the Building Blocks of Rock for guitar
the Building Blocks of Rock for guitar
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Learn the moveable guitar riffs used by ZZ Top, AC/DC, Alice Cooper, and more
In this video you'll learn several different ways of using two barres as the basis for riffs. Closeup video from player viewpoint uses examples from these songs:
ZZ Top: I Thank You
Boston: Smokin'
Rod Stewart/Ronnie Wood: (I Know) I'm Losing You
Alice Cooper: School's Out
James Gang/Joe Walsh: Funk #49
AC/DC: Have A Drink On Me
I also have a short segment on the correct way to play those classic Santana chord changes used in "Evil Ways", "Oye Como Va", etc. I used to play them wrong (using some of the shapes shown in this video), but while making this video I finally realized how to play those changes the way Carlos does.
The riff shapes shown in this video are some of the many chord, riff and lick shapes you can find in my free web app "The Building Blocks Of Rock", available here:
guitarviz.com/bbr.html
It's just a web page, all you have to do is open it. Nothing to download, and you don't need to sign up for anything.
Please leave any comments or questions. I do read them all!
cheers, Kevin
0:00 intro
0:18 what's in this video
1:21 how to play it
1:51 I Thank You
5:11 Smokin'
5:54 option: add the thumb
6:19 Santana chord shapes
8:05 I'm Losing You
9:16 School's Out
10:39 option: add hammer-on/Funk #49
12:06 Have A Drink On Me
13:17 other examples
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Chord shapes used by the Beatles, RHCP, Metallica, Van Halen, Fleetwood Mac, and more
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Many guitarists know the two basic barre chord shapes but not many other moveable chord shapes. In this video you'll learn eight different ways of playing the common moveable major chord shapes that look like a C chord. Closeup video from player viewpoint uses examples from these songs: Ozzy/Randy Rhoads: Crazy Train Fleetwood Mac: Never Going Back Again Rascals: Good Lovin' Rush: The Spirit Of...
Learn the moveable guitar lick used by AC/DC, Hendrix, the Beatles, and more
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Learn the moveable guitar lick used in "I Feel Fine", "All Along The Watchtower", "You Shook Me All Night Long", and many other songs. This is one of many riff and lick shapes you can find in my free web app "The Building Blocks Of Rock", available here: guitarviz.com/bbr.html It's just a web page, all you have to do is open it. Nothing to download, and you don't need to sign up for anything. I...
Learn the basic guitar lick used by Creedence, SRV, Led Zeppelin, and more
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Learn the guitar lick used in "Green River", "Whole Lotta Love, "Pride And Joy", and many more. This is one of many riff and lick shapes you can find in my free web app "The Building Blocks Of Rock", available here: guitarviz.com/bbr.html It's just a web page, all you have to do is open it. Nothing to download, and you don't need to sign up for anything. The first half of the video is an overvi...
Learn the moveable guitar riff used by Hendrix, Skynyrd, Doobie Bros. and more
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Learn the moveable guitar riff found in "Listen To The Music", "Sweet Home Alabama", "The Wind Cries Mary", and other songs. This is one of many riff and lick shapes you can find in my free web app "The Building Blocks Of Rock", available here: guitarviz.com/bbr.html It's just a web page, all you have to do is open it. Nothing to download, and you don't need to sign up for anything. The first h...
Learn the basic guitar riff used by the Who, Stones, Led Zeppelin, and many more
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Learn the simple guitar riff found in "Hey Hey, What Can I Do", "No Sugar Tonight", "Monkey Man", "My Generation", and others. This is one of many riff and lick shapes found in my free web app "The Building Blocks Of Rock", which you can find here: guitarviz.com/bbr.html (note: it's not an app like you download for your phone. It's just a web page, so all you have to do is open it.) The video r...
Learn the moveable guitar lick used by AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and many more
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Video shows the basic lick found in these three songs by AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, and Van Halen, and others. Closeups of how to play it are from player viewpoint and include pick hand. Explains how the lick fits into scales and theory, how to move it around the neck, and how to use it in your own playing. Highway To Hell You Really Got Me (Van Halen's version, original was by the Kinks) Good Times,...
Common guitar riffs and licks - the "building blocks of rock"
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The most common riffs and licks in classic rock are found in more than one song, just like chords. And like chords, they can be shown as simple shapes. If you're tired of just strumming chords and practicing scales, take the next step, by learning a few of these basic riffs and licks. This video will show you how to use my free web app for guitarists, "The Building Blocks of Rock", a visual lib...

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  • @brewstud
    @brewstud 4 години тому

    Crazy scary. I knew this but had no time or way to research it myself. And then UA-cam suggests your video. Once again, crazy scary. But crazy good

  • @lhoffman_3
    @lhoffman_3 10 годин тому

    If you won't set up a channel membership, can I at least send you a book to add to your shelf? It's Steve Gorman's "Hard to Handle."

  • @user-jf3ov6dd3z
    @user-jf3ov6dd3z 10 годин тому

    Everything has a name. You can look everything up, if know how to read music. People want to learn guitar without understanding music. You should be learning both simultaneously.

  • @user-zk1hs6bh3e
    @user-zk1hs6bh3e 11 годин тому

    You my friend are an amazing patient teacher and that is,greatly appreciated

  • @flouisbailey
    @flouisbailey 14 годин тому

    I think I subbed the first one I saw.

  • @flouisbailey
    @flouisbailey 14 годин тому

    Video x2 and tab, with out good explanations, stellar playing. 👌

  • @Unluckywinner805
    @Unluckywinner805 16 годин тому

    You can do a lot with a bend. You can start on a bend and slowly release. You can bend whole or half steps. I love bends.

  • @christianchristoffersen5538
    @christianchristoffersen5538 20 годин тому

    You are the boss - this is what I've been looking for all my life

  • @user-wp2ej5mn4c
    @user-wp2ej5mn4c День тому

    I like it

  • @theredbeardbard
    @theredbeardbard День тому

    Great content, well done. I've got a good foundation as a player, but this will help me continue to improve. Thanks!!

  • @itisinickt
    @itisinickt День тому

    "they didnt have scales or modes" uhhh bro. theres classical music for guitar from 200 years ago. they all had the equivalent of a music PHD

  • @JefDiamond
    @JefDiamond День тому

    I’m a UA-cam freeloader. Rarely subscribe, like, or comment. Your methodology and authenticity won me over in the first 5 minutes. Your concepts are the missing link in all of online guitar teaching world. Thank you for sharing your life’s work!

  • @alphanumeric1529
    @alphanumeric1529 День тому

    There was a brief UA-cam series by the brand/channel "Noisia" or something like that, sorry, memory is shot. But the series is called, "Guitar Moves" and seems to have a similar focus to your app and your general mission. The series is historically oriented, the interviewer sat in with several notable guitarists, and asked them to show their "Guitar Moves" the fixed sort of movements that they exploited, reused, remixed to put together their ground breaking, and seminal songs. The point being that these lofty achievements of American Guitar Music are really just simple finger shapes and movements, imbued with a little unique flavor of the guitarist, like you point out, a little slide, or hammer on as part of a basic chord shape. Really good series, I really enjoyed it, and really enjoyed the guitarists the interviewer visited. Whats his name from... can't recall, my memory really is shot, but they were high as hell for the interview, eyes beet red, sweating like crazy. I wish the series continued, but its one of those really special things, that is so special, there's no way it could move forward, just too expensive, too good, mediocrity must always triumph.

  • @rogerkorby613
    @rogerkorby613 День тому

    Please share this so all guitar players can find these videos and the amazing online resource that this gentleman has put together! Very helpful for growing and hearing these riffs in iconic songs.

  • @JoeCoxJodo
    @JoeCoxJodo День тому

    This man is some type of angel sent by the Lord and descended to Earth with the divine purpose of resurrecting Rock!!!! 😎

  • @user-wx8su4nn9v
    @user-wx8su4nn9v 2 дні тому

    Great videos! Very informative and helpful

  • @EDGARDOUX1701
    @EDGARDOUX1701 2 дні тому

    Great as always! I prefer a long well explained lesson then a short one with lots of questions left. Thank you!

  • @sandimastodd
    @sandimastodd 2 дні тому

    Just found this guy a fre weeks back. Dude takes out all the bullshit and makes it easy to follow and understand. Thank you sir. Keep them coming.

  • @paulbritcher1752
    @paulbritcher1752 2 дні тому

    Hey Man you rock with this channel you have just popped up in the last few days I have watched loads of "guitar tutorial videos " and soon get bored with all the mixolodian /pentatonic stuff but yours is the one that makes me actually want to get the old Les out and learn some new stuff, could of done with your tutoring 3 of 4 decades ago but as they say never to late and practice practice practice!!! keep up the good work

  • @Prayer_warrior
    @Prayer_warrior 2 дні тому

    Also, I love that even in the first video you are recommending good channels. I have no time for peeps who teach classic songs inaccurately or with plain wrong notes, chords or rhythm and for me thats about 90% of what's out there sadly. I mean, Zappa, Hendrix and Santana - almost impossible to find anyone who nails it right, let alone Mike Bloomfield (my real name).

  • @Prayer_warrior
    @Prayer_warrior 2 дні тому

    Very good. I learnt all my rock and blues exactly as you described. Even the E bar and A bar progressions. Hanging out with friends and learning by ear largely and listening to the greats for hours on end. No, I mean days and weeks on end - us old hippies really put the time in here. None of this superficial '5 mins and I know the song already'. When we 'did' Floyd or Hendrix, it was a 3-9 year listening block at least. Your hands couldn't help but discover what was already saturated inside of you lol 😂 Very excited to see where this channel goes. My initial thoughts are a. I hope he gives us breakdowns of all these licks and it isn't too basic or at least there is a stretch option and b. I would really love to learn some classic songs showcasing some of the very best of these licks and riffs! All the best to you on your journey! I say you are definitely on to something BIG here. God Bless 🕊️

  • @mcfarlandmary
    @mcfarlandmary 2 дні тому

    Wow, honey! 20k in two months! Your hard work is paying off. A big hug to you for your accomplishment.😘

  • @MACKHAWKSS
    @MACKHAWKSS 2 дні тому

    You’re a great and selfless teacher!

  • @dickstryker
    @dickstryker 2 дні тому

    20k!!! Congratulations! These videos are going to be classic content a generation from now. That's how good your tutorials are. Apreciate ya, man!

  • @alanfisher1524
    @alanfisher1524 2 дні тому

    Wow, this is gold 🥇, I never seen this man before but I just subscribed to this ,ile be hanging around here a wee while

  • @Usksider
    @Usksider 2 дні тому

    Have a great vacation buddy 🗻🏕🏖 wherever you may be. 😉

  • @theBuildingBlocksOfRock
    @theBuildingBlocksOfRock 2 дні тому

    This video was a bit more rushed than my other ones, and a couple things slipped by me, sorry: 1. the volume level on my voice is too low during the closeup view of guitar neck 2. I wasn't clear about where on the neck some of these examples are played. The root (the red circle) is on the sixth string, same as a basic "E" shape barre chord. Here is the root location for each example: I Thank You: A (5th fret) Smokin': same I'm Losing You: D (10th fret) School's Out: E (12th fret) Funk #49: A (5th fret) Have A Drink On Me: A (5th fret) The fingering in the diagrams is relative to the root. So the first barre is at the same fret as the root, the second barre is two frets higher. You can also see these examples in the app, at guitarviz.com.

  • @AManning77
    @AManning77 2 дні тому

    Great video… You’re a good teacher!

  • @matthewlocke1942
    @matthewlocke1942 2 дні тому

    This is something I have been looking for for 20 years but without a way to explain or search for it specifically. Thank you

  • @fluffcrunchmini4572
    @fluffcrunchmini4572 2 дні тому

    I've got some bad news my friend.. You are going to get so many more subscribers.. I've been playing a while and learn something new every video from watching you.. Your dual screen approach and mapping to songs is going to be copied by so many other people..

  • @user-xx3rv7bv5f
    @user-xx3rv7bv5f 3 дні тому

    Anybody have a clue what fret any of this stuff is on?? Can’t see the guitar neck or any fret numbers on the pictures. 😢😢😢

  • @ronaldwilletts6906
    @ronaldwilletts6906 3 дні тому

    I think Randy was doing hammer-ons at the beginning of that D chord? I can't thank you enough for these insightful videos!

  • @jlg4398
    @jlg4398 3 дні тому

    Are you the 'Guitarist View'?

  • @christophermiller1595
    @christophermiller1595 3 дні тому

    Yo man . Seriously. All seriousness. You have my absolute appreciation for the approach you have especially from player perspective. It absolutely helps. I'm a visual and cognitive learner, so seeing that perspective and playing along absolutely helps in so many ways where other musicians either put up the tabs, which is fine, but it doesn't show the positions very well. So thank you. I have subscribed and look forward to going through your catalog of videos and new ones.

  • @user-xx3rv7bv5f
    @user-xx3rv7bv5f 3 дні тому

    People want to learn it, but the camera work and graphics have to improve. It’s too difficult to guess where your fingers are and also know what notes.

  • @user-StevenLyleStyle
    @user-StevenLyleStyle 3 дні тому

    Very useful information. Your explanations are easy to understand and follow along with . Thank you for the effort you put into the app. It will be a great tool to help new guitarist improve our skills.

  • @554LH
    @554LH 3 дні тому

    I am loving your videos!!! How these common shapes/cords are found across so many songs with simple pull off hammer on “tweaks” that add the secret sauce. Your depth of knowledge is incredible!

  • @user-wl7rb5ri5m
    @user-wl7rb5ri5m 3 дні тому

    The first riff sounds like Coltrane’s A Love Supreme. That’s pretty heavy stuff. Worth a like and subscribe.

  • @lawncuttingplusdelta
    @lawncuttingplusdelta 3 дні тому

    Definitely 👍🏻 doing something right … the camera view is great and most of all like Keith Richards says “ it’s what you play”

  • @user-de2ro1hu5g
    @user-de2ro1hu5g 3 дні тому

    no doubt your one of better teachers on youtube with your slowed down approach, explaining technique, and accuracy of riff. thanks brother

  • @tomtoss2463
    @tomtoss2463 3 дні тому

    You go way beyond any other UA-cam guitar teacher so I have subscribed.

  • @samueljardine3402
    @samueljardine3402 3 дні тому

    You came swinging right out of the gate. The quality of your first video is so high that when I saw it I thought "what an awesome channel. I can't wait to watch the backlog of videos I missed." (After subscribing immediately, of course). Because nobody starts out that good, so clearly you'd been making videos for a long time, right? Sure fooled me. Either way I can't get enough of this content. The song choices, the camera angles, the level of explanation of the concepts, I can't speak for others but for where I'm at it's the perfect kind of instruction.

  • @johnperrow1265
    @johnperrow1265 3 дні тому

    20,000??? You'll hit 2,000,000 in no time, your tutorials are so good, you are a great player and teacher.

  • @angellolopezaguayo
    @angellolopezaguayo 4 дні тому

    0:18 My friend, you deserve this and much more! Thanks for the awesome content. Keep rockin! 🤘🐶🎸

  • @GreasyBelcher
    @GreasyBelcher 4 дні тому

    Love this channel. I’m working on my 3rd “Wolves of Exile” album. This is proving very helpful. Watched a clip on a moveable chord 2 weeks ago and the track birthed from playing with that is a ripper.

    • @theBuildingBlocksOfRock
      @theBuildingBlocksOfRock 2 дні тому

      Thanks! Looking with interest at your videos on motorcycle rides in Australia. We spent a month there last October, even got out to WA (but not the interior).

  • @johnsin3843
    @johnsin3843 4 дні тому

    you will have 20,000 more views in no time

  • @highdesertsunbeam
    @highdesertsunbeam 4 дні тому

    Thank you brother you rock! You made me a better guitarist.

  • @greenvelvet
    @greenvelvet 4 дні тому

    Thank you for useful fun lessons. Tools you can actually use. Examples that are musical and people can use right away for making music. There's so many guitar teachers who spend the first 10 minutes talking about DENSE, obscure, convoluted theory, without offering anything of use or value or application. Thank you for cutting through the noise! 🙏🔥🔥🔥

  • @2bikemikesguitartopics145
    @2bikemikesguitartopics145 4 дні тому

    0 to 20k in 8 weeks!!!!!!! Must have the golden content. I've been grinding at it for 9 years for 1.5k. I'm nearing an outlay of $40k in my costs to provide guitar fixing and modding content. $0 income from you tube. I'm one of the 20k subs. Congrats