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The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
This ongoing feature is designed to teach guitarists some great guitar riffs, drawn from classic guitar solos, via guitar tablature and mp3 clips. The goal is to help guitarists understand the concept behind these riffs, so they can try creating something similar on their own, and learn to use the licks in their guitar solos. You'll need to understand how to read tablature and be able to listen to mp3s to participate.

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NOTES ON TODAY'S LICK:
PERFORMANCE:
Use your first(index) finger to barre two strings at a time on the ninth fret. Hammer-ons to the 11th fret should be done with your third(ring) finger. Playing the note on the 12th fret with your fourth(pinky) finger. Be careful to only hammer on to one string, and that the unchanging note keeps ringing during the hammer-on.

HOW TO UTILIZE:
Today's lick is based primarily on the E major pentatonic scale (see tab of the scale below). The root of the scale is on the sixth string, played by your pinky finger. If you wanted to play a D major pentatonic scale, you'd start the scale with your pinky finger on the note "D", at the tenth fret of the sixth string.
You can apply the principle of today's riff to the rest of the scale, to create different licks. The key is to experiment, and come up with new licks that are appealling to you. Playing these hammer-on ideas using the pentatonic major gives you a very Hendrix-y sound (think "The Wind Cries Mary"). Try moving the scale around to suit different chords - eg. try playing G major pentatonic ideas when a song goes to a G major chord, and if the song goes to C major, try switching to C major pentatonic ideas.

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