Tabs and Riffs

Playing Tabs and Riffs

This afternoon after practicing some pentatonic scales on guitar I decided to try playing the main riffs from Spoonman by Soundgarden and Money For Nothing by Dire Straits. It never ceases to amaze me that what appears to fairly easy to play when you have the tablature in front of you is very hard to get right. I find that I have to go over the riffs very slowly and practice them over and over trying to get them to sound right. It also requires real concentration when listening to the recorded versions of the songs. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye.