Riff Of the Week™: The Necessary Blues

Every Wednesday I do a new Riff Of The Week. Here's Season 3, Episode 2, "The Necessary Blues".

Don't forget to view the tab and listen to the audio clips for this riff on the ROTW page of my site at: www.daveweiner.com/rotw,

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Thanks for visiting. Enjoy!

Dave

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[wakold]

Hey mate, I like your lessons, could you do some lessons on some more advanced blues stuff? Also maybe play some riffs in other keys than E, lol. anyway good job!

[DAVEWEINER]

thx! you might want to scroll through the list of ROTW vids I've done in the last 4.5 years. I'm sure you'll find something not in E. But unless you're a master of E, I wouldn't move on.

[spac3blubb3r]

like the note explanations but could you say the frets and which fingers kinda hard for me to under stand :(

[DAVEWEINER]

check the tab.

[IbanezUnBRN]

man this guy is awesome, great voice, clear and not boring. Great introduction and explanations.

[DAVEWEINER]

Thanks!

[ljguitar91]

That 7 string is delicious.

[haltrman93]

These string of videos are cool as fuck. Thanks a bunch for these, man. Now I just have to work on string bending and vibrato, haha.

[BuddyMETAL1]

Dave, just the riff i was looking for this Saturday afternoon. Just a shame it took me a year to find it!!

Rock!

[visiting31]

I never noticed how sexy your blue Ibanez was until I watched this in HD

[vakastyle]

congratulations man ! you play very nice , i like your play styles , and your guitars !

your solo with mr vai are awsome!

sorry about my inglish but i live in the south of america , chile !

man only if you can,

can you send me greetings in your next video ? greetings for me and puerto montt chile , my name is gabriel osorio .

thanks man and keep rocking !

[25jonathan]

sounds like a lick from mary had a little lamb by SRV

[aikigaeshi]

This is the kind of riff I've been looking for, thank you!

[ChucklesMginty]

The 'Now You're a Man' song brings back a bad memory for me. :(

[wakold]

Haha no mate, I just think that as a guitar teacher, it's good to keep your listeners a bit "fresh", because I, just like most of the guitarists, tend to stick to the E scale to improvise, and I think it's good to be forced to play in many different keys, not just E, C and G for example.

Anyway congrats with everything, you are a very talented player for sure!