Riff Of The Week™ - Season 3: Add Rhythm To Your Lead Lines

[AXELGRIZ]

great idea! i wonder, do u still use this method, Dave?

[riffoftheweek]

@AXELGRIZ - sure when needed.

[NailedSolo]

lol at for the love of god im losing my pencil XD

[TomFensterMusic]

great vid dave! now my improv should sound better.

[joeleke64]

"for the love of god"..

lol, you clearly play for Vai xD..

great lesson, I'm really gonna try that

[zxcvmjg]

dave, your vids rock man. so many!

[twirlyboggs]

nice approach

i dig your helpful vids

[jaggerspider]

Your a lefty...but play right handed guitar...

Did you find it harder to learn?

[riffoftheweek]

no, it was just natural.

[LaCooper]

i get asked the same question all the time. i never did understand why it was so natural, but it makes guitar shopping so much easier! haha

[jan1080]

I remember thinking it was weird to play "right handed" while being right handed. My right hand had a lot more "finesse" than my left, so I never understood why my right hand wouldn't be my fretting hand.

However, now it's like that:P

[acledmaiden]

many players do that for example michael angelo batio and dave ofcourse

[kingcarcas1349]

Now i know why groupies exist :D

[soulofhendrix]

try useing a sharpie next time. you can't see the pencil on the low res.

[riffoftheweek]

You can't erase Sharpie

[ETaucher]

Hahaha. Dave, I guess this guy doesn't understand the concept.

[Emberland]

Ace, just ace. I'm gonna get started on that, as soon as i get home.

[SirNoobs]

Great lesson

Btw, what will you be using your other account for, Dave? Will you upload videos that are not ROTW related?

[JacqueShredo]

Fantastic lesson dave

[angusbob666]

Oh for the love of god I'M LOSING MY PENCIL!!!

[GretschGod]

lol i'll buy you a decent pencil

[Sithconnor]

Thanks for the lesson really helped

[mrme93]

Dave, I am curious about the time you spent at G.I.T. what skill level did you enter with, and leave with. Was it beneficial?

Another very nice rotw too by the way.

[seppesai]

are you lefty? why do you write with one hand and play guitar with another :p

cool lesson

thx dave

[riffoftheweek]

I'm ambidextrous.

[seppesai]

wow, that must be cool at two handed playing does it?

regards

[deltafit]

Im exactly the same..left handed but play guitar right handed. You think that gives us a head or a bit of a handicap?

[riffoftheweek]

neither really, except that there's a much larger selection of right handed guitars.

[jose044]

wish i was ambidextrous XD

[aero3132]

That is very much like something I'd do. Back when I could only read tablature and didn't have the internet or any direction at all, I'd just draw a measure and put in random notes and sometimes it actually sounded pretty good.

[doristhebus]

Great lesson as always. Maybe you should sell Riff of the Week pencils. "Got lead?"

[ETaucher]

HAHAHAA

[Kaelan66]

this is my favorite lesswon of yours of all time. Thanks dave

[twooos]

Thanks man!

[rhysbwoi1986]

when he said oh for the love of god they should have played for the love of god just to take the mik since dave was in steve's band

[ibanezbloke]

it good that youre giving a lesson on very basic reading too. buwhy say 16tnotes instead of semiquavers? it would be a good idea to give the technical names of the note values too

[riffoftheweek]

Technically, "semiquavers" isn't really used here in the US.

[gr1moire2112]

I would agree with that, US terminology being different than elsewhere but wait, non troppo presto with those semiquavers, what about 32nd notes demisemiquavers and so on. In a way the subdivisions of 16th and 32nd are really a lot simpler. From another left handed ambidextrous guitarist who plays a "right" handed guitar. Glad to see someone else has got it right :-)

[paralleluniversemk]

Great vid (as always). I didn't know Dave was left-handed thou.

[1PUTTZ]

Very interesting idea - I'll give it a try. BTW, you blew the lead right out of your pencil. So if you're looking for it, it's somewhere to your right.

[kurama14890]

Wow, how interesting! I'd have never thought of something like that. What kind of guitar do you play? I know it's an ibanez 7 string but I can't find it on the website. Do they still make those guitars?

[riffoftheweek]

My guitars are custom one-offs. Coming to a store near you in 2???

[just17n8]

you're a lefty but play right handed?.. peculiar..

nice vid btw... not the what you've got us used to but helpfull none of the less

[PetrucciLifeson12]

Very helpful!  You're a lefty, but you play a right-handed guitar?

[TyShredder]

lmao...me and you both dood, those damn pencils are a bitch.

[Satch7699]

You're left handed??? and play right handed???? Crazy Dave!

[mattjazz3]

I didn't know that he was left-handed...

[nilk17]

simple yet effective. Nice one dave

[AGGUITAR777]

Never tough of that, great!!!!

BTW, did you find your pencil leads? hahaha

Party on Dave!!!

[jirkanov777]

Awesome teacher!!!

[Michielvdwerff]

You're lefthanded but you play righthanded... Why's that?

[jirkanov777]

Awesome Teacher!!!

[jirkanov777]

Awesome Teacher!!!

[Elmancho02]

Great as f'in always dave !!! (Could wejust have one little riff though pleae?)

You Rock!

Hugo

[ciaobebbo050]

for the love of god i'm losing my pencil!

this is a simply amazing lesson. i'll post a video response in a few days.

5 stars, of course.

[TheToneKid]

Interesting, I'll have to try that out.

I didn't know you were left handed. How come you play a right-handed guitar?

Oh and can you do a RotW on how to intonate your guitar and work with the tross rod?

[Nexx16]

ty verry much :)

[teokiatuan2]

HAHAHA 3:47!

[RichCrisler]

Cool been playing for 28 years never even thought about it! Thanks Dave!

[HellIVIonkey]

I really enjoyed this ROTW. Great advice! Not such a great pencil though!

[yongling]

thanks dave! can you do an episode just on all your gears and guitars? thanks!

[Magikarp664]

I didn't know you were a lefty!!!

[ShredmasterCLB]

Excellent lesson!! thanks for giving and incentive to be creative !

[monoklass]

this riff of the week was really nice =D

[yemma123]

great lesson dave :)

[V1ruZ]

left handed ?? and u use right handed guitar?