Superstition (Riff)
by Stevie Wonder
💜 R&B / Soul
Difficulty
★★★☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
One of the funkiest riffs ever written. The clavinet hook adapted for guitar uses Eb minor pentatonic with a syncopated rhythm that locks into the groove. Jeff Beck famously covered this on guitar.
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A|---1---1-3-1-------1---1-3-1---3-1-3-1--------|
E|-----------4-1---------4---4-----------4-1----|
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