Stevie Ray Vaughan Style Analysis

We look at the playing style and techniques of Steve Ray Vaughn (often abbreviated to SRV). Here we take a deep dive into his rhythm playing and see what we can learn from it.

Learning points from this lesson include;

1. Dragging swing rhythm

2. Minor to major licks/ technique

3. IV chord licks over an A7 chord

4. V chord & turnaround licks

5. "THE" SRV lick!

6. Hybrid picking

Mike has done a study of SRV as part of a Texas Blues course, which is exclusive to the Andy Guitar website and app. For convenience, here's that lesson, see below!

Stevie Ray Vaughan rhythm study

N.B. Activate the fretboard graphic on the tab above to see scales, chords and neck shapes brought to life!

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