Raising Frequencies Since 2012
UKULELE CLUB LIVERPOOL
  • HOME
  • UKULELE COURSES
    • CLASS BASED COURSES
    • ONLINE UKE COURSES
  • FREE TASTER SESSION
  • PRIVATE UKE LESSONS
    • FREE UKULELE LESSON
  • UKULELE WORKSHOPS
  • MEET THE TEAM
  • BOOK A BAND
  • UCL GALLERY
  • GIGS & EVENTS
  • UCL SHOP
  • CONTACT US
Ukulele Club Liverpool Blog

ROCK N ROLL RIFF

5/2/2022

0 Comments

 
The rock and roll riff is a great way to really add energy and excitement to your rock n roll tunes. In this example we will explore it in a moveable pattern which means you will need to use some bars but the basic pattern is the same. Today we will look at adding the rock n roll roff over a 12 bar blues in the key of C major. . .
To begin with, you will simply play an arpeggio of a C chord in open position and add a diminished 7th note of the C major scale which will give you a Bb (played at fret 1 on the A string) to get that rock n roll sound.
Where the 0 - 1 are link with a tie, this represents a HAMMER ON.
Picture
Repeat this pattern twice to fit over 4 bars of C. 
Next we will look at playing that same pattern over the chord of F major. You will need to bar your index finger across the 5th fret and play the 6th fret of the A string for that diminished 7th as follows:
Picture
This pattern just needs to be played once and then you should return to the C riff and play that once again as follows:
Picture
Next up is one bar of G major. There are a few ways you can cover this bar as follows:
Picture
Picture
Both ways will give you exactly the same sound so try both and see which one works best for you.
Next up you would have one bar of F which you could play either way as above but moving down to the 5th fret as follows:
Picture
Picture
To complete the phrase, you will return the C major riff but this time add a double stop to the last 2 beats as follows:
Picture
©ukuleleclubliverpool
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2025
    July 2023
    May 2022
    April 2022
    July 2019
    January 2018
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013

    Author

    Elaine Kinsella

    Categories

    All
    Awesome Awards
    Awesome Liverpool
    Busking
    Echo Wish Campaign
    Mersey Belles
    Snail Ukulele
    Teenage Uke Club
    UCL ALL STARS
    UCL Charity Fund Raising
    UCL Massive Live
    Ukulele
    Ukulele Club Liverpool
    Ukulele Festival UK
    Ukuloopeaz

    RSS Feed

    RSS Feed

Location

UCL HQ
7 Eastfield Drive
Aigburth
Liverpool
​L17 4LH

WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE SAYING:

"Learning the ukulele at UCL has been one of the best decisions of my life"

"The UCL team are amazing and learning to play the ukulele has helped me develop so much... I never imagined I would actually play a live gig - never mind perform at festivals!"

"Never had so much fun joining a class - met some fantastic people and new friends"

"Never thought I would ever enjoy playing an instrument so much as have have done with UCL".

SOCIAL MEDIA

    Subscribe

Submit