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Ain’t Talkin ‘Bout Love: Van Halen

Virtually everyone rock guitarist aspires to beable to play like Eddie Van Halen. Legendaryfor his finger tapping skills, his ability as anall round musician and producer meansthere’s more to his playing than pure speed.

His ability to create melodic guitar riffs and solosis easily illustrated when listening to the intro toAin’t Talkin’ Bout Love. Listen to it once and you’llbe impressed………..listen to it twice……..and you’llbe humming it……and before long, with a bit ofpractice you’ll be playing it.

In the key of A and based around the Am and Gchord shapes, the main body of the riff encom-passes some palm muting, string skipping andbends, which, when played accurately, makes youimmediately sound like a rock god. Of course aloud amp and plenty of distortion will definitelyhelp your cause.

Combine this with the note slides and vibratoplayed on the G string and you have a riff that en-compasses several essential lead guitar techniques.Well, ironically, except finger tapping that is.

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