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Easy BLUES: Riffs

The document provides blues riff patterns in the key of C for guitar. It includes 6 note patterns from the blues scale, a slide riff, a riff called 'Bonnie & Clyde', and other riffs using double notes and slides. It also presents the C blues scale over two octaves.

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Easy BLUES: Riffs

The document provides blues riff patterns in the key of C for guitar. It includes 6 note patterns from the blues scale, a slide riff, a riff called 'Bonnie & Clyde', and other riffs using double notes and slides. It also presents the C blues scale over two octaves.

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Ceasy BLUES RIFFS

½
Practice these riffs and patterns and introduce them
gradually into your improvisations
If you see this symbol ( ) it means the note is ‘natural’ again (ie NOT flat or sharp)

These three note patterns are taken from the BLUES SCALE - experiment with them
C Eb F Eb F F# F F# G

1
2 1
1

F# G Bb G Bb C Bb C Eb

2 1 2

C Eb F F# G
This is a five finger position for the scale 2

This is a ‘SLIDE’ - very often you slide onto the white key from the flat of the key
F# G C

3
22 5

This sounds similar but stretches the sound out. Notice that the sharp # in front of
the first F makes all the F notes in that bar sharp.
F# G C F# G C F# G C

4
2 2 5 etc

I call this the ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Riff. It always reminds me of the song.
C Eb E G E C

5
1 2 2 3 2 1

F# G C G F Eb C

6
22 5
6-6
Ceasy BLUES RIFFS
The following 3 patterns are nearly the same. The second riff has just got an added C
note on TOP of the first note. This is a common blues trick. In the third riff the 2nd to
5th notes are played very quickly which is a riff in itself. LISTEN to the recording!

7 F F# F Eb F Eb C Bb C

3
1 2 1

8 F F# F Eb F Eb C Bb C

1 2 1 2 3 2
1 2 1

9 F F# F Eb F Eb C Bb C

Blues riffs very often use ‘double’ notes -


this gives an extra ‘ring’ and you often 5 A A 5 G 5
SLIDE on to the notes from a flat note. 3 F# F 3 Eb E 3 C

10
3
1

5 A A G 5 A A G
11 3 F# F Eb E C Bb G 3 F# F Eb E

3 1 3 1 3

You will have heard the following riff a million times. Try transposing it to F and G for
better effect.
3 E 4 F 4 F# 4 G 4 Gb 4 F E 3
1 C 2 D 2 D# 2 E 2 Eb 2 D C1

12

This is the C BLUES SCALE over two octaves up and down.


The trick is getting the fingering right. Sounds great though doesn’t it?
13 (#)

1 2 3 4 1 3 1 2 3 4 1 3 1 3 1 4 3 2 1 3 1 4 3 2 1
6-7

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