The Tie
In music, the tie is a curved line joining two (or more) notes of the same pitch, where the second note(s) is not played, but its time value is added to that of the first note.
In example 2, the first note is held for seven counts. A tie is necessary if a note is played over a bar line, as in example two and in the following 2 bar riff.
In tablature notation the curved line of a tie is not necessary.
You will notice that in this riff all notes are lower in pitch than the starting note (root note). This is unlike all previous riffs where notes have all been above the starting note.
Riff 11 uses a tie within the bar.
Here is a variation of Riff No. 11. Try creating some of your own variations with the riffs in this book.
Play riff no. 11 or the variation as a 12 Bar Blues in D, against the chords D ( I ), G ( IV ) and A ( V ). Use 12 bar Blues pattern one starting on the 5th fret of the 3rd string.
