Keith Richards Style

Hi GMC'ers! Today we´ll have a lesson inspired on Keith Richards. To be honest, I’ve never been a great fan of Keith. Yes, I like the Rolling Stones, but I’ve never been really interested in Mr. Richards’s music. All of that suddenly changed when I had to play many of his songs, and I really started to enjoy his playing style. He’s got many inspirations from country music, and I like that. This lesson is in G major, a key very common to this type of guitar player.

Chord Progression:

(G - G - C - C) x 2

(G - G - D - D) (D - D - G - G)

(G - G - C - C - D - D - G - G)

(C - G) x 3 (F - F - D - D)

(G - G - C - C) x 4

Mainly I use double stops and bends, and a lot of Rolling Stones’ licks. Richards’s style is like playing a chord melody; you must play like a base. Let the strings ring almost all the time.

G Major Scale: