20 Guitar Riffs for Absolute Beginners (with Tabs)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @Theomeandonly
    @Theomeandonly Год назад +1110

    Been self taught for 6 years and started with videos like this . Just had it recommended to me , the nostalgia 🥲

    • @geraldharpe4096
      @geraldharpe4096 Год назад +9

      How do you recommend starting out? Ive got decent at picking but still have trouble strumming and what not

    • @potatochips829
      @potatochips829 Год назад +2

      ​​@@geraldharpe4096 i recommend Rocksmith i find that it definitely helps

    • @emuemu8428
      @emuemu8428 Год назад +18

      Just keep practicing. Check out stuff like Justin guitar

    • @Aries_Alpha
      @Aries_Alpha Год назад +34

      @@geraldharpe4096 Been playin for 25ish years and my advice with strumming for new players is be confidant, don't be afraid to make a noise. A loose wrist and elbow is also very important take time to figure out the correct amount of pressure to hold your pick between your fingers. I also recommend learning full songs not just bits and pieces. Enjoy your journey man.

    • @TheFairway8
      @TheFairway8 Год назад +2

      I would say concentrate more on strumming than picking when your starting out been playing about 40+ years but what do I know haha😂

  • @heli0s101
    @heli0s101 Год назад +187

    I've been going overboard on chords, learning E's and G's and A's and D's, but I never felt like I was actually making music. I know it's important to get the building blocks solid, but being able to throw in something like this every now and again is not only fun, but it helps with early motivation. Small wins that make you feel like you're making great strides, especially if you can later combine it with the fundamentals.
    I'll get there eventually, it's just easy to get demoralised - but from what I understand, there's not a single guitar player alive that hasn't been where I was.

  • @constantinoanaxagorou9907
    @constantinoanaxagorou9907 Год назад +41

    Been playing for 2 years now , theory is great but to watch a video and learn something quick and to practice timing and being consistent has been my biggest aid

  • @GrizzledNoob
    @GrizzledNoob Год назад +179

    You and I have a very different definition for "Absolute Beginners". But thank you for the video. I might come back to this one after a few months.

    • @salty_3k506
      @salty_3k506 Год назад +51

      slow everything down to a crawl. start without rhythm, just get the notes down for one bar and then try with a metronome at like 80 bpm. the important thing is to always take it slow enough to not make mistakes. speeding up is easy once you have a pattern down but you need to do everything good and not rushing. of course you can't play these riffs at full speed on sight on your first try.

    • @KevinBalke
      @KevinBalke  Год назад +42

      Exactly what @salty_3k506 said. These riffs are very beginner friendly, but you still need to slow them down and learn the pattern first. Even advanced players can rarely skip that first step.

    • @salty_3k506
      @salty_3k506 Год назад +6

      @@KevinBalke only when you're at a really high level but even though most people need to slow down, only the best players can just copy a riff at full speed on sight and slowing down and then speeding up often takes less time than you think so if you slow down first and then speed up when you can play it well at the slower speed, it shouldn't even take that long but never play sloppy, it just slows the process down.

    • @jasonemmettmyers
      @jasonemmettmyers 11 месяцев назад +2

      This is what I was thinking!

    • @LuisFlores-dn6jt
      @LuisFlores-dn6jt 10 месяцев назад +3

      I play a hand full of these riffs almost every day. Some are harder than others, but it is so satisfying to improve on the harder ones. Me, a complete begginer att it for about a month, to slide up and down the neck for the sweater song more smoothly is great. i still cant play it at the normal tempo, and sometimes mute notes when i dont mean to but a little progress is great.

  • @WWNbroadcasts
    @WWNbroadcasts 10 месяцев назад +11

    As a bassist who’s gonna learn guitar this helped so much

  • @johnerickson4064
    @johnerickson4064 Год назад +34

    Been playing for more than 20 years and still searching beginner guitar riffs

  • @초코칩쿠키-j1x
    @초코칩쿠키-j1x Год назад +39

    1:53 Sweat Dreams
    3:02 Symphony of Destruction so cool

  • @JimmyCrackKorn
    @JimmyCrackKorn 10 месяцев назад +8

    love videos like these, simple and to the point and easy for beginners to understand

  • @dreamyrhodes
    @dreamyrhodes Год назад +8

    These videos are the best, no blabla why and what just straight in

  • @titikeeeh2897
    @titikeeeh2897 Год назад +448

    I m a complette beginner and i cant play none of these
    (Edit: now i can play some of them if i want to)

    • @jacksheppard3591
      @jacksheppard3591 9 месяцев назад +45

      Dude there are some really basic ones on there. Have you actually tried or are you just frothing at the gash to put something on here? Practice a little. You'll be right. You'll get there.

    • @MontyyMTB
      @MontyyMTB 9 месяцев назад +24

      1st day playing an I can do some already but I have been playing for like 4 hours straight tho

    • @DRK_sk8
      @DRK_sk8 9 месяцев назад +5

      That’s good

    • @DRK_sk8
      @DRK_sk8 9 месяцев назад +7

      You can’t play none which means you can play them all

    • @waplanilhas2023
      @waplanilhas2023 8 месяцев назад +1

      Kkkkk me tooooo

  • @korpsesh
    @korpsesh 6 месяцев назад +3

    ive struggled with progressing since trying to learn chords and this has really brought back my motivation to play, been learning one of these a day, they're good songs and easy to learn in 5-30 mins each. great video!!

    • @ton618band
      @ton618band 5 месяцев назад

      Hey bro, just checking up - hows your progres going?

    • @korpsesh
      @korpsesh 5 месяцев назад

      @@ton618band it's going really well still, I've learnt almost everything in this video now and I've started learning some more metal songs that I've been wanting to learn

  • @sleal1194
    @sleal1194 8 месяцев назад +2

    I just turned 40 yesterday iv always wanted to learn how to play acoustic guitar. I hear it and it easies me soul. Its something im determined to do and maybe my playing will do the same for someone else. I would like to play something when i get better for my wife that could express my love for her.

  • @mr.charity8432
    @mr.charity8432 Год назад +20

    •RHCP - Otheside
    •Judas Priest - Breaking the law
    • The Rolling stones - Satisfaction
    •The Strokes - Reptilia
    •Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
    • blink-182 - Dammit
    • Megadeth - Syphony of Destruction
    • Metallica - Enter Sandman
    • The Strokes - The adults Are talking
    • Weezer - Beverly Hils
    • The killers - all these things that i've done
    • blink-182 - First date
    • Rammstein - Rammstein
    • The Kinks - You really got me
    • Wheatus - Ternage Dirtbag
    Thank you for video❤.

  • @danwalter3800
    @danwalter3800 11 месяцев назад +4

    As a beginner I can say this is a bit beyond but not impossible

  • @yunholover6391
    @yunholover6391 Год назад +10

    i bought my guitar in may.. and i haven't figured it out how to play until now...
    this video is really helpful thank you!!

    • @Pwentay
      @Pwentay Год назад +1

      Progress update?

  • @iliketrains3495
    @iliketrains3495 Год назад +35

    Technically Reptilia is a lot harder than that because he actually strums through the strings and mutes the others (similar to Can't Stop). Other than that, good list, props for including some songs not commonly found on videos like these rather than the same ones over and over again, i.e. Boys Don't Cry, All These Things That I've Done

    • @gavinduff7286
      @gavinduff7286 Год назад +1

      Always one

    • @gavinduff7286
      @gavinduff7286 Год назад +3

      Well "ackchully" 😂😂😂😂

    • @KLBoringBand
      @KLBoringBand Год назад +1

      He plays the stripped down version over the beginning of the verse basically as the video plays it.

  • @bilgyno1
    @bilgyno1 7 месяцев назад +11

    I've started two days ago, which I think qualifies me as 'absolute beginner'. I'm working on getting the A and D chords now, which is already challenging enough to my 46 year old fingers... This all sounds and looks like it takes a whole lot of practice and at least have way better understanding of the basics. I will revisit stuff like this in a year or so...

    • @gilmardessaune4084
      @gilmardessaune4084 6 месяцев назад +4

      Don ´t need to rush. I´m 66 yr old and too beginning. One day better than before you will go ahead.

    • @RoseMetz-ot5jk
      @RoseMetz-ot5jk 5 дней назад

      I think the easiest riff on here is the Black Sabbath riff, so you should try that one at 2:11. I've only been playing electric guitar for 3 or 4 weeks and when I came across that section in the video I could play that riff within 7 minutes.

  • @danielcorral3583
    @danielcorral3583 Год назад +8

    I just got a guitar and imma learn all of these this is the perfect video I’ve been looking for

  • @rockylps
    @rockylps 7 месяцев назад +1

    I just started playing guitar yesterday and this is really helpful thanks!

  • @solojo13
    @solojo13 7 месяцев назад +1

    Love your videos! They're a perfect refresher, as well!

  • @yorgossmak
    @yorgossmak 2 месяца назад

    Very Helpful video. Thanks a lot Kevin. Greetings from Greece.

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 10 месяцев назад +4

    Unless it's Hendrix or Trower I don't want to play it . Great Lessons . ✨🇺🇸✨🇫🇴🇨🇦🇺🇸👌

    • @MrTesterr
      @MrTesterr 9 месяцев назад

      There are so many more bands that are better than hendrix or trower

  • @АнтонГлебов-ь6д
    @АнтонГлебов-ь6д Год назад +34

    Песня Otherside была одной из первых, на которой училась сыгрываться наша кавер-группа. А у Мэрилина Мэнсона я для обучения выбрал Fight Song.
    P. S.: подборка класс👍

  • @dramaturgyk4540
    @dramaturgyk4540 Год назад +17

    Just saving my favs as time stamps here:
    0:30
    0:57
    1:51
    2:13
    3:16
    3:33

  • @zendraco
    @zendraco 3 месяца назад

    this has been a great learning session thanks man

  • @sinpie
    @sinpie Год назад +4

    I was given a 7 string guitar, and I’m gonna definitely try to learn a bit!

    • @pifriz6969
      @pifriz6969 Год назад +2

      I have a 6 string and i want a 7 string so bad 😂 I would play only the 7th string forever

  • @Uomo-ratto
    @Uomo-ratto 8 месяцев назад

    1th
    0:30 3th
    4th
    1:20 7th
    1:52 9th Manson
    2:42 11th
    3:00 th
    3:17 13th
    4:15 16th killers
    5:25

  • @Mainly-boy-outdoors
    @Mainly-boy-outdoors Год назад +3

    OMG I love the sweet dreams song!!!

  • @akmt123
    @akmt123 Год назад

    Excellent, cheers from Canada...

  • @harishprajapati7204
    @harishprajapati7204 11 месяцев назад

    Wonderful makes me learn faster😁

  • @Sadion666
    @Sadion666 Год назад +7

    I reccomend Stand up and shout by dio for power chord practice, also Eternal Dark by Picture because it's fairly simple and awesome (as well covered by hammerfall)

  • @jaspereliasfreund04.10
    @jaspereliasfreund04.10 29 дней назад

    Mega geil. Hab richtig spaß dran

  • @arthurgiannakis2156
    @arthurgiannakis2156 Год назад +4

    Correct me if I'm wrong but I didn't see the intro rythmn riff to Nothing Else Matters by Metallica in this. There is NO fretwork required at all.

  • @journeystarr
    @journeystarr Год назад

    Sweet Dreams is one of the first songs I learned on guitar and bass

  • @SirNormando
    @SirNormando 3 месяца назад

    I can play all of them. Ive been playing for about a month and have power chords and bar chords down and am honestly looking for stuff to play in e standard since i need new strings lmao

  • @LyEight
    @LyEight Год назад +1

    someone could please tell me with are the amp settings for Sweet dreams( 1:52 )? I really tried to adjust like sounds in the video but I just got my guitar and I dont understand how amps works yet!!

  • @user-dk6bp5dr5d
    @user-dk6bp5dr5d Год назад

    Happy new year ,wish u all the best, was wondering if u could play those songs fully ,I d like to learn with these numbers method,thanks so much

  • @andresgarib1945
    @andresgarib1945 Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @marcantoine2839
    @marcantoine2839 Год назад

    Merci et bravo Monsieur

  • @STGGX
    @STGGX Год назад +5

    Führe Mich by Rammstein is so easy for beginners too.

  • @elvsrbad2
    @elvsrbad2 Год назад +2

    Really awesome, until the end when you said to tell me friends and I remembered I don't have any

  • @yafmaverick
    @yafmaverick Год назад +3

    Can’t believe you forgot the easiest of them all - Rock you like a Hurricane

  • @Gabaa267
    @Gabaa267 Месяц назад

    Which scales are mostly used by advanced guitarist

  • @AriRoyale
    @AriRoyale Год назад +2

    Thanks! Good job! Regards

  • @anapaocastro
    @anapaocastro Год назад

    thank u so much!!!!!!

  • @Therionsylar
    @Therionsylar 5 месяцев назад +4

    for Absolute Beginners! (who's playing guitar for more than 6 months lol)

  • @ChevelonChristophebelets-ti7yi
    @ChevelonChristophebelets-ti7yi 9 месяцев назад

    Tanks dude

  • @JAHLife
    @JAHLife Год назад +2

    How do you get the Tab to show up on screen? What program do you use?? How do you accomplish that?!

  • @tomglavinehof1
    @tomglavinehof1 Год назад +3

    Never realized how much “Sweet Dreams” sounds like “Crazy Train”

  • @noahm
    @noahm Год назад +28

    If you have to do alternative picking or excessive (or probably any) pull-offs and hammer-one, it’s not “absolute beginner”

    • @happy_kiwon
      @happy_kiwon 10 месяцев назад

      😅😅😅😅😊😅

  • @pranavsinghi8870
    @pranavsinghi8870 5 месяцев назад

    Can I do all of these in normal tuning? Or do some require different tuning

  • @LeoDowney-z7m
    @LeoDowney-z7m 3 месяца назад

    beginners I first started playing guitar . In the 1990s I was a teenager and at first I've planned and I had a lot of trouble my brother Mike picked up the guitar he was Younger than me by 10 months so really Was not coolpeople were like you're a little brother is a better Guitar player than you. But I thought it was really difficult and then I looked at my cousin who really sucked and he was playing some complicated stuff and I thought man if you could do it I must be able to do it and I sat down and I really spent some time working at it just loading tablets or using tablets or now you guys have RUclips man I wish we had RUclips I spent so much money on guitar world and guitar ,player, magazines ,guitar one, Bass player magazine.. And then I buy tablet books for a lot of different bands a lot of different people everything from Damage plan Guns & Roses. I had all the Alice in Change albums and Guitar Tableture book for each. . Any of you people can learn tablets or in like 1 minute. It shows you the 6 lines representing the 6 strings 0 is just open and then I'll obviously 12345. It's Each Guitar fret as you go up. When it shows you like how many calms to hit each strain you know which 1's to hit for cord and it's really self-explanatory it's easy to learnyou got a million free videos on RUclips competing with each other and also there's a lot of lessons on here it's really mind-blowing I spent all that money on so many books back in the day and my family ended up letting them get wrecked by letting cats p*** on them and or putting them in another room where The roof leaked. Done with a massive rare Kind of book collection because I worked at the time of bookshop and I had all sorts of rare kind of books in there rare back issues with money were handed to me. Including like The first X men with Gambit and a whole bunch of rare collectors special things like the phalanx covenant in special chromium covers. I'm not ADC fan usually but I had the death of Superman a few other things like that the return of Superman. But really I wanted I had almost all of the Lobo books. Even Jace mamoa dot for sure he was gonna get offered the part of robo when he was called in by Zach Schneider for Justice League. Hes the ultimate dude bro man!

  • @rysicasd
    @rysicasd Год назад +1

    From where do you get only drums background to train?

  • @jordanwhiteking
    @jordanwhiteking Год назад

    Can you show some simple trick how to sweep picking

  • @philipepessoa2042
    @philipepessoa2042 Год назад

    All in Standard tune?

  • @comradefish9698
    @comradefish9698 Год назад

    I've been planning to buy this exact guitar

    • @andypyper5294
      @andypyper5294 Год назад

      And ??? No one cares

    • @hadespelorios.
      @hadespelorios. Год назад

      ​@@andypyper5294i really really care

    • @Highly-grounded
      @Highly-grounded Год назад

      @@andypyper5294?

    • @borky1987
      @borky1987 8 месяцев назад

      You cared just enough to reply to his comment, so... 🤷‍♂️

  • @VladimirDVN
    @VladimirDVN 10 месяцев назад

    Kevin, how you doing backing tracks?

  • @mp3311
    @mp3311 Год назад

    thanks for the video! how can i start fingerstyle guitar? where would you recommend to start?

  • @santinogomez3449
    @santinogomez3449 Год назад

    Awesome

  • @eeeet3876
    @eeeet3876 Год назад +2

    0:18

  • @Mufassa83
    @Mufassa83 Год назад +1

    grad das solo von Megadeath ist für beginner ^^ davon ist nur das ganz kleine stück für beginner

  • @idinahill4290
    @idinahill4290 5 месяцев назад +3

    3:02 4:45 2:14

  • @Nex-AA
    @Nex-AA 4 месяца назад +1

    after like 5-10 min of practice i finnally can do the first one.... in 0.25x
    Took a break for 1 hour got back to it and learned to do it in 1x in a another 10 min

  • @BillC518
    @BillC518 Год назад +1

    Which Ibanez "S" model is that? Love that satin natural wood finish!

  • @leonsommerfeldt3256
    @leonsommerfeldt3256 7 месяцев назад

    Geil danke klingt echt krass bei dir😅

  • @andrewviel6651
    @andrewviel6651 Год назад

    I like the songs but the way you did the tabs is frustrating because I can't pause it at the beginning of the rift is part of the end of the old one and then switches to the middle if you could fix that that would be awesome just make it so when I pause it the whole rift I'm trying to play or at least most of it is on the screen instead of the first part disappears and Then You Only got The Middle and Then the end

  • @rxffzxd5396
    @rxffzxd5396 9 месяцев назад

    Of all the ones I've seen, this is the strangest way to play Seven Nation Army

  • @SGuitars1903
    @SGuitars1903 Год назад +1

    Always appreciated

  • @ls1_cammeroh
    @ls1_cammeroh Год назад +3

    Absolute beginner? Let’s see if I can actually play any of these in a month

  • @dmnk33
    @dmnk33 Год назад

    where was tornado of souls solo?

  • @kitty25111
    @kitty25111 5 месяцев назад

    0:30
    0:34

  • @Cadee_Motocross
    @Cadee_Motocross 7 месяцев назад +3

    The powers cords are killing me😭

  • @daniels5607
    @daniels5607 Год назад

    OMG that the guitar I was just looking at lol

  • @МемнаяКуша
    @МемнаяКуша Год назад +7

    1. Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple
    2. "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
    3. Iron Man by Black Sabbath
    4. Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses
    5. Back in Black by AC/DC
    6. Come As You Are by Nirvana
    7. Day Tripper by The Beatles
    8. Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
    9. Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry
    10. Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
    11. All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
    12. Wild Thing by The Troggs
    13. "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin
    14. La Grange by ZZ Top
    15. "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
    16. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
    17. Living After Midnight by Judas Priest
    18. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love by Van Halen
    19. "Black Magic Woman" by Santana
    20. Walk This Way by Aerosmith

    • @МемнаяКуша
      @МемнаяКуша Год назад +1

      For part 2

    • @FenderFanboy91
      @FenderFanboy91 Год назад +1

      The back in black licks in between the main riff can be quite tricky

    • @МемнаяКуша
      @МемнаяКуша Год назад +1

      @@FenderFanboy91 The guitar licks on AC/DC's "Back in Black" can be really hard to master. Angus Young's guitar work on this song is iconic and takes some skill and practice to play accurately.

    • @CyclistChris
      @CyclistChris Год назад

      You think a song like SCOM -which is played across from memory four strings - is a beginner riff? Sure, a learner *could* learn it, but that's not a good starting point. It's a recipe for frustration.

    • @Magst3r1
      @Magst3r1 Год назад

      Johnny B. Goode is not beginner friendly at all, I've been trying to master just the intro for months. The speed at which it's played is insane.

  • @hanafihsb7520
    @hanafihsb7520 11 месяцев назад

    Gut.

  • @journeystarr
    @journeystarr Год назад

    Easy peasy

  • @silasschafhauser7288
    @silasschafhauser7288 Год назад +1

    I have been playing Guitar for 12 years and my self esteem really is low enough for me to click on this video…

  • @Zany_editz
    @Zany_editz 2 месяца назад +2

    Seven nation army is by far the easiest imo

  • @MERICANMOTO
    @MERICANMOTO Месяц назад

    Had a electric guitar for 2 years probably spent a total of a hour trying to learn it there is nothing else in the world that can make me more mad then failing a guitar riff so i just dont try anymore

  • @lynlouise
    @lynlouise Год назад

    3:16

  • @mayaneko1094
    @mayaneko1094 29 дней назад

    As an absolute beginner, half the stuff that's written down doesn't make sense at all, especially the things blow 😅 Also i've big problems playing some of the notes without getting a cramp in my hand. 👀

  • @coreytaylor9940
    @coreytaylor9940 Год назад +2

    Absolute Beginners

  • @chuckestrada8738
    @chuckestrada8738 7 месяцев назад

    Been playing guitar since folk music days, other than Satisfaction and the kinks, I wouldn't play any of this shit even on a bet!!!😏

  • @doughaines5300
    @doughaines5300 Год назад +1

    liked the cure.

  • @golemmm6969
    @golemmm6969 9 месяцев назад +21

    you have a strange definition of beginner

    • @JesseSauceda
      @JesseSauceda 8 месяцев назад +5

      This is literally beginner songs

    • @oryndragon5906
      @oryndragon5906 8 месяцев назад +1

      Its not gonna come so easy…

    • @carstenfolsch5100
      @carstenfolsch5100 6 месяцев назад +1

      It doesn't mean that an absolute beginner could play this instantly, but those are simple enough riffs for beginners to learn. But nevertheless this needs exercise and it will take time until it will sound as fluid as here in this video.

    • @Robo_bean10
      @Robo_bean10 3 месяца назад

      Just practice

  • @unhappy6445
    @unhappy6445 Год назад +11

    my guitar doesnt want to play this

  • @robinsorensen8867
    @robinsorensen8867 Год назад

    You are playing Enter sandman wrong. But other than that, good video.

  • @estd.bruwer2778
    @estd.bruwer2778 Год назад +1

    🔥

  • @n1ghtm4re74
    @n1ghtm4re74 Год назад

    0:57 I thought it was Sanatarium by Metallica at first 😁

  • @amilo5
    @amilo5 Год назад

    Technically Enter Sandman with the pinky to let the 7 ring not at easy as it looks.

  • @CHAS1979
    @CHAS1979 Год назад +2

    Smoke on the water???

  • @nelsonic84nelson25
    @nelsonic84nelson25 9 месяцев назад

    THE KINKS AND RAMMSTEIN MENTIONED FUCK YEAHH

  • @kjack7770
    @kjack7770 Год назад

    1:52
    crazy train?

  • @funkygamer2251
    @funkygamer2251 Год назад +1

    i know guys that have been playing for 30 years + and they cant do the Sweater Song if their lives depended on it

    • @knobgoblin85
      @knobgoblin85 Год назад

      Player of 1 month and roughly learnt it in an hour, what makes it difficult? (This is not intended rudely)

  • @leorodesp
    @leorodesp Год назад

    I can only play the first and 4th decently

  • @tezzaclark1980
    @tezzaclark1980 Год назад +8

    Jesus, wish I could play these as an absolute beginner! No chance of beginners playing these... Look at work your left hand is doing and that's before your right hand haha... Good video though

  • @ricstormwolf
    @ricstormwolf Год назад

    If you trill the flat 5 with the 5, you lose the power of the flat 5. It's supposed to make you feel uneasy. Most guitar players use it wrong 😕

  • @DavisTaylor-gilbert
    @DavisTaylor-gilbert Месяц назад

    WoOOooOOoo

  • @ben-oni
    @ben-oni Год назад

    1 californication
    02:41 blink dammit

  • @unhappy6445
    @unhappy6445 Год назад

    i do not found my guitar in the trash to play this