Zakk Wylde Box Riff
August 2, 2011 No CommentsNow that we have a handle on the Zakk Wylde box we’re going to learn a riff in the style of Zakk Wylde to show how you can use this box in a metal/blues style.
Now that we have a handle on the Zakk Wylde box we’re going to learn a riff in the style of Zakk Wylde to show how you can use this box in a metal/blues style.
The Zakk Wylde box actually consists of several other boxes strung together to give us one area to effortlessly create blistering riffs. We’ll show you how it all works!
Tony Iommi was an early hard rock pioneer and often used pentatonics to craft his solos. We’ll show you how he might use the Zakk Wylde box to create a fluid lead line.
Today we’ve got a Queens of the Stone Age style riff to get some practice with the Hendrix box. So let’s get started!
A major part of soloing is creating a game plan of where you can solo. We’ll show how to do this so that you can be confident as you rip up the fretboard.
Leslie West of Mountain combines the best of rock and blues, often using pentatonics. We’ll show you a riff in his style to demonstrate the repeated Chuck Berry box.
Today’s pentatonic extension is built off of the root 5 pentatonic scale. This simple 6 note box is home to many of the greatest riffs of all time, so let’s get started.
We’re going to learn yet another Chuck Berry box, but this one is mostly used to connect positions. This is super handy and will give you complete fretboard fluency.
We’re going to change gears here and learn a super funky, dancy riff in the style of Cake that uses the Zakk Wylde box.