Ben's Top Riffs - Notated!

Hey Guys, in this video I show you some riffs I've notated. Hope this helps :)

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• Blues
• Piano
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• riffs
• notated
• free
• sheet
• music
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• jazz
• boogie

[Tomonkeys]

Hi from NYC Ben! The first time I tired to write you I don't think it posted properly. Anyway, you do great stuff here and you're very nice to post it. Oddly, some players don't want to share their stuff.. They don't get it - its not so much about the licks - its about what you put into the song - your soul and style, which isn't easily copied. I'm a pretty experienced player, though mostly by ear, and I'm getting a lot from you. So thanks again. Tom PS I'm hoping to post a vid or 2.

[MusicGuru12]

Hey Tom,

Thanks for the comment. I'm more than happy to share my riffs!

Glad the videos are helping :)

Keep playing!

Ben

[Jazzper79]

Hi Ben

I am a pianoplayer myself, you have made some mistakes in your notations.

Riff 1) it is a triplet on beat 3 (Bb-g-g)

Riff 3) It is a triplet on beat 3 also (c+e-g-Bb+d) landing on beat 4 (b-d-)

Great riffs I must say, and I enjoy watching your videoes once in a while.

Jesper, Denmark

[MusicGuru12]

Hey Jesper,

I appreciate the comment. It's difficult for me to exactly notate my riffs beat for beat seeing as they riffs I've made up, not from any original score. The score is there as a guideline, as is the audio clip I accompanied the riff with. I don't want my subscribers to turn into a copy of me; I believe Musicians should be unique with their playing.

Thanks for the comment but this is just a guideline, not an exact representation of my playing.

All the best,

Ben

[Lince7777777]

Very decent man. Loving the Riff 4, btw is that a new microphone. lol.

[MusicGuru12]

Indeed it is, Alex. Well spotted :p

[R0ckinR0ughley]

Wow nice

[Jgbhns]

Hi Ben how do I get a copy of your written "Riffs"..and BTW I listened to your explaination on David Sprunger's riff that he plays..I have his CD but you showed me better on what he does..Many Thanks...Janet

[coxjimi]

Hi Ben. Thank you for taking the time to notate these riffs. Know it's a labor intensive task, but very valuable to your many students. Please do more of these for us. As a former teacher once told me, "Nothing is yours until you share it". From this students point of view, you have shared so very much - 'You Now Own The World'

[every2dogs]

I love this video. I also appreciate all of the dialog in the comments area. This helps us all learn faster. I wish this medium was around when I was a kid.

Keep groovin'

[every2dogs]

@Jazzper79

or riff #3 grace triple sounds good as C#-C-Bb

[every2dogs]

@Jazzper79 thanks for the little tweeks. In riff #3 the grace note triple seems like c-Bb-g. B-a-g as notated "just don't make no sense". However, I'm no expert.

[godloveshere]

Thank you very much. I practice these riffs with different left hand patterns and it's just great. Your videos are very helpful, and your talent is appreciated.

[awesomepianoman]

kool riffs

[kimjenn62]

Thanks for the written riffs. It helps alot! Hope you do this with other lessons.

[CarapaxSPb]

Thank you, but I got crazy trying to repeat. You are playing 1 extra note in the first riff :)

[ikkejick]

hmmm...