Guitar Sessions 35: The sweet sound of sixths, part one
This big, two-part episode of Guitar Sessions explores how to use sixths intervals in riffs and solos.
If you’re not sure what a sixth interval is, you will surely recognize the sound, as heard in signature guitar riffs from so many classic songs. Here are the ones I cover in the lesson:
Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Peace Train (Cat Stevens)
Candyman (Grateful Dead)
The Ballad of John and Yoko (Beatles)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
The riffs in these songs use the same basic formula: playing pairs of notes the interval of a sixth (i.e., six steps on the scale) apart. These intervals sound so good on guitar and are useful in so many contexts—not just for playing classic songs but for generating your own riffs.
I focus on major chords in this episode. In the follow-up lesson, I add minor chords and seventh chords to the mix. Watch it here.
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