Alive Guitar Lesson - Pearl Jam - Famous Riffs

The GL365 Academy YouTube Fan Discount! Get 40% Off Today with this direct link! 7 Day Free Trial! https://cli.re/W1nwy5 Sign up for my GL365 Academy to finally understand the guitar, develop a great ear for music, pro level technique and much more! Personalized support from me!   / iplaygitar   Click here for my Pearl Jam playlist featuring ALL of my Pearl Jam song lessons!    • Pearl Jam   The opening riff to Pearl Jam's "Alive" was pretty much the first thing any of us heard of this now legendary rock band. This riff has consistently been voted the best of the 90's. Whatever your thoughts are on that there is no denying that it helped to propel the band to stratospheric heights in the early 90's. Perhaps it is the laid back feel, cool hammer-ons or groove that makes this riff so memorable, but whatever the case it certainly deserves to be part of the guitar riffs section here at GL365. Technically there isn't very much to be worried about with this one. The initial slide and quick hammer-on part of the riff is obviously the one part that will give some players a little but of trouble Try to make them feel almost like one movement. What I mean by that is if you try to focus on the slide up then focus on the hammer-on lick it might make the riff sound a bit choppy. Instead try to focus on the hammer-on lick and treat the slide as just a quick note you hit while sliding up to play the hammer-on lick. I think all of this will make since to you pretty quickly after practicing the riff a bit. Also, there is a little half-step bend to contend with as well. Those are generally a little bit harder to keep in tune than whole step bends so make sure you focus on that a little bit too. For better control of the bend I recommend bending the string down towards the floor. Alright that is just about all I have to say about this one. Enjoy! Carl..