Les Paul Riff Lesson

Did you see the Grammys
Sunday night?

Did you catch the
Les Paul tribute?

Before there were
fast shreddin guitar
players Les Paul
was playing with blinding speed.

And he did it
with a sense of humor.

Alot of what Les Paul did
was repetition.

The same riff but
slid down the neck.

Here is a riff you can work on:

p=pull off

h=hammer

E|–11h12p11h12–9h10p9h10–7h8p7h8–5h6p5h6–
B|——————————————–
G|——————————————–
D|——————————————–
A|——————————————–
E|——————————————–
It looks like a lot of notes
but it is just a simple
hammer and pull off twice
then drop down two frets.

Try it slow at first before moving frets.
get the basic hammer pull off hammer
before moving.

After a while you will get it and
see how simple it is.

You can go to the 3rd fret even.

Now try it by changing just one note.

Play the last note on the B string:

E|–11h12p11—–9h10p9—–7h8p7—-5h6p5—-
B|———-h12——–h10——-h8——-h6–
G|——————————————–
D|——————————————–
A|——————————————–
E|——————————————–

When you get it going fast it
sounds kind of cartoonish.

Have fun with that and make
up a few riffs on your
own by just changing
one note.

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