Guitar Solo Riffs

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Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: No capo

BPM: 88

    The following riffs can be played in any major key and slowly get harder as you move through them! Put together
    they make a great solo incorporating both the pentatonic and Ionian Scale.
    Important is that you note the nuances in the tab below - bends, vibrato, hammer-ons and pull offs and these are
    vitak little touches that will make your solo sound awesome!
    Where there is a bar count reference, count each beat of a bar (1,2,3,4 - 1,2,3,4) and then measure the amount of
    notes that bar should contain from the riff description. Where there are big numbers (36 notes per bar for example)
    think about the technique you use to add speed!
    Level 1 - Melody
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|5/--------3\---2----|
G|--6/-------------4/---|2----2/---4v--------|4b---5b---4\---2----|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|2/---4----2---------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

                                         Level 2 - String bend played at 6 bends per bar
e|----------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--3v--------5/---2v---|3--------------|----------5---------|-----5--------------|5--------------5----|
G|----------------------|-----2---------|4b---6---------4b---|6---------4b---6----|-----4b---6---------|
D|----------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

                                                                              Level 3 - Played at 15 notes per bar
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|----------**--------|
B|------------**--------|-----**-------------|**-------------**---|----------|**---**--------**---|
G|--**---**--------**---|**--------**---**---|-----**---**--------|**---**---|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|

e|----------------------|**------------------|----------**--------|--------------------|**------------------|
B|--**---**---**---**---|-----**---**---**---|**---**--------**---|**---**---**---**---|-----**---**---**---|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

    Level 4 - Played at 33 notes per bar
e|-------**---**--------|**---**--------**---|**--------**---**---|-----**---**--------|**---**-------------|
B|--**-------------**---|----------**--------|-----**-------------|**-------------**---|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

    Level 5 - Played at 36 notes per bar
e|------------**---**---|----------**---**---|----------**---**---|----------**---**---|----------**---**---|
B|--**---**-------------|**---**-------------|**---**-------------|**---**-------------|**---**-------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

               Level 6 - Played at 24 notes per bar (note the muting of certain notes!)
e|------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
B|------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------**--------|---------------|
G|------------|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**--------**---|---------------|
D|------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
E|------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|

    Level 7 - Played at 51 beats per bar (These are hammer-ons!)
e|--**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**--------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

    Level 8 - This riff is repeated around 10 - 15 times within a bar Level 9 - Whole riff should fit into two bars!
e|----------------------|----------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------**---|**---**---|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-------**---**--------|----------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|
D|----------------------|----------|--------------------|-----**--------**---|**---**---**--------|
A|----------------------|----------|-----**---**---**---|**--------**--------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|----------|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

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e|----------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**---**---|--------------------|
B|----------------------|-----**--------**---|**---**---**--------|**-------------|--------------------|
G|-------**---**---**---|**--------**--------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
D|--**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|

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Instruments: Guitar
Genres: Jazz
Tracks: 1
Tempo: 88 BPM
Time signature: 4/4
Tuning: E A D G B E

Published 22 Nov 2019

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