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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Paganini "Caprice No. 5"

Posted 08/03/2010 at 5:26pm | by Guitar World Staff

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Learn how to play this progressive interpretation of Paganini's "Caprice No. 5."

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Shredding with Bach

Posted 06/02/2010 at 11:55am | by Guitar World Staff

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In his eighth instructional column, Carl Roa leads you through a terrifying excerpt from "Bach Solo Violin Sonata Number 2 in B Minor."

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Progressive Influences 2

Posted 04/12/2010 at 5:04pm | by Carl Roa

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In his seventh instructional column, Carl Roa explores the progressive influences of Allan Holdsworth and Eric Johnson

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Progressive Influences

Posted 03/09/2010 at 11:24am | by Guitar World Staff

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In his sixth instructional column, Carl Roa explores the progressive influences of Steve Morse and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Progressive Sequences

Posted 02/05/2010 at 1:37pm | by Carl Roa

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Get ready to learn some progressive tinted sequence patterns

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Diatonic Arpeggios

Posted 01/07/2010 at 12:57pm | by Carl Roa

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In the fourth installment of his instructional column, Carl Roa shows you how to incorporate diatonic arpeggios into progressive rock.

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Soloing Over a Minor Blues Progression

Posted 12/07/2009 at 4:17pm | by Carl Roa

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In the third installment of his new instructional column, progressive rocker Carl Roa shows you how to solo over a minor blues progression.

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Adding Fusion to the Blues

Posted 11/03/2009 at 1:14pm | by Carl Roa

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In the second installment of his new instructional column, progressive rocker Carl Roa shows you how to add some fusion to your blues playing.

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Elf Riffs - Progressive Rock Lessons: Lydian Scale Excercises

Posted 10/01/2009 at 9:46am | by Carl Roa

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Progressive rocker Carl Roa lays out some chop-busting Lydian scale exercises.

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