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What are arpeggios?

An arpeggio is built from the notes that make up a chord, but are picked as individual notes. They may be used as fill-ins, linking melodies with chords and chord/melody. Arpeggios have their own patterns but not unlike their chord counterparts. There are 5 basic patterns for each type of arpeggio just like there were 5 basic patterns for each type of chord.Read More »What are arpeggios?

What is chord phrasing?

Chord phrasing is art of taking a chord progression and turning it into a means of personal expression. Chord phrasing allows you total freedom during the performance of a song to do anything you can imagine with the song’s chord structure. In other words, when playing rhythm guitar you don’t have to just play the chords that go along with the progression. Playing just the chords can, and will get boring rather quickly.Read More »What is chord phrasing?

“Miserlou” by Dick Dale

Riff Rundown

Difficulty: Intermediate

Quentin Tarantino used this classic surf tune in the soundtrack for his movie masterpiece “Pulp Fiction”.

It’s performed with tremelo picking which is represented in the tab with 3 diagonal slashes above the note. To do this you’ll simply alternate pick (up, down, up, down strokes) each note as fast as you can. Also, be sure to use plenty of reverb to get that classic surf sound!Read More »“Miserlou” by Dick Dale