Video Question: Kompa Guitar Riff

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Date: September 15th, 2009 | Length: 1.85 | Instructor: DJ Phillips

I'm dying to know how to play this. I do not know what scale its played on. I I can find the first note but don't know how to figure out the rest of this riff. Please help. its the following link and it starts its the part 1 minute and 59 seconds into it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYID5wsduvE Another benefit of being a member of JamPlay is the video response section. Our expert staff fields questions from our members and provides video responses each week.

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