Acapella Playing - Riff Of The Week - 10/28/09

[stateofmoron]

holy scramp i did not even notice the backgroud music i was to buy learning to care!

but now that i knotice its there is no problem with it it brightens up the video and lightens the mood to a more casule lerning experiance. thanks dave.

[delerious186]

congrats on having the first great guitar lesson vids ive seen you actually have your stuff together thanks for the vids again. its so nice to find these videos now , when before all ive seen is posers. great show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[miyavi8]

hey dave, how high do you set the action on your strat and les paul? Do you prefer high or low? Thx

[glitchystudios]

thank you so much this is a great lesson

[sk8r4life911]

i have the same printer! :D

[Botdra]

@sk8r4life911 Me too! :D

[guitarsolo227]

Me too

[GuillermoSmyser]

could someone help me out with the chord he's playing? I get that it's an E7 but I cant see the fingering so well.

he's barring the 7th but that's all I got so far.

[bajondy]

its an E Minor 7th. its Low E-X A-7 D-X G-7 B-8 High e-X

[rockdfunk]

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[MegaGuitarman22]

Awesome man. Thanks for helping me.

[saddam5]

Great stuff! Please continue to do lessons for a-capella playing!

[Bleegen]

Loving that bit in Tourmaline.... absolutely loving it. Great lesson.

[jujucaster64]

cool! I might try that out

[interiorattack]

Great job and thanks for taking the time to impart your talent and experience with us. I have to disagree however about people trying out a new guitar and nothing coming out. I've been to GC too many times not to wish that was the case.

[LaCooper]

solid lesson, helps a lot of us out there i promise you.

[LaCooper]

what a sexy guitar Dave! i'm pretty jealous! haha

[SatchJimmy]

kinda porno backing music lol

great video though

[YoDudeRock]

Try exclaiming, "Oh yeah!" over it. It goes perfect.

[metalpunk89]

this is awesome.

my compliments and thank you!

this is really helping me to become a better guitarist

[trailblazer225]

By far my favorite riff of the week yet.

[kostq94]

amazing lesson !

[hoffercolby]

great episode, Dave! When will the rotw site be updated?

[kristofferjo]

RIFFOFTHEWEEK DUDE! Why don't you record a DVD on solo playing? or two or 10 :p

You know... where you show some methods on speed picking,soloing, harmonics etc.

I would buy that!

[pain97]

Great lesson as always Dave!! I always look forward to the Wed lesson!!! Thanks

[BumBiscuit0]

This was a good topic to go with. I was just watching Tommy Emmanuel rip it up on acoustic so it was nice to see an insight into how to improvise unaccompanied playing.

I always get confused when I start adding more than 1 chord in - guess I just need to learn my neck better; get out of the boxes and shapes and into the notes.

[KurdishRockstar1]

very nice lessions my friend ... but i hope you start to send riffs from next week cause this things name is riff of the week ... btw the lessions are awesome .. but the point here is RIFF !! thx

[billmeedog]

Dave's giving us GOLD here man!

You're certainly entitled to your opinion, and I respect that, but I think you may have overlooked the fact that Dave demonstrated some VERY COOL riffs as the "fills" in between the Em7 rhythm/chord-accompaniments!

Aren't those riffs?!?

[FenixBG]

that is a riff! But there is much more to go with it and that is really valuable!

of course, you can't pleace them all :)

[GuitaristCK]

Well, he did show us a riff ! A rythmic one ! But he did ! And btw, if you're not satisfied, you should just leave the place. This was way more interesting than a riff. Because this shows you how to create your own riffs. It's better than just covering what others did. Don't you think so?

[sdmf1982]

I prefer when Dave introduces his take on different concepts and leaves us to adapt them for our own ends. Miles more fun than just learning someone else's riffs ;)

[Traido]

I'm sorry to say that i hate the background music hehe i preffer to just hear you.

Anyway great lesson, thanks

[GuitaristCK]

I totally agree with you on the backgrund music. It was kind of annoying.

[riffoftheweek]

Noted - I always found background music to interfere, but alot of people like it.. so I'm experimenting.

[meursault42]

I think for a bit the background music is ok, but after that the volume should really go down. I dunno, it just seems to get in the way, especially, for example, when you play that first chord. Maybe it's just me though. Love the stuff Dave.

[blackhawk1788]

dude youre getting pretty creative with the lessons :) its kinda like "whats he going to talk about NEXT week?" im excited

[SoliTary001]

great video!

[Fractaloid]

The riff has a nice singer song writer ala Mayer/Matthews feel to it. I wouldn't mind hearin a laid back instrumental song like this on an up comming album.

[headbust123]

Awesome pornomusic in the background

[GuillermoSmyser]

And by the way, you should TOTALLY do a series on what to do to make ourselves seems awesome when we go to guitar stores!

[GuillermoSmyser]

cool! I like the groove a lot and need to work on my rhythm, so this will help me a lot.

[Rg1527]

Hey Dave,

Ive noticed youve mainly been using your strat and LP for the last few riff of the week sections

Just wondering where your LACS 7's are or if youre waiting on a new one?

[guitarinevilhands]

WOW!!! This is almost a song!!! You're a very good player and teacher!

Btw i like very much this tune...Keep On Rockin'!!

[DAbears5]

i thought acapella meant without instrument accompaniment. so acapella guitar playing means... silence i guess lol

[MartCali]

What happent to the quality, Dave??

[riffoftheweek]

YT takes a while to format these big files into HD quality. So when it's first uploaded, it's not going to look good. Give it time, and it shows up in HD.

[paulefty]

Works fine now! great vid again dave :)

[Jinskee]

i've got to try this. thanks again for another great video, dave :]

[Neoworry]

Great Lesson Dave! Thanks!