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#1 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:26:04

Blind-Sam-Slim
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From: Oregon
Registered: Mon, 19 Nov 2007
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Spicing up a basic shuffle

As I am basically rebooting my guitar practice after  a long time off - getting in a groove and relearning some basic shuffles is kind of step one. I can still swing a basic shuffle in A or E  ---- what are some tips or examples to spice it up ?  Any of you have a lead-in or fill you use a lot ? Or some ideas to change it up or funk it up ?

Yeah also working on scales and basic riffs but thats another topic


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#2 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:43:07

daver
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Re: Spicing up a basic shuffle

A good one I find is the standard "woke up this morning" lick....  E-------------5---------
                                                                                                      B----------5----8bu10 vib
                                                                                                      G---7bu9--------------               (where "bu" is "bend up to")
A great classic Clapton riff (in Tore Down) amongst others:
                                                                                                E----8bu10--8bu9.5--5
                                                                                                B----------------------------8po5--
                                                                                                G-------------------------------------7bu8ld7po5bu6      (this is 7 bend up to 8 let back down to 7 and pull off to 5 and bend this up a semi tone with your forefinger)

Both are in key of A and are minor pentatonic licks.

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