Riff Of The Week (But Is it a lick?)

Probably... What do you think?

Riff of the Week! Well… more like Lick of the Week 😅 This is something I put together a long time ago, before I even really knew the fretboard, and I wanted to share it because it feels like a pretty realistic approach to stringing chords together.

The chords are D, Cadd9, G, and A - the classic "party chords." It's actually from a little song I wrote that goes:

"If sober and if blitzed, the day's over, let's just sip away…" (lyrics from back when I used to "sip")

The fun part is the little flip in there... a hammer-on, pull-off, roll-off thing on the D shape. Try to make that top note ring out after you pull your finger off without the other string ringing. I usually mute the bottom string with my finger, but you can do it either way.

Then we move to a hammer-on/pull-off on the second and third frets, reach over with the ring finger to the 4th fret of the D string, drop a full step, and let it resolve back to that open D.

Honestly? It's more fun to play than anything.

Who knows if it'll teach you something, but that's kind of the whole point, right?

Maybe you'll learn it, maybe you'll just have a good time with it.

Head on over to the https://www.skool.com/intermediate-guitar/classroom/8fea4915?md=1da9047105c240989bd85f58e6147957 Classroom section to find the video and more!

Larry, I know you'll give it a shot 👀🎸 hope to see the rest of you in the comments below!

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