This is a simple, boogie style blues riff that should suit most beginning and early intermediate blues guitar players.
It uses a 12 bar blues in E, with a simple riff based around the major pentatonic scale. It has some alternate picking, some right hand muting, and a good set of notes to work with.
All great things to improve upon… so get on with it! (TAB download is below the video)
21 replies to "Easy Boogie Woogie Blues Riff"
Great way to start the day along with a cup of coffee!
Thank you
Maybe I’m dense, but it seems as though at the beginning of the video, you are saying to count triplets, but when you do the slow version, it sounds as though you are counting straight eighths, but then you stop counting, so even though I can play this fine with straight eighths, I’m a little confused by the rhythm.
He skips counting the “and” and strikes notes on the downbeats & “uh” of the “triplet feel”. Ultimately he’s counting, “one-uh, two-uh, three-uh, four-uh” so he doesn’t have to actually articulate the “and”. The “and” ends up being just a slight pause inbetween, resulting in the “triplet feel”. Hope that makes sense.
Great lesson I needed this. Thanks
Glad you said , playing with out muting, is country. Was Thinking That.
East Peesie!
@ 87 & STILL BOOGING with my Custom Gibson L-5 !! Looking @ Ur Video — Giving so much back to your ART & Craft,
I”m Thinking: I love this Man!! Are U taken?? L O L Seriously, Many Thanks, Griff !!
Thanks for this fun riff!
Cool!
10/2/19
Hey Griff Great one, nice and easy,
I am already good at the palm muting and good lesson..
Thanks
Michael-Sydney-Australia Oct 3, 2019.
great lesson Griff. thanks
Great quick easy and “usable” lesson… I luv it!!!
Great lesson Griff unfortunately I’ll have to go over it later I smashed my first finger on my left hand in a drawer in work my nail is black finger is swollen , but as always a great lesson keep them coming I have learned so much from you it’s amazing thanks !
Ditto for the little turn around
Love it Griff. And not even too hard for a beginner as long as they practice
Thanks Griff. Would you mind on these sort of lessons giving a short accompanying music theory explanation of how this works. That way people could maybe understand how to play this with other chords in another key. Thanks.
Great riff! Thanks Griff!
This is such a classic sound! I think it was the famous English guitar player, Burt Weedon, who wrote “Boogie Woogie” (very similar riff) that inspired all the great English guitarists (Beatles, Stones, etc.).
How about a cool turnaround/ending for this…?
Add to my tricks Thanks
Great little riff Griff!! been playing that one for a while!! Thanks for the lessons!
You are the best! I’m new to electric blues and just love the whole new universe I’ve encountered. Here I am, almost 70, looking to turn it up and get me some blues. Thanks.
Boogie swing meets rockabilly. Great one! Thank you for these teaser lessons Griff. They keep me on path.