g minor pentatonic jam riff

by ospreysprophet (Feb 06, 2009)

This is a great little riff for jam sessions or practising on your own, and it makes a pretty decent warm up.

E-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------
D------3H5P3-----3-------------17^b-15~~----
A------------3H5---5/3-1-----------------17-
E--3-3-------------------3-3----------------

E-------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------
D------3H5P3-----3-------------5-/-7-\-5----
A------------3H5---5/3-1--------------------
E--3-3-------------------3-3----------------

This the actual riff, but it can be personalised with trills and slides and bends etc
have fun with it.
Also you can play it as shown below and repeat it increasing in speed to improve dexterity.

E---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D------3H5P3-----3----------
A------------3H5---5/3-1----
E--3-3----------------------

H = hammer on
P = pull off
^b = half tone bend
/ and \ = slide for fret before to fret after
~~ = vibrato (NOT TREMELO!!)