for family and friends will be your 3rd lesson and that is how I roll.
hey awesome lesson cant wait for the dvd
Halleluyah this is awesome thanks for sharing your gifts with us! I look forward to sharing this with others!
Great job again. I am learning so much from your lessons. I don’t fear the guitar as much since listening and watching you. You’ve become a friend and that makes it easier to learn as I am very comfortable with your method.
Thanks much,
Gerry
Short and very sweet!
Modulation acousticaly in part I believe is the foundation of dynamics and I know that your lessons can be essential to understanding and applying. This theory. Thanks for these quick ways to better playing. Mark_L
Great. This little riff is awesome. Thanks so much for sharing.
I like your individual style of teaching guitar.
Thanks
Hubert
Thank you for making learning to play the guitar easy and have some fun at the same time.
This is fun to play. Thanks very much for this one
Hey Jonathan – that was perfect & just what I was asking for in my comment yesterday! You must be psychic as well as a great teacher.
Thank you so much for this mini series – as you can see from all the comments your generosity & style are really appreciated. So thank you again.
It’s a cool riff. But, why didn’t you teach the one you actually played at the beginning of the vid??
Ah, sorry about that… but sometimes I love to drop little teasers. That particular riff is in the course 🙂
This is something that I have done since I began playing back in the early 70s, so this was a Nice refresher for me, thank You!!!
Cool Takamine as well!! Much nicer than mine, Jonathan!! How’s the “little” pet pooch doing up there on the “B” Farm!!?? Jim