Product Description

Are you tired of playing the same riffs over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Rhythm Riffs gives you the tools to increase your improvising vocabulary. This book/CD pack covers rock, blues, jazz, country, and "outside" styles. It gives you major, minor and dominant 7th riffs (12 of each!) plus a special "exotic" section. You'll have a riff for nearly any musical situation. The CD includes each riff played at full speed and at a slower practice tempo.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30224 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-30
• Released on: 2002-06-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780634048487
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

GREAT BOOK!
This book contains thirty-six riffs and eight 12-bar variations. Each riff has five styles; rock, blues, jazz, country and funk (total 36*5=180 riffs). Just listening to the CD and play it as in tabs, I was amazed by the sound I made. The book introduced me many unique chords, fills and ornaments.
I mainly play R&B, but I also found good riffs in jazz, country and funk.
12-bar variations are very fun to play, too.
Absolutely FIVE STARS for this value of the book and the CD.

I really like this book
It's a neat one, only $10, so it's a great deal.

Let's start out with the not-so-good: The CD recording is one of those that just plays the licks, fast, then slow, so it's definitely not anything you can put in the CD player. There is no accompaniment, so you're going to need to supply your own backing tracks or band-mates if you want to use these licks in any kind of musical situation. Also, a lot of the licks don't really loop very well, so if you wanted to have a cool riff that you could use as the verse of a song, or something like that, you are going to need to modify the last measure of about every lick (he has a nasty habit of ending with whole notes, or other large valued notes, which kills the forward motion of the music, and sounds more like a little "ditty" that you would hear at the end of a commercial or something like that).

So... why am I giving it 5 stars? Because it's awesome. A lot of the licks are really cool, and most of them are very unique (very little cookie-cutter stuff in here). Every guitar player who picks this up will find a lot of interesting things in here. And then, if you decide to analyze it, you will find out a lot about chord shapes, root shapes, scales and how they relate to chords, etc. Also, the licks are often very difficult. Plain and simple, this book has a lot of heart, and is a great deal of content for the price. It's very good rhythm practice for any guitarist, and in focusing on rhythm chops, it's going to make the players who learn from this book into very awesome players! There's so many books with lead guitar licks, this one is great because it's got inventive rhythm ideas, and I reccomend it whole-heartedly.

Daniel Page, Guitar Instruction

All the right riffs
Greg Koch has developed an artful approach to those who find themselves playing the same old, same old. The CD is an excellent tool and the book's format makes it easy to follow. As an old rock player, I was surprised how many of the jazz riffs were of interest and help in my everyday play -- a few minutes here and there spent honing new skills and sounds. I've never had much luck with self-instruction books, videos, or DVDs, but this one's different and well worth the reasonable cost involved.