Takes me back to when I first started to learn guitar. This riff uses a few different lead techniques which makes it great for developing beginner guitarists. The tricky part with this riff, is getting the bending right.
The next riff helped shape the start the metal genre. It kicks in around 0. This can be pretty tricky once you get to the 10th and 9th fret. Those changes are quick!
This is great practice for developing your picking speed. This is a classic rock song, but this video is worth a watch purely for the OTT bass player at 0. I love it! This is one of the trickier guitar tabs for beginners because you need to know the chords before you attempt the lead work. Get these chords down, just strum them in time and THEN add in the fills. G might be best guitar chord of all.
Start making music. This riff is pretty easy but Jack explains it further in this video:. Metal riffs are some of the very best guitar tabs for beginners. This one is another classic.
You may need to start by practicing this riff at a slower tempo and gradually speed up as you build your confidence. The riff used in the verse is a great way to practice your palm-muted power chords. Play all of these power chords with down picking to emphasize the chugging sound you hear in the song. If this riff is too fast to play, practice it slowly until you build up your skills.
If you consistently practice, you will get there. This simple guitar riff only uses three notes on the same string. Use your first, third, and fourth fingers to play these notes. The first few times you play it, ignore the pull-off and slide symbols. Pick each note and get used to the rhythm. Once you can play it with ease, try adding the pull-off and the slide to see how it changes the feel of the riff.
This song uses a fuzz distortion pedal. If you want to hear more examples of fuzz distortion, check out these Songs Using Fuzz Distortion. While there are other Metallica songs that are far easier than Enter Sandman another Metallica song is included further down this lesson , Enter Sandman is easy and fun to play.
Metallica also have some easy guitar solos you might want to learn. Check out this lesson for some easy Metal Guitar Solos including a detailed look at the intro solo in Fade to Black.
Hold your fourth finger down on the seventh fret, then use your first, second, and third fingers to play all the other notes. Playing it this way allows the strings to ring out the entire time. This may be the most complicated riff in this lesson, so take your time learning it one note at a time.
Take it slow and get used to sliding up the fretboard to the seventh fret. You want a tight sound, not a completely over-saturated tone.
If you can play this riff, you will find the rest of the song much easier. The guide covers techniques and useful exercises to work on. The main riff to Purple Haze is fairly simple once you learn some basic techniques such as bends and slides.
Unlike other Hendrix songs, this song is in standard tuning. This means you can play along with the recording without retuning your guitar Hendrix normally tuned a half-step down.
The first two bars are pretty simple. Pick the notes hard and lift your fingers off of the frets to cut short each note. This creates a punchy sound you hear in the song. With the bend in the third bar, only push the string up slightly to push it out-of-tune.
Think carefully about which fingers you use as your choices will completely change how easy this riff feels to play. Think about the first two bars, which fingers make the most sense to use to play these notes? Using the first and third fingers is the most natural way to play a part like this. Start the riff in the third bar by sliding up to the ninth fret using your third finger. From there, which fingers make the most sense to play the next three notes?
Whenever you learn a new riff, try to think carefully about which fingers you use to play it. It covers everything you would want to know about the pedals, guitars, and effects he used to create his iconic tone. AC DC have many great guitar riffs that are easy to play.
Unlike the other guitar riffs in this lesson, this one focuses heavily on power chords. Start by playing the power chords and skipping the single-note parts. Get used to muting the strings after each group of power chords.
The key to making this riff sound good is to keep your rhythm spot-on. Practice strumming the power chords along with the song until you can play it with ease. Then you can work on the single-note parts and add them in. It takes some finger strength to do this, so at first your bends may be a bit flat. With the single-note part at the very end, think about which fingers you should use for each note. This is a strange guitar riff because it slides power chords around.
You may find this easy to do, or it may feel awkward. If it feels awkward to slide both fingers at once, slow the riff down.
Get used to each individual slide and practice them over and over. Then you can put it all together and get used to sliding up and down the fretboard. Once you feel comfortable sliding the power chords around, think about your rhythm. Listen to the song and try to time your slides so each power chord is ready to hit at the right moment. Being able to slide power chords around like this is a great exercise to work on.
Practicing this riff will build your confidence with power chords and get you used to moving around the fretboard. The intro riff to One uses a clean guitar and is nice and slow. While the rest of the song may be quite difficult for a beginner to learn, the intro is easy. With each bar, think about which fingers you should use. Once you get used to playing this riff, check out the intro to Fade to Black.
That intro uses similar finger positions, so you should find it easy to learn. Check out this detailed lesson on how to learn the intro rhythm guitar parts to One with video demonstrations and practice tips.
If you are interested in learning more Metallica songs, check out this lesson on how to learn Metallica songs on guitar.
The lesson talks about the techniques and skills you need to learn to play this style of music. There are plenty of other easy riffs you can learn, but the above examples are great starting points. When you learn to play easy riffs that are from popular songs, you become instantly impressive.
Learning how to play them also will boost your confidence in your skills to help you master your guitar playing. If you had the choice to play a repetitive exercise or learn a cool guitar riff, chances are you would go with the latter. You can use them in place of your regular guitar exercises since they help with finger placement, picking, and movement across chords and progressions.
Here are 15 of the most uncomplicated guitar riffs with the guitar tab for any new guitarist to learn and master. These simple riffs will help prepare you and provide you with guitar chords and songs to help improve your skills so you are well on your way to becoming a master guitarist.
Riffs are composed either entirely of chords or notes or a combination of both things. It can be a tough choice to decide what to start with first. If you have started playing and find that you are more comfortable playing whole chords or scale notes individually, that should help determine which riffs you want to play.
It is important to note that once you feel you have mastered one or the other, try to learn the more complex patterns of riffs. The more you practice, the better you become. Also, it is a good idea to play along with the songs as you learn these classic riffs so that you can test your memorization and coordination. One of the reasons that this popular song is a good beginner riff is that you play the whole intro riff on the thickest strings on your acoustic or electric guitar, the low E string and low A string.
They have to be tuned down a whole step to low D and G. You can also use a chorus pedal with your electric guitar to make the sound that comes from the original song. This is a two-bar riff, starting with three eight-note pick-ups D, D, D.
You will play the full notes as D, D , E, G, and A, alternating between the open, first, and second fret positions on your guitar like this:.
If you are familiar with this song, or even just as a side note as you are learning your riffs — it can help if you play the song along with you as you are playing to help you pick up the rhythm a little easier. If it is a quicker riff, you may want to try without the music at first until you become comfortable with the movement. Another technique you can work on as you learn the riffs is the better you become, to start playing with your eyes closed.
This way, you can feel your finger placement and where to pick on the strings by feel rather than sight, and it gives another level of advancement to your technique. This riff is one of the easiest riffs for beginners, so it had to be on the list.
John Lennon had such a knack for creating simple melodies and making them popular music. You can play this riff easily on either an electric or acoustic guitar without losing the effect. This riff has two bars repeated several times throughout the song based on the E minor pentatonic scale.
Scoring this will help you master the minor pentatonic scale, with the notes played on the thickest strings of the 6th, 5th, and 4th strings. This is also one of those riffs where once you master it, you can pretty much play the entire song.
This song contains a classic rock riff that is very easy to learn. Many seasoned guitarists would have grown up learning this riff. The hammer-ons for the first bar are extremely fast to start, so you will need to practice your coordination with both hands so that you can pick the strings correctly before you hammer on the fourteenth fret. You should listen to the song to become solid with the rhythm, and you can practice this one at a slower speed to start and then speed it up as you become more confident in your playing.
This famous song is a great riff for beginner guitarists because it only uses three notes on the same string. You will utilize your first finger, third fingers, and fourth fingers to play the notes, making it a simple riff to pick up:. Instead, pick out each note, and then get yourself used to the rhythm, and you will be able to play it easier. Then you can add in those little nuances to make those simple changes and bring the whole riff together. Instead, as a beginner, you can make use of the open strings with this simplified version without the sliding noise, like this:.
Both versions will sound the same, but you will learn once you have more developed skills why you will have more control over fretted note sounds compared to the open strings, even though open is easier for beginners.
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