Guitar Lesson: Hard Rock Double-Stop Riffs

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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question...

Q: Can you do a video about the method involved in composing two-note chord riffs (not power chords) like those riffs found in songs like Metallicas Orion, or in a song like, Wasted Years, by Iron Maiden. I really like this two-note chord concept, but I dont understand how it works when Im songwriting.
- Reuben, Minneapolis

Those two-note chords are commonly referred to by guitarists as Double-Stops. They can be either major or minor and operate as a simple two-note harmony when playing in a key center.

The complete lesson article for this video is available on the Creative Guitar Studio website. Follow the link below:
http://www.creativeguitarstudio.com/lessons/rhythm_guitar/doublestop_riffs.php
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[1992ATP]

Do you have a tab of the riff you were playing at the beginning?

[creativeguitarstudio]

@1992ATP,

The link to the tab's, as well as, a jam track MP3 can be found in the description box. Press the "downward arrows" symbol next to the video views counter to open/expand the description box.

Thanks for watching,

Andrew Wasson

[XDSocks]

Out of curiousity, how long does it take you to come up with the example at the beginning of the lesson? Is it just improvised?

[creativeguitarstudio]

@XDSocks

It takes me about 7-10 min. to make them up.

[mastyer0fReality]

@creativeguitarstudio are these diads.. Often the first and third scale degrees? By the way your the best guitar teacher I've seen online! right on.

[creativeguitarstudio]

@mastyer0fReality - Well, a chord technically requires 3 notes, however when 2 notes are played together, (i.e., a; 5th, 4th, 3rd, 6th, octave, etc.), we get what we guitarists tend to call a, "Double-Stop." However, a Double-Stop is truly just an interval. But, yes a, "Dyad." chord is also a set of two-notes played and may be considered to be a chord, (although it is also simply just an interval)!

Hope this helps, thanks for the kind words & for watching,

Andrew Wasson

Creative Guitar Studio

[socco445]

I LOVE that riff you play in the begining of the video!!

[yargicful]

Master of teachers.... Only you answer me again. thanks alot

[lankydude1000]

@danielfulca9 the guitar squeal ls whats called a pinch harmonic if thats what your on about, hope this helped (:

[deemullins1]

the sound u have, is there just a effect pedal i can buy to get close to this sound in this video, I like my amp so dont want to buy another amp, just a pedal if there is one, thanks!

[djweszone]

Killer sound out of your SG set up.

[icmbld]

Check out The Will to Survive by Pantera, awesome double stop riffing.

[1stchoicemodern]

Running with the devil by VH was the first song I learned to apply this technique.

[xPurpleDrinkx9001]

@1992ATP if you cant figure it out by sight you need to go back to the books.

[danielfulca9]

0:22 HOW DO THIS EFFECT???

[tim101395]

off subject comment- they should make you the teacher in the guitar hero tutorials instead of that guitar god guy ^_^