10 Classic Guitar Riffs That Will Make You a Better Player
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- A great way to learn guitar is by picking up some of your favorite riffs, in today's video Im showing you 10 classic guitar riffs I think will make you a better player.
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0:57 - 10 Years Gone (Led Zeppelin) - Novo Serus (Tele bridge, P90 neck) - second half (descending thirds) is kind of a 'hand twister'. I like to play both guitar parts from 'Take Me Out' (Franz Ferdinand) at the same time for the same reason.
3:07 - Message in a Bottle (The Police) - Novo Serus (Tele bridge, P90 neck) - great for stretching the left hand fingers (dexterity)
4:33 - Cissy Strut (The Meters) - Novo Serus (dual P90) - a 'must' for funk players, timing (laid-back 'in the pocket') is essential for the riff
6:20 - Money (Pink Floyd) - Strat - odd meter (7/4) + the arpeggiated chords (doubled bass line) have some bounce & swing
8:19 - Just Got Paid (ZZ Top) - Les Paul - alternate picking and string skipping, can be done in the open position or 5th position (or open E)
9:58 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2) - Strat - using effects as part of the sound (dotted 8th delay), has some voice leading too
12:49 - Money for Nothing (Dire Straits) - Les Paul - fingerstyle technique incl. walking bassline using the thumb, timing & feel are crucial
14:40 - Killing in the Name (Rage Against the Machine) - Strat - percussive picking in between the notes to give a funky feel, pocket playing (just behind the beat) with thoe
16:23 - Barracuda (Heart) - Strat - upbeat, galloping shuffle riff while palm muting
18:02 - Third Stone from the Sun (original by Jimi Hendrix, Gary Clark Jr. version) - Strat - playing a melody up the neck where the notes have a different timbre, major third interval made huge thanks to the fuzz
Damn those Novo Serus make me want something with P90's again...
Very nice list, Rhett. I love the focus on different techniques and subtleties we should spend more time being aware of. This really fits in my current journey of abandoning high-gain riffing and going back to the guitar as the nuanced, multi-layered and exceedingly versatile instrument that it is.
I had just commented and asked what guitar that was so cheers for that man.
It sounds awesome huh
Thank you!
Thanks for the timestamps and try out Yamaha RS502. It has really nice P90s. I'm thinking of buying one :)
Comment of the year right here.
I find it interesting that he used a Strat for Killing In the Name considering that Morello exclusively uses a tele for drop d riffs lol (yeah I know you switched to the novo with that tele pickup but just something I wanted to point out)
Two riffs that really helped me were the original Layla riff, and Life in the Fast lane. Great riffs and great feeling when you get them close.
Look up “play that riff” on apple music or spotify and a Hendrix song comes up. Early Life in the Fast Lane right there
@@kylemckay94 that sounds familiar
When I first heard Life in the fast lane I thought the riff must be Angus or Malcolm ....boy was I wrong haha!
Just started learning electric and been working on layla the past couple days. Just starting to get it now!
Layla was first nice riff that I ever got correct, I got better after that, then Hey Hey, then nothing else matters and little wing. Hot Rod Lincoln is a good one too but I still can’t really play it TBH. Lol.
That cherry sunburst Les Paul is gorgeous. Money for Nothing is classic, but not my favorite Dire Straits song. You can do an entire "riff lesson" using Sultans of Swing alone. I think that song is a compendium of every riff technique ever played.
Glad to see Ten Years Gone get some love. The riffs in that song are just great
'Electric Funeral' is actually a great song to learn for beginners. Its parts are easily distinguishable from each other and they're all almost doable from the get go with a bit of practice. The opening riffs of 'New Orleans Is Sinking' by The Tragically Hip, as well as the opening riff to early Fleetwood Macs 'Oh Well' taught me a ton.
Message in the bottle for smaller hands: for the first three phrases of the four "finger stretchers" you can just play the 5th, 4th and 2nd string! I still struggle the the 4 note 4th phrase though.
This is an awesome list - there is soooo much depth! It's refreshing to see a "riffs" video that isn't the same 20 riffs we see at the top of every "best guitar songs" list. Thanks Rhett!!!
"It's Up To You" by The Moody Blues. Bending one line over top of a drone on the adjacent string, ending with some cool arpeggios. Nice list!
A riff that really helped me was the Spirit of Radio, by Rush. The main lick (repeated in the chorus) is a real finger killer. Also, 10 Years Gone is another one that really helped me.
Great list! Love it. No matter how many years you play, there's always something more to learn. Thanks.
John Mayer trio's Good Love Is On The Way.
Super fun to learn, and it really challenged me to start playing guitar as a rhythm and lead instrument at the same time.
The Jimi/Clark riff is the BOMB!! First riff I picked up just watching you play it, no tab or nothin'!!! Thanks for being an awesome human being and helping me be a better guitar player!!!
this is killer, thanks Rhett. Got some homework this weekend.
Great video man, as always. I love how the list was so varied! Some riffs on there I totally did not expect!
A riff I love is the opening part to A Forest by the Cure. Super sparse, but a great lesson in playing in time with a band. I think it's a great intro to moving around the neck on one string mostly while playing another open the entire time as a pedal point within the context of a solo.
THANK YOU RHETT for showcasing 10 Years Gone.. .it's indeed one of Jimmy's proudest moments and his personal favorite. Mine too! And yet... most casual Zep listeners have never even heard this masterpiece before. Great list Rhett!
Great video Rhett! Recent newcomer to the channel but loving the content. You’ve inspired me to pick up my old guitars every day 🤘🏼👍🏼
Loving all the reactivity of the fuzz on the last riff (including the increased noise floor during the dialogue)! Sonic alchemy at it finest!
For me the formative song riffs came from Funk 49. Timing and bends and confidence
Thanks Rhett. This was a ton of fun
4:58 "And if you're not hip to The Meters at all, I think you should be". Just checked them out and they're really good.
Leo Nocentelli. What else can I say.
Hey thank you, always inspiring, great playing. Love your diverse taste in music! That is how I grew up many different genres all around me!
Seriously I've spent 2 days just playing Zepplin and The Meters cause they sound killer and are fun to play. I hope these turn into a series of videos!
Fantastic selection of diverse killer riffs. Great tone! Thanks for making this video!
Rhett… the proof of how AMAZING your tone is came in when you palm muted the U2 riff. The crispy yet super-round and clear sound that came from that made my jaw drop.
Great video! Awesome topic, love all the riffs and very well spoken as to why they are on the list.
I always get blown away by how close you get to the original guitar tone of each song. Amazing dude
No debate in my mind dire straits takes the top spot forever. Hands down.
Same, bro
The solos from sultans?
Great guitarist, but the songs are generally a bit too boring and way to light to my ears. And I'm not into metal or into heavier music, really.
@@nedim_guitar
Then you need to hear his solo works.
@@xfire301 You're definitely right. I haven't listened to his solo work at all. It might be a little overdue, but nevermind.
Congratulations to this lesson, I enjoyed every second of it!
Loved that list. Do another one called honorable mention licks…I’m off to learn some of these. Thanks for the lessons.
Great video! Queen - ”Tie your mother down” is also a great riff/song to learn for a beginner. For feel and timing.
Thanks Rhett! Going to start working on these in between going through the lessons in your course!
Yeah, Barracuda really gets your hands moving and focused. Totally agree. Jumping back and forth between the signature rhythm and then the lead lines up the fretboard is really cool too!
Riff one fires off.
Me: Yup, this is why I keep tuning in to Rhett.
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Run Like Hell - great use of dotted 8ths and triads.
Very good, thank you for these excellent riffs!💯
Outstanding work and advice! Thx Rhett
Dude! This is a video that will keep me busy for weeks! Excellent work Rhett- the explanations are phenomenal.
Thank you for this
Great video as always, Rhett! Another good song to practice the right hand "galloping" strum is Lights Out by UFO. I used to play along with the live version every day after school (back in the day) and that will get your right hand speed up in no time. I have always practiced by trying to learn songs that I assumed were difficult and are melodically complex (Julia by the Beatles, the intro to Dear Prudence, Damn Good by DLR (Steve Vai), Different Strings by Rush, Shape of My Heart by Sting to name a few). Would love to see you cover more Dropped D and finger picking stuff.
What a great work, Rhett! Thanks
Love the finger twisters, Rhett! Thanks man!
Great list! Happy to hear I'm not the only one who struggles with Money For Nothin. I appreciate the thought that was put behind the different techniques of each song. Most of all, they're all songs I'd have fun to drill. Keep 'em coming. Thanks.
Great video! I love these practical lessons.
You had me at "10 Years Gone".😎🤘
Great riffing Rhett... looking forward to your next band installment
cheers
These vids are like gold dust! Thanks Rhett
This is my favorite video of yours in a long long time.
Awesome video. Ridiculously perfect tone. Excellent song choices too. I'll be learning ten years gone now. Thanks!
Ten Years Gone has always been one of my favorite LZ songs and I’ve never even tried to learn to play it. Thank you so much for this! Another one of my favorite LZ tunes to check out is Down by the Seaside.
I can literally hear Rick Beato helpfully adding the “I want my MTV” vocals while trying not to laugh.
Great list Rhett. Was wondering what riffs to learn to add to my practice regimen the other day. Like you read my mind. Thanks dude.
Your acoustic riffs were great & definitely looking forward to getting to grips with Ten Years Gone as my dexterity grows. Best TH-cam guitar channel there is🤟
This is great. There is so much overlay here for other songs. Love to see a similar video with songs that use more different tunings too. Thanks
You had me at #1 10 Years Gone. Great choice of songs and great job explaining why you chose them and they are useful to practice! It is important to keep your practice times fun. Pink Floyd does odd time signatures quite a bit. I love the song "Mother", I do it justice as long as everyone in the band is together, but I rarely get it exactly like the record (playing and singing).
Great video, as always thanks for the inspiration
Fantastic list! Will help a Lot! Thanks!
For me, ‘Is It For Me?’ by Toad the Wet Sprocket is an important practice song for me that lets me practice skipping strings and muting at the same time. The song ‘Inside’ also by TTWS is a song I use to practice singing and playing lead guitar at the same time. Cheers Rhett!
That tone is insane!!!!! That looks like a hell of a guitar!
Very much enjoy the song selections that were made for this video
Great choices, Rhett, and well taught. I just added the URL for this video to the riffs section of my "to learn" list.
That Novo guitar sounds fantastic!
THE METERS! Thanks, man. How did these guys sneak past me all this time?
Really enjoyed this, Rhett, thanks.
Great video. Loved every riff!
Great video!! Had me running for my guitar to learn 10 Years Gone. Reminder of how creative Page was.
I’d actually say learn almost ANY Tommy Emmanuel song on the acoustic guitar and translate those techniques over to playing on an electric, and holy moly will you have a different sound than most folks.
Easy as that😂
He's a monster pkayer
Great list !! Every one has some great techniques to work on.
Really nice playing Rhett!
Refreshing combining Rhetts unique «guitar-friend» way of contentcreation, with my all time favourite player Knopfler.
Little wing is what helped me really start putting it together
Hi Rhett, Great list! I actually used the intro riff of Just got paid to practice my inside picking techique. I really benefitted from that in both my rythem and lead playing.
Great video Rhett 👌
When I saw the video title and started the video, my first thought was “I hope he does Ten Years Gone.” I smiled when I discovered it was your first riff. Thanks for the video.
Great video, going to work on the ZZ Top. One riff I like is from Def Leppard and the song Let it Go. Has some simple hammer-on’s and bends. Plus it’s a great riff.
I'm loving this video so much, but, as a fan of U2, I think you missed one important selling feature of that riff (or any Edge riff): Timing!!!!! When you set that dotted 8th delay, you are locked in. As soon as you start speeding up or slowing down, the delay breaks. The whole riff sounds wrong. And, when I'm talking to people about learning guitar, I recommend learning U2 riffs because they are basically enjoyable metronome practice. Timing is so essential to playing any instrument - arguably even more than technique or theory.
Its the kind of guitar music you could easily simulate with a sequencer and probably couldnt tell them apart.
And another thing: I find it actually quite hard not to play too many notes, because you hear notes that you haven't actually played. I always end up playing the notes that the delay is already taking care of, thus screwing up the rhythm....
Ten Years Gone is AMAZING
There sounds like 4 guitars in parts
yeah--easily the best zep tune no one ever talks about! I spent a month learning and recording all the parts note for note--well, I think I did!--using a mix of ears, tabs and notation. That tune really reveals page's producing genius the way even the smallest part can take a song to the next level...stuff you would NEVER notice without deep listening, slowing down and getting access to the stems.
Learn the solo too! It's actually not that hard either. Phaser effect is so cool
@@taylorfarr6 yup-learned the
solo too
There's actually 7 parts (doubletracked for a total of 14...) later on in the song, after the solo.
Nice I enjoyed watching and listening to those riffs. That guitar is cool I never knew they existed? Sounds cool.
Great Crosspicking, What a workout, it's remarkable to watch one player jump around like your doing. Honestly, what you do with your right hand is off the scale .Good luck to all.
Great choice of riffs
Love this channel. Thanks Rhett
Thank YOU.This was inspiring!
Limelight would be a good riff to practice I think. The pauses.
I was surprised with some of your choices. Some of these songs don't get the credit they're due. I agree that this is a great list. There is a lot of subtle stuff in many of these songs that slips by most people. I should use this list as my workout for the next year and go through them all, top to bottom, even the ones I've played and really dissect them. Thanks for this!
so funny--I was literally working on the hendrix rhythm fills on little wing and all along the watchtower--learned all the solos to those and 4 or 5 other must-know Jimi tunes and there are tricky things to be learned from everything he recorded, of course--but his delicate R&B-infused rhythm fills set against the explosive power of his lead breaks for example, really are a huge part of what made jimi such a master of the instrument regardless of genre. Not to mention his insane songwriting. duh. Great list Rhett...It seems like the best way to learn any technique is to learn it cuz you need to learn it to play the tune it lives in.
I’ve learned so many, but recently it’s been Drifting and Power of Soul I’ve made an effort to learn and make my own take on.
I’ve used the Hey Baby intro, as a warmup for many many years.
The Wind Cries Mary is actually one of the first multiple string solo I learned. The hammer ons have been with me ever since.
@@CorbCorbin yeah wcm is awesome-
im more of a jazz blues guy but i have a couple nice strats and i go down very long jimi rabbit holes with them-jimi tunes almost feel like classicsl music to me like u gotta play them note for note…at least before u fuck with them…
Great choice of riffs - something to learn from all of them, whether it is your style of music or not.
Solid list, solid guitars, solid playing and explanations 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
The tone on Third Stone was phenomenal.
Great choices!!!!!
One of the best lists I have seen. Mine would be different. But this isn't my list. Great job.
I think this is possibly your best video or I guess more accurately my favorite video it was just a lot of fun to watch and I'll be learning a few of these songs, i already know Killing in the name of, and Barracuda. Great job.
I am so glad he said Money for Nothing is the most difficult. It looks so easy to play and I have tried a few times and gotten close, but that song is not easy.
And then try singing at the same time. :)
@@mdu2112 I know, you really realize the genius.
It's the reason brothers in arms sold millions imo, the other songs on that album are boring by comparison.
Graceland is a far more interesting album of that time, Making Movies also has great riffs.
Call Of Ktulu intro is a great one for learning just how vital it is to planning exact finger placement for setting up the next few notes, considering it has to ring out. Also, in teaching beginners how to arch your fingers so you don't mute the neighboring strings
Great video !
Don’t Fear the Reaper was the riff that taught me how to get your right hand picking and left hand transitions to be in sync in order to have the riff sound clean when you play it. As well as get open strings to ring as you played different notes and you hand changed positions.
Thank you! You will make me play more guitar again. Your videos are so great!!!!!!!!!!! Your voice, the content, your playing, the sounds, the knowledge, the Ideas, wow!!!!
I still haven't found is a part of my live since 1988, when I was 12 and rattle&hum was released with the gospel choir version. I had the honour to sing it with a choir, a few times25 years ago. Later on I played it on guitar of course, when I had an U2 tribute band. I do same version like you with capo in the 2nd fret, les distorted with two delays behind each other.
some songs I listened a lot:
Ramble on (Led Zeppelin) to learn more about dynamics and volume control
Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) to get the DADGAD system and oriental flavour
Fields of joy (Lenny Kravitz) to learn how to groove on simple chords
Breakaway (ZZTop) to get these ZZTop like pinch harmonics
Start me up (Rolling Stones) to find out more about this typical open G chord style
Until the end of the world (U2) the quintessence of the edge in one song
Soul man (Blues-Brothers version) to get deeper into the tastefull Steve Cropper style
Faith (George Michael) and Desire (U2) two of the best versions of Bo Doddley groove
Plush (Stone Temple Pilots) to try to get theses strange chord voicings
You oughta know (Alanis Morissette) to create atmosphere with simple but great guitar layers
OMG! I love that you started with 10 years gone! I haven't seen the rest of this video yet!
Gret stuff, love your vids
Awesome list and playing. Need some Johnny Marr. This charming man or What difference does it make would be great additions. Learning those two riffs really expanded my playing. String-skipping master-class.
Ty. Great Video.
I’m at AIMM right now (level 2). Hearing that Money riff reminded me of Keyboard Skills class trying to find its time sig lol. Nice video Rhett!
A guitar playing friend recommended learning Chuck Berry tunes.