1:32 - *Nirvana* - "Breed" 3:29 - *John Mayer* - "Vultures" 4:56 - *Wolfmother* - "The Joker & The Thief" 6:08 - *RAtM* - "Killing In The Name" 8:05 - *Judas Priest* - "Breaking The Law" 9:16 - *Blink* - 182 - "All The Small Things" 10:39 - *Radiohead* - "Weird Fishes" 12:18 - *Metallica* - "Sad But True" 14:12 - *Incubus* - "Rogues" 16:00 - *Led Zeppelin* - Whole Lotta Love 17:49 - *Muse* - "Psycho" I remember when I bought my first guitar a half year ago and the first riff I tried to learn was "Psycho". I wasn't even trying to play "Smoke on Water", " Seven Nation Army" or "Happy Birthday". I've spent nearly whole week trying to learn it.
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For anyone learning acoustic out there I found (by accident) that Alice In Chains "down in a hole" was the perfect beginner song. It has a super short finger style intro, teaches you switching from one easy open chord to another in the verses and has a power chord chorus for good measure. It even has 2 whole bends! I couldn't possibly think of a better beginner song.
@@gavriilkremastiotis1914 I was gonna say that! I learned guitar through heaven beside you. That song got my fingers used to bends and weird movements.
The famous guitar riff at the beginning of crazy train is a great one in my opinion because especially for a beginner it brings a little speed to the table and utilizes all 7 notes in the key
My Own Summer by Deftones is one of the first riffs I ever learned. It's so easy that I taught it to my nephews who don't even play guitar regularly. It's super heavy and fluid, which makes it a blast to play. Also, 46&2 by Tool is a great simple riff that sounds amazing. Those are 2 of my favorite bands and favorite guitarists, not only because I love their sounds, but because they don't try to overplay and outshine their bandmates. As with all great music, I think, the whole is more important than the sum of its parts. It also bears mentioning that Deftones and Tool both feature two of the greatest drummers of their generation.
Weird Fishes has been one of my favorite riffs for several years. Glad to see Tyler shining light on another Radiohead riff (the first was 15 Step - also from In Rainbows 😊)
@@thefakengx3839 well yeah, if you only play Thom's part. I've been trying to include parts of Jonny's solo and the intro bass in my acoustic covers, and it's pretty tricky imo.
00:01:31 Breed - Nirvana 00:03:19 Vultures - John Mayer 00:04:55 The Joker & The Thief - Wolfmother 00:06:07 Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine 00:08:03 Breaking the Law - Judas Priest 00:09:15 All the Small Things - blink -182 00:10:37 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead 00:12:18 Sad But True - Metallica 00:14:11 Rogues - Incubus 00:15:59 Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin 00:17:49 Psycho - Muse 00:19:59 ?
@@dbodooley I think that - if George wrote all the intro riffs to the iconic Beatle songs - Daytripper, Ticket to Ride etc then he was the greatest intro riff writer of all time as they are always distinctive and you know instantly which song it is.
Enter Sandman, every time. Great, heavy riff, that gives the player a small slide, a string-skip, and then a nice chugging powerchord move at the end that just sounds badass.
On Whole Lotta Love: "all down strokes" not on the videos I've seen of Page playing it. And learning how to play it without doing only downstrokes was a step forward for me when I was starting out. Also, more importantly, the bend should be pushed up, not pulled down, to avoid muting the open D string that should be played, and the bend creates tension against that.
Page is notoriously sloppy when playing live as opposed to his playing in the studio. Could be from years of heroin abuse. Could be he forgot how to play his songs. Could be he’s bored and likes to mix things up. Could be an attempt at replicating the sound of overdubbed guitars. Could be he ran out of fucks. It’s all part of his charm!
DescaSatou R U Mine is better to learn later, that quick pentatonic he plays is really hard as a beginner, I know cause it was like the second song I tried to learn and had to come back to it later when I could play faster
I would add Omerta by Lamb of God for the more metally people here. Good for your tight rhythm, practicing more intricate picking patterns and pinch harmonics
For beginning, I'd say When I Come Around. As a Green Day fan, it's actually a song i've always been very "meh" on, but learning that rhythm for the first time when I was young was such a great learning experience. Great with teaching timing and palm muting.
Green Day is a gold mine for songs that are catchy and unique but still simple. Brain Stew is the obvious one, but learning Good Riddance really helped me with quick picking songs and When I Come Around and BOBD helped with barre chords. Different story if you play bass or drums though
I’d put Soothsayer by bucket head, it’s a little more of an intermediate song but even if you can’t crazy shred it’s a fun song to play along too, even the scale he uses for the solo is pretty easy to get the hang of and it’s good to start out soloing over Edit: also the first song I learned to play on guitar was more then a feeling by Boston
Intermediate? Hell the opening and main verses may be intermediate, but then it goes into hard and then insane level of difficulty. If you want less shreddy: Sail On Soothsayer is a nice easy - intermediate Buckethead song. As is Swomee Swan. Hospitality is a good one that's a bit more advanced.
Ross Henderson that’s why I said, not when it gets into the more shreddy parts, but if you follow the patterns in the song you can figure out the scale He’s using and you can still solo, and honestly a lot of the shredding in this song isn’t super difficult, it’s just fast strumming, I didn’t say it was fun to play note for note, it’s fun to solo along too, but I get where you’re coming from
Sage Rockhound honestly I don’t know what it’s called, it’s a variation on the eb minor pentatonic, if you look at the tabs and look at the notes he plays it should give you a general idea, actually let me just try and type out the tabs This is tuned down a half step Low E string- 12 14 15 A- 12 14 D- 11 12 14 G- 11 12 14 B- 12 14 15 High E string- 12 14 15 Hopefully you can understand that 😅
"Lochness", by Judas Priest "The Eagle has Landed", or "Strong Arm of the Law", by Saxon "Fatman", by Nazareth "Dominance and Submission", by Blye Oyster Cult "Beating the Odds", by Molly Hatchet "Send me on my way", by Rusted Roots I feel like (I am a beginner myself) they are not that difficult, but they have interesting techniques, and they require precision, while being accessible, and incredibly satisfying when you master them (I'm looking at you, Lochness) Just my opinion, though :3
@@lukebarboza4015 id sell my first son and fifth daughter for that guitar man... not my second, third or fourth daughter though.. they costed too much to create ... fifth one tho .. she’s good to go.. and the son is the devils spawn in pretty sure so I kinda need to pawn him off on someone or something else honestly ... anyone want a three year old who can speak mandarin and Italian backwards at the same time?
If you have an acoustic guitar: Hurt - Johnny cash Nice harmony, easy and fun to play! Never - All the luck in the world One of my favorite riffs of all time. Really really easy to play. Check it out! In the Tabs you would find one with the capo on the 6th fret but you can also play without capo just holdin the D major chord :) Behind blue eyes - limp bizkit This song is carrying itself. Now the electric guitar: Slow dancing in a burning room - John Mayer Cool Intro Riff, use the thump on the e string though. The one or other Green Day song Catchy rhythms to practice and learn, sounds good and just more badass when played in a band! Metallica - enter sandman (Just to fill this comment) Have fun! 👋🏻
My first Song ive learned was Hells Bells by AC/DC. Not just the Riff is perfect to get comfortable with the guitar, the solo is also nice to get in contact with pentatonic🔥🔥
Nice one. I remember learning it WAY early because it sounded like you were getting something DONE. We also may be around the same age to have had that one as a fave.
Thanks for your video. I’m getting back into the guitar after a 20 year hiatus to encourage my 12-year-old son to pick up the guitar. We’re well on our way thanks to videos like yours. Many thanks!
Thank you so much!! This is the exact video I've been looking for, I'm at a stage where I'd still call myself a beginner but I know the basics and have been looking for songs to improve my playing, its so hard to find videos that match my current level and this is exactly what I've been trying to find. You are a life saver dude.
I feel like the shes so heavy part could easily be made in to metal or something, imagine the organ being replaced with screaming and stuff, the vocals are already a bit loud also
@@thelegendofhuman my uncle would argue that it was the very first song that influenced heavy metal, and based on when it was released I don't exactly disagree
Personally, I think a *ton* of tool riffs are just simplistic enough for intermediate beginners or so to grasp while still working interesting timing & techniques
Ghost - Square Hammer is one of the absolute best metal riffs to learn. The riff itself has some slightly tricky fingering depending on which tuning you use, the verse teaches consistent palm muting, while the chorus puts both together. It’s easy to throw on tonnes of gain and make it sound kinda correct. Hard to get it perfect. Also the solo is a great beginner solo for metal
The main "riff" (if we can call that a riff, I'm not cultured enough to know) is really great with the bend. It's pretty easy to play too, even though it can be painful for beginners since you have to use your pinky. But it's an awesome training to start with !
Poly by Nirvana. It was the first song I learned how to play, even before smoke on the water, and it's always the first thing I play when I pick up a guitar. 10/10 would recommend!!!
First riff I started with was the intro to pink Floyd's wish you were here, plus the solo, bends, double string slides, and picking with chords it's an all inclusive package
Heaviest riff to me might be "Into the Void", or any of those dark-ass chunky ones from the riff-master Tony Iommi! Another one that comes to mind is Zach Wylde doing "No More Tears" with Ozzy.
Just started learning guitar six months ago and learned to play the intro to La Grange almost right out of the gate. Was straight forward enough for me and huge fun. I love it.
One of the first beginner songs I learned was Arpeggios From Hell by Yngwie Malmsteen. It's not too difficult to play, but it provides a nice warm up to loosen your fingers up for more challenging songs.
Stone the Crow by Down, Planets Collide by Crowbar, Life's been good by Joe Walsh, Dramamine by Modest mouse, Lysergik Funeral Procession by Down, Over the hills and far away by Zep. Really a ton of good riffs that teach you something. String skipping, hammering and pulling off, proper finger placement, yadda yadda.
Some of my go-to riffs are Just Got Paid by ZZ Top, Young Lust and In The Flesh? by Pink Floyd and Cirice/Square Hammer by Ghost, those riffs are just so good to play
Definitely agree on the Ghost songs. Those two helped me develop things like my picking technique and palm muting, the Cirice solo also helped me a lot with bending
For me the 12 riff is Riff Raff by AC/DC. Its not really polular riff (for me its underrated) but for me it was first riff i really enjoyed playing it, beacouse its fast and it rocks and i felt like i am already getting somewhere. 🤘
Rage Against the Machine song is in Drop D Tuning. Low E string is tuned down to D. Great first Drop D song to learn. Great mix of songs, Music is Win!
Yuri Wieland and get doesn’t play an e power chord, Kurt just plays it as a rake on the open strings, and he doesn’t play it like a regular power chord he usually just slams his fingers down on the fretboard barring the root 5 octave and idk what’s the other note but he hits the g string too
@@snoopdoge191 Sometimes he gets the G string to sound out which turns the power chord into a sus4 chord. It's probably best to not put too much emphasis on getting the G string in there, but don't try to too much to not get the G string there too. But yeah, playing a Nirvana song with a two note power chord seems like a fairly obvious mistake. Edit: Oh well, whatever, nevermind, I'm an idiot.
It’s the most important part of the whole riff... and then the next riff he says how important riffs are.. I’m just stunned. Unless he expects us to reverse engineer ourselves it which is cool and a very clever teaching tool for ear training and blending techniques and stuff
Throw it in Drop D, “love bites so do I” Halestorm the intro is a good warm up and practice as it’s a definite riff for timing and articulation practice. It’s heavy but simple
"In The Meantime" by Spacehog, and "In The Flesh?" by Pink Floyd have some of the most killer riffs I have ever heard! Playing them is super super fun. When I first heard them I was like 'These sound Impossible, there is absolutely no way I'll ever be able to play them.' But after practicing for 2 hours on each one, I got them almost perfect.
Cobain's entire style could be called "best use of sloppy". I don't know if it was intentional, or if he just *was* a sloppy player doing the best he could, but it's an amazing and unique sound.
I have my son working on 'Electric Funeral' right now. Next, I think we'll do either 'Angry Chair' or 'Sweet Dreams'. After that I'm thinking some drop-D stuff, either 'Sober' or 'The Beautiful People'.
For the fellow metalheads out there, you can use Metallica's Whiplash to help master that killer downpicking that made James Hetfield so famous. Lots of downpicked, palm-muted chugging on the low E at breakneck pace
while it’s definitely not a beginner song, master of puppets was the most beneficial song i learned when i was starting out. it took me about 5 months of playing to get it down, but it really helped the precision and speed of my rhythm playing.
But... Breed. He bends the A powerchord slightly, almost up to a A#. Killing. He only plays the E string on those three notes before the "lead" part. Love. He involves the D string on the second round. B D B D(D). That's why it has that thicker sound and somewhat ringing sound.
As a beginner, I'd like to say that it would be really helpful if you pointed out which strings you're holding down and slowed down a bit. Maybe have a side panel showing the fretboard and which strings are being held, which are played open and which are muted. It would really help us super beginners lol.
Any have tabs for these? It seems like it ought to be simple to figure out, but I can’t see exactly where the finger are going and, at least for me, it’s difficult to here if I’m hitting the right notes if my amp isn’t tuned close to that sound. Ibanez Gio HHS and Vox AD50VT.
Honestly you, rob scallon, and paul davids make learning guitar fun af. Ive tried searching around for as many people as possible but they either never have the energy or quality to keep my attention.
is he using the japanese hack version that fixes it in both parts or just for the blink song? Because I immediately thought the breaking the law tone sounded like blink 182 even before seeing he used it again.
I’m a beginner myself, but one riff that is a ton of fun to learn/play, at least for me, is “the Red” by Chevelle. Super easy, sounds sick asf and is one of my personal favorite songs. Sounds great, fun to play, and easy to learn!
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (are made of this) I’m a beginner and learning this riff helped me learn sliding and power cords, and it’s also a very nice sounding riff
hearing rogues on this list made me happy. incubus is one of my favorite bands, anf that song in particular makes me wanna listyen to the whole record again
I really appreciate that you talked about the techniques your doing and what they are doing for your hands. Unfortunately I gave up guitar early in my teens and I regret it now. I realize now that I didn’t connect with the way I was being taught. I also appreciate your advice to play everyday and be consistent. I hope to start playing and not give up this time!
That brown Music Man may be the most beautiful guitar I’ve ever seen! 😍 I don’t know how I missed this video until now. I always watch when you post. Love the channel!
I feel like "Enter Sandman" has a great mix of fun and technique: fun because it's an easy song to learn and play and techniques in there are palm muting and quickly playing between palm mutes and octave technique like in the prechorus or clean intro
Master of Puppets - Metallica. Apart from the solo it’s a great beginner tune. The intro descending from the 12th is good practice for timing your pick hand and fret hand. The next part is good for the fretting hand doing the 1st-4th stretch. Then the verse part sliding the power chord around is good for accuracy.
Kinda hard for a beginner to slow down to a manageable speed though, hahah I'd recommend Ride The Lightning or Bell Tolls for rhythm personally, they're both a bit easier to play (though RTL is very tiring, builds up the alt picking and palm muting a ton)
First riff I was taught was "Wipe Out" by The Ventures and gotta say it is a fun one to know for parties. The first riff I learned on my own was "Wild Child" by W.A.S.P. I was so proud of myself it fueled me to spemd even more time practicing.
What riff do you have on this list (no, not 0 3 5)
Making Plans for Nigel by XTC
The conjuring by Megadeth
Wayward son
killing in the name
My first warmup song was always "Fly By Night" by Rush.
1:32 - *Nirvana* - "Breed"
3:29 - *John Mayer* - "Vultures"
4:56 - *Wolfmother* - "The Joker & The Thief"
6:08 - *RAtM* - "Killing In The Name"
8:05 - *Judas Priest* - "Breaking The Law"
9:16 - *Blink* - 182 - "All The Small Things"
10:39 - *Radiohead* - "Weird Fishes"
12:18 - *Metallica* - "Sad But True"
14:12 - *Incubus* - "Rogues"
16:00 - *Led Zeppelin* - Whole Lotta Love
17:49 - *Muse* - "Psycho"
I remember when I bought my first guitar a half year ago and the first riff I tried to learn was "Psycho". I wasn't even trying to play "Smoke on Water", " Seven Nation Army" or "Happy Birthday". I've spent nearly whole week trying to learn it.
@D-sides Pazuzu
He Shoulda had “Whole Lotta Rosie” on there.
legend
Thx
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Thank you
Sweet Child O’ Mine intro, helped me a lot with jumping around the strings
Funny thing about that intro, it started out as a picking warmup lol
@@JerikoAsmodeus same with pour some sugar, it was one of Steve’s practice riffs
yep
Oh my god me too
SAME HERE!
For anyone learning acoustic out there I found (by accident) that Alice In Chains "down in a hole" was the perfect beginner song. It has a super short finger style intro, teaches you switching from one easy open chord to another in the verses and has a power chord chorus for good measure. It even has 2 whole bends!
I couldn't possibly think of a better beginner song.
I liked nut shell because of the odd strumming and the quick chord changes 🙂
Try Heaven Beside You too
I liked playing g ( probably wrong) Angry Chair by ear back when I didn’t have arthritis in my fingers
@@gavriilkremastiotis1914 I was gonna say that! I learned guitar through heaven beside you. That song got my fingers used to bends and weird movements.
First song i learned was nutshell
Probably didn’t include Smoke on the water because he cant play it.
Edit: guys stop making fun of me
Random Human119 You’re kidding right?
Nobody can play it. Too hard.
Justin Pearrow exactly
@@randomhuman1198 no dude not even the worlds best guitarist can play smoke on the water
@@randomhuman1198 no you weren't, you weren't at all
12. “Always on the run” Lenny Krevitz
13. “Everlong” Foo Fighters
14. “La Grange” ZZ Top
15. “Alive” Pearl Jam
The very intro riff for La Grange by ZZ Top is actually not so easy, but it becomes very easy when the overdrive kicks in
everlong is one of my FAVORITE riffs, love the way it sounds!
I love alive
Also "sharp dressed man" from zz top.
Am I the only one completely hypnotized by the beauty of his guitars?
Nope
Nope
You're just staring at the rack in the background, aren't you?
The only reason he made this video is to show off his guitars. That's it.
I'm actually hypnotized by the beauty of this man
Anything AC/DC
not anything
Most people that say AC/DC is easy start Highway to Hell on the one beat!
Good luck rocking thunderstruck as a beginner 😂 as it's supposed to be played - without hammer obs and pull offs
Try to play Riff Raff or Beating Around the Bush
@@RockHeiland government lies! Hammer ons and pull offs all the way!
Easy and yet still fun riffs are the best kind of riffs. Anyone can get into them, and you can still learn a valuable thing or two!
The famous guitar riff at the beginning of crazy train is a great one in my opinion because especially for a beginner it brings a little speed to the table and utilizes all 7 notes in the key
“Bending is the most important technique”
*James Hetfield wants to know your location*
"Down strums in anger"
Hehe nice 👌
Even crazier, he uses lighter strings than Kirk. James is a monster
@@CavemanWithAStringStick I truly appreciate the monstrosity of James after painfully learning the Master of Puppets intro lol.
@@dustydavid5140 "Down strums in St.Anger"?! XD
How did your niece progress?
I started playing around the time you bought her a guitar
she actually enrolled in Guitar Super System right after (yes I gave her free access I'm a good uncle) but anyway she backs up Steve Vai now
Music is Win steve Vai is a lucky man to have her!
@@MusicisWin thats nice to hear! Can we have an update vid of some sort? 🤘
@@MusicisWin She must have regretted turning down that Steve Vai Signature lol
Me too actually, bet shes much better than me now, haha! :)
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😥damn that’s sad
@@Mesrmsh why
@@Millerwave he edited the comment.. he changed it lol
I don't get it...?
@@jazzram_
what was the original
“Breaking the law” was the first song I learned to play.
Did you play it with a pick
Ahhh your a guitarist of culture as well
Mine was iron man
Same here
I learned highway to hell...
"Do I wanna know" is the first song I learned on guitar
5 3 5
Mine was “One” by Metallica lol
I learnt it second. After Californication.
R U mine was me then it was do I wanna know
Thank's for the suggestion, didnt know about "Do I wanna know"
My Own Summer by Deftones is one of the first riffs I ever learned. It's so easy that I taught it to my nephews who don't even play guitar regularly. It's super heavy and fluid, which makes it a blast to play. Also, 46&2 by Tool is a great simple riff that sounds amazing. Those are 2 of my favorite bands and favorite guitarists, not only because I love their sounds, but because they don't try to overplay and outshine their bandmates. As with all great music, I think, the whole is more important than the sum of its parts. It also bears mentioning that Deftones and Tool both feature two of the greatest drummers of their generation.
I played that Deftones song wrong for years because I didn’t tune it right lol
I was literally about to look for a Wierd Fishes lesson. Coming in clutch once again Tyler.
Weird Fishes has been one of my favorite riffs for several years. Glad to see Tyler shining light on another Radiohead riff (the first was 15 Step - also from In Rainbows 😊)
Yeah radiohead is awesome!
There there is pretty easy too
@@thefakengx3839 well yeah, if you only play Thom's part. I've been trying to include parts of Jonny's solo and the intro bass in my acoustic covers, and it's pretty tricky imo.
ep major yep we intermediats love and hate Jonny eh lol
00:01:31 Breed - Nirvana
00:03:19 Vultures - John Mayer
00:04:55 The Joker & The Thief - Wolfmother
00:06:07 Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine
00:08:03 Breaking the Law - Judas Priest
00:09:15 All the Small Things - blink -182
00:10:37 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
00:12:18 Sad But True - Metallica
00:14:11 Rogues - Incubus
00:15:59 Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
00:17:49 Psycho - Muse
00:19:59 ?
You the real mvp
thank you!!!
I love people like you
@@demolitionman5782 I’m Brando Dio you damn fool
God bless you!
Number1:
Me playing an acoustic guitar: uuuh what how do i do that
Finger blast aminor hehehehehhahahahehehehwhahhahwhwhahhwhwhahhwbahwhahehhwhwhwhahehahehheheh😐
same i want an electric so bad lol
@@lindaxing9052 i got the donner starter kit for like $180 and it is not that bad
Go for ibanez they aren't to much and are very good
@@syncplayz9010 I have a 1983 Ibanez Roadstar II
"Day Tripper" by The Beatles was the first riff I ever learned. That is probably my number 1 "Easiest, but fun riff".
Beatles are blockers, I'm pretty sure. Sucks that this kind of thing limits creators ability to make videos like this.
I just learned that one today. Well working on it still.. It's such a great sound though.
That was one of the first three songs I learned right next to “Crazy Train” and “Redemption Song”
must agree! also shakin' all over (guess who), oh well (fleetwood mac), live with me (stones) - am I showing my age?
No way the first riff that you ever learned was multi string
The intro riff to 'Day After Day' by Badfinger is a great easy fun riff, and it's played by George Harrison!
George Harrison is a god
@@dbodooley I think that - if George wrote all the intro riffs to the iconic Beatle songs - Daytripper, Ticket to Ride etc then he was the greatest intro riff writer of all time as they are always distinctive and you know instantly which song it is.
I wouldn't consider Day after Day a "riff" song, now Baby Blue yes. But DAD is a beautiful song non the less
Harrison ❤️
@@2011littlejohn1 Let’s not forget George song writing ability too, all things must pass was killer!!
Enter Sandman, every time. Great, heavy riff, that gives the player a small slide, a string-skip, and then a nice chugging powerchord move at the end that just sounds badass.
Yes, I agree. From start to finish, that song is so heavy.
Fr i just started guitar and learning Sandman was really fun and insightful tbh
“No not 0 3 5”. Proceeds to play psycho
I noticed that 😂😂
On Whole Lotta Love: "all down strokes" not on the videos I've seen of Page playing it. And learning how to play it without doing only downstrokes was a step forward for me when I was starting out. Also, more importantly, the bend should be pushed up, not pulled down, to avoid muting the open D string that should be played, and the bend creates tension against that.
This. The up-bended D should be played in unison with the open D.
Page is notoriously sloppy when playing live as opposed to his playing in the studio. Could be from years of heroin abuse. Could be he forgot how to play his songs. Could be he’s bored and likes to mix things up. Could be an attempt at replicating the sound of overdubbed guitars. Could be he ran out of fucks. It’s all part of his charm!
Page live is just like Page in the Studio
Anyone else self taught and skipped things like Mary had a little lamb?
yup
I went straight to Jeff Buckleys Hallelujah 🙃 bad move. But I did it
I just messed around with power cords
Went right to JL Hooker 😊
Same I went straight to Mary by Alex G
The main riff from "Do I wanna know" is very fun and also very easy to play
DescaSatou R U Mine is better to learn later, that quick pentatonic he plays is really hard as a beginner, I know cause it was like the second song I tried to learn and had to come back to it later when I could play faster
I would add Omerta by Lamb of God for the more metally people here. Good for your tight rhythm, practicing more intricate picking patterns and pinch harmonics
First song that came to mind. Also most bolt thrower songs are easy and fun to play
How is that beginner techniques
For beginning, I'd say When I Come Around. As a Green Day fan, it's actually a song i've always been very "meh" on, but learning that rhythm for the first time when I was young was such a great learning experience. Great with teaching timing and palm muting.
Green Day is a gold mine for songs that are catchy and unique but still simple. Brain Stew is the obvious one, but learning Good Riddance really helped me with quick picking songs and When I Come Around and BOBD helped with barre chords. Different story if you play bass or drums though
Brain stew is definitely a easy one to learn and helps with palm muting with your fretting hand.
"Id love to change the world" was the very first song I learned how to play
Edit: by Alvin lee of course. There needs to be more lessons on his songs
Senses working overtime
Really?? Damn it
God, I love that tune. The solo is fantastic and a lesson in what you can do with the pentatonic and a little imagination.
Ha... that's a song I appreciate !
But by Ten Years After.
I didn't knew there was other versions, I'm gonna check that !
@@AGKyran yeah bluest blue, and motel blues are really good ones I wish there was lessons for motel blues tho
Ten years gone by Led Zeppelin is one of the best
Not so much a beginner song in my opinion but my favorite Led Zeppelin song nevertheless…and REALLY fun to play.
Cemetery Gates - Pantera. Great for teaching Pinch Harmonics
Thunderstruck - AC/DC . Great for hammer-ons and pull-offs (plus accuracy)
My 2 fav riffs I'll ill never get tired of playing
I got mine - black keys
Spirit in the sky - norman greenbaum
I’d put Soothsayer by bucket head, it’s a little more of an intermediate song but even if you can’t crazy shred it’s a fun song to play along too, even the scale he uses for the solo is pretty easy to get the hang of and it’s good to start out soloing over
Edit: also the first song I learned to play on guitar was more then a feeling by Boston
Intermediate? Hell the opening and main verses may be intermediate, but then it goes into hard and then insane level of difficulty.
If you want less shreddy: Sail On Soothsayer is a nice easy - intermediate Buckethead song. As is Swomee Swan. Hospitality is a good one that's a bit more advanced.
Ross Henderson that’s why I said, not when it gets into the more shreddy parts, but if you follow the patterns in the song you can figure out the scale He’s using and you can still solo, and honestly a lot of the shredding in this song isn’t super difficult, it’s just fast strumming, I didn’t say it was fun to play note for note, it’s fun to solo along too, but I get where you’re coming from
Could you tell me what scale he uses? That would be amazing
Sage Rockhound honestly I don’t know what it’s called, it’s a variation on the eb minor pentatonic, if you look at the tabs and look at the notes he plays it should give you a general idea, actually let me just try and type out the tabs
This is tuned down a half step
Low E string- 12 14 15
A- 12 14
D- 11 12 14
G- 11 12 14
B- 12 14 15
High E string- 12 14 15
Hopefully you can understand that 😅
I thought you were saying Soothsayer by The Mars Volta for a second, lol
"Lochness", by Judas Priest
"The Eagle has Landed", or "Strong Arm of the Law", by Saxon
"Fatman", by Nazareth
"Dominance and Submission", by Blye Oyster Cult
"Beating the Odds", by Molly Hatchet
"Send me on my way", by Rusted Roots
I feel like (I am a beginner myself) they are not that difficult, but they have interesting techniques, and they require precision, while being accessible, and incredibly satisfying when you master them (I'm looking at you, Lochness)
Just my opinion, though :3
Lochness is my favorite Judas Priest's song, and they are easy riffs, totally agree it should be on the list!
The guitar he used for "Weird Fishes" is the most beautiful guitar i've ever seen.
yeah its a swiss guitar which has an opening back cover, so its probably the most futuristic guitar ive ever seen
@@lukebarboza4015 id sell my first son and fifth daughter for that guitar man... not my second, third or fourth daughter though.. they costed too much to create ... fifth one tho .. she’s good to go.. and the son is the devils spawn in pretty sure so I kinda need to pawn him off on someone or something else honestly ... anyone want a three year old who can speak mandarin and Italian backwards at the same time?
@@Theultimatefukusaku :0
Sg looks badass though
@@jayce-__-_-_- Gibson sg's are always better
If you have an acoustic guitar:
Hurt - Johnny cash
Nice harmony, easy and fun to play!
Never - All the luck in the world
One of my favorite riffs of all time. Really really easy to play. Check it out! In the Tabs you would find one with the capo on the 6th fret but you can also play without capo just holdin the D major chord :)
Behind blue eyes - limp bizkit
This song is carrying itself.
Now the electric guitar:
Slow dancing in a burning room - John Mayer
Cool Intro Riff, use the thump on the e string though.
The one or other Green Day song
Catchy rhythms to practice and learn, sounds good and just more badass when played in a band!
Metallica - enter sandman
(Just to fill this comment)
Have fun! 👋🏻
Nine Inch Nails did the original. Johnny Cash covered Hurt.
And limp bizkit covered behind blue eyes lol
So what?
Behind blues eyes is by the who
My first Song ive learned was Hells Bells by AC/DC. Not just the Riff is perfect to get comfortable with the guitar, the solo is also nice to get in contact with pentatonic🔥🔥
Breaking the Law was the first full song I ever learned. Still fun to play 40 years later.
Interstellar Overdrive is also a really easy, fun riff.
I like Have a Cigar. Nice bluesy riff and it's not too difficult.
Nice one. I remember learning it WAY early because it sounded like you were getting something DONE. We also may be around the same age to have had that one as a fave.
first riff i learned on bass
My first too!
Thanks for your video. I’m getting back into the guitar after a 20 year hiatus to encourage my 12-year-old son to pick up the guitar. We’re well on our way thanks to videos like yours. Many thanks!
"Is this the heaviest riff you've ever heard? That's because it is the heaviest riff you've ever heard... sad but true"
Do you like your music heavy? Do you want heavy now?
Tyler Cady Metallica gives you H E A V Y
I loooove heavy
I actually disagree, I think "the thing that should not be" is even heavier.
@@peik5569 every show lmao
Love the videos man. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!! This is the exact video I've been looking for, I'm at a stage where I'd still call myself a beginner but I know the basics and have been looking for songs to improve my playing, its so hard to find videos that match my current level and this is exactly what I've been trying to find. You are a life saver dude.
Layla could definitely fit, it’s a good way to learn hammer ons, bends and pull offs.
12:48 nah, 'I want you (she's so heavy)' has the heaviest rift. No need for a counter argument. Even Dave Grohl agrees.
underrated. that song's so intense
I feel like the shes so heavy part could easily be made in to metal or something, imagine the organ being replaced with screaming and stuff, the vocals are already a bit loud also
@@thelegendofhuman my uncle would argue that it was the very first song that influenced heavy metal, and based on when it was released I don't exactly disagree
greatest song
Personally, I think a *ton* of tool riffs are just simplistic enough for intermediate beginners or so to grasp while still working interesting timing & techniques
I'm watching this after i broke my guitar💔
R.I.P.
Tell us how it broke
How did it break 😭
Ghost - Square Hammer is one of the absolute best metal riffs to learn. The riff itself has some slightly tricky fingering depending on which tuning you use, the verse teaches consistent palm muting, while the chorus puts both together. It’s easy to throw on tonnes of gain and make it sound kinda correct. Hard to get it perfect. Also the solo is a great beginner solo for metal
Yesss this is the first Ghost song I learned, its so fun :)
"Shine" by Collective Soul, with low E dropped to D. That signature lick is a blast, and very easy.
And what a banger of a song!
Pink Floyd - Money
Really develops your picking accuracy
The main "riff" (if we can call that a riff, I'm not cultured enough to know) is really great with the bend.
It's pretty easy to play too, even though it can be painful for beginners since you have to use your pinky.
But it's an awesome training to start with !
Poly by Nirvana. It was the first song I learned how to play, even before smoke on the water, and it's always the first thing I play when I pick up a guitar. 10/10 would recommend!!!
That was my first song on bass, love it
First riff I started with was the intro to pink Floyd's wish you were here, plus the solo, bends, double string slides, and picking with chords it's an all inclusive package
Outshined by soundgarden always gives that slow sludgy yet groovy feel for me and is fun to add little improvs
Heaviest riff to me might be "Into the Void", or any of those dark-ass chunky ones from the riff-master Tony Iommi!
Another one that comes to mind is Zach Wylde doing "No More Tears" with Ozzy.
Im guessing fear of the dark before watching this.
I was wrong, it’s still great for learning alternate picking tho :D
one of my Favorite riffs has got to be The Four Horsemen
Bucket of crabs, bucket of crabs, bucket of crabs, yum yum.
11:45 Tyler talks about how pinky use is good
Literally 30 seconds later *plays sad but true with his ring finger
Just started learning guitar six months ago and learned to play the intro to La Grange almost right out of the gate. Was straight forward enough for me and huge fun. I love it.
I'm always after that strong pinky. Been playing since the mid 80's and still have a weak pinky finger.
Wait, are you the REAL J Mascis? Or are you someone trolling?
No, I’m the real J. Mascis
One of the first beginner songs I learned was Arpeggios From Hell by Yngwie Malmsteen. It's not too difficult to play, but it provides a nice warm up to loosen your fingers up for more challenging songs.
Stone the Crow by Down, Planets Collide by Crowbar, Life's been good by Joe Walsh, Dramamine by Modest mouse, Lysergik Funeral Procession by Down, Over the hills and far away by Zep. Really a ton of good riffs that teach you something. String skipping, hammering and pulling off, proper finger placement, yadda yadda.
Some of my go-to riffs are Just Got Paid by ZZ Top, Young Lust and In The Flesh? by Pink Floyd and Cirice/Square Hammer by Ghost, those riffs are just so good to play
Definitely agree on the Ghost songs. Those two helped me develop things like my picking technique and palm muting, the Cirice solo also helped me a lot with bending
E Falk Yeah definitely, Ghost riffs and solos are really good for working on your finger strength and whatnot
For me the 12 riff is Riff Raff by
AC/DC. Its not really polular riff (for me its underrated) but for me it was first riff i really enjoyed playing it, beacouse its fast and it rocks and i felt like i am already getting somewhere. 🤘
Rage Against the Machine song is in Drop D Tuning. Low E string is tuned down to D. Great first Drop D song to learn. Great mix of songs, Music is Win!
The song that started my journey of Drop D tuning: Never Too Late by Three Days Grace.
Im pretty sure you bend on the A power chord in Breed, thats just what it sounds like to me anyway..
Why yes you do bend! The official tabs have said so, too.
Yeah I feel like breed sounded really off
Snoop Doge he is playing it way to precise
Yuri Wieland and get doesn’t play an e power chord, Kurt just plays it as a rake on the open strings, and he doesn’t play it like a regular power chord he usually just slams his fingers down on the fretboard barring the root 5 octave and idk what’s the other note but he hits the g string too
@@snoopdoge191 Sometimes he gets the G string to sound out which turns the power chord into a sus4 chord. It's probably best to not put too much emphasis on getting the G string in there, but don't try to too much to not get the G string there too. But yeah, playing a Nirvana song with a two note power chord seems like a fairly obvious mistake.
Edit: Oh well, whatever, nevermind, I'm an idiot.
i learn a lot of ac/dc songs as kid growing up. Easy but fun songs are fantastic for maintaining motivation in the beginning.
The first riff and the simplest:
Me ready with my guitar:
*Activates a pedal*
Aight Ima head out
My heart broke when he didnt do the bend from breed
It’s the most important part of the whole riff... and then the next riff he says how important riffs are.. I’m just stunned.
Unless he expects us to reverse engineer ourselves it which is cool and a very clever teaching tool for ear training and blending techniques and stuff
Noticed that immediately. Oh well.
I was like uh yeah nah
Throw it in Drop D, “love bites so do I” Halestorm the intro is a good warm up and practice as it’s a definite riff for timing and articulation practice. It’s heavy but simple
Sad But True
-Music is Win: This is the heaviest riff
-Me: That guitar looks kinda bluesy
First song I ever learned was When I Come Around by Green Day. First single note riff I ever learned was Dammit by Blink 182
Killing In The Name Of by RATM is the ultimate guitar riff that everyone should learn. That was the most fun riff I ever did.
"In The Meantime" by Spacehog, and "In The Flesh?" by Pink Floyd have some of the most killer riffs I have ever heard! Playing them is super super fun.
When I first heard them I was like 'These sound Impossible, there is absolutely no way I'll ever be able to play them.' But after practicing for 2 hours on each one, I got them almost perfect.
Cobain's entire style could be called "best use of sloppy". I don't know if it was intentional, or if he just *was* a sloppy player doing the best he could, but it's an amazing and unique sound.
I would describe it more like raw than sloppy.
I have my son working on 'Electric Funeral' right now. Next, I think we'll do either 'Angry Chair' or 'Sweet Dreams'. After that I'm thinking some drop-D stuff, either 'Sober' or 'The Beautiful People'.
Electric Funeral is a fun one to play, fairly simple. I think the hardest part is doing those unison bends about two thirds into the song.
For the fellow metalheads out there, you can use Metallica's Whiplash to help master that killer downpicking that made James Hetfield so famous. Lots of downpicked, palm-muted chugging on the low E at breakneck pace
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You- Led Zeppelin. Helps with finger picking. And the riff towards the end isn't bad either.
while it’s definitely not a beginner song, master of puppets was the most beneficial song i learned when i was starting out. it took me about 5 months of playing to get it down, but it really helped the precision and speed of my rhythm playing.
But...
Breed. He bends the A powerchord slightly, almost up to a A#.
Killing. He only plays the E string on those three notes before the "lead" part.
Love. He involves the D string on the second round. B D B D(D). That's why it has that thicker sound and somewhat ringing sound.
I was looking for this comment.
As a beginner, I'd like to say that it would be really helpful if you pointed out which strings you're holding down and slowed down a bit. Maybe have a side panel showing the fretboard and which strings are being held, which are played open and which are muted. It would really help us super beginners lol.
THIS! I was about to ask the exact same thing. Tabs anyone?
Any have tabs for these? It seems like it ought to be simple to figure out, but I can’t see exactly where the finger are going and, at least for me, it’s difficult to here if I’m hitting the right notes if my amp isn’t tuned close to that sound. Ibanez Gio HHS and Vox AD50VT.
Honestly you, rob scallon, and paul davids make learning guitar fun af. Ive tried searching around for as many people as possible but they either never have the energy or quality to keep my attention.
I bet everyone thought the tone on breaking the law was good until they saw the metal zone
is he using the japanese hack version that fixes it in both parts or just for the blink song?
Because I immediately thought the breaking the law tone sounded like blink 182 even before seeing he used it again.
R. Slater McLaughlin I don’t know if he’s using the waza mod just for blink-182 song or for both.
4:56 thought I was playing Need for Speed: Carbon for a second there
It's the same song.
Sabaton's "Bismarck" or "Fields of Verdun" introduction riffs could really warm strings up.
I’m a beginner myself, but one riff that is a ton of fun to learn/play, at least for me, is “the Red” by Chevelle. Super easy, sounds sick asf and is one of my personal favorite songs. Sounds great, fun to play, and easy to learn!
Marilyn Manson - Sweet Dreams (are made of this) I’m a beginner and learning this riff helped me learn sliding and power cords, and it’s also a very nice sounding riff
hearing rogues on this list made me happy. incubus is one of my favorite bands, anf that song in particular makes me wanna listyen to the whole record again
Barracuda by Heart is a great beginner's riff. Harmonics, muting, timing, stretches the fret board. V great beginner's riff
Also learning harmonics.
Also gallops
The riff in simple man is my favorite
I really appreciate that you talked about the techniques your doing and what they are doing for your hands. Unfortunately I gave up guitar early in my teens and I regret it now. I realize now that I didn’t connect with the way I was being taught. I also appreciate your advice to play everyday and be consistent. I hope to start playing and not give up this time!
I can’t play anymore my fingers are getting arthritic
12. Intro to “Wildflower” by The Cult. Killer hammer-ons, pull-offs, and swing to build your sense of rhythm.
Why don't any RUclips guitar channels ever talk about AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top?
That brown Music Man may be the most beautiful guitar I’ve ever seen! 😍 I don’t know how I missed this video until now. I always watch when you post. Love the channel!
I feel like "Enter Sandman" has a great mix of fun and technique: fun because it's an easy song to learn and play and techniques in there are palm muting and quickly playing between palm mutes and octave technique like in the prechorus or clean intro
Master of Puppets - Metallica. Apart from the solo it’s a great beginner tune. The intro descending from the 12th is good practice for timing your pick hand and fret hand. The next part is good for the fretting hand doing the 1st-4th stretch. Then the verse part sliding the power chord around is good for accuracy.
Kinda hard for a beginner to slow down to a manageable speed though, hahah
I'd recommend Ride The Lightning or Bell Tolls for rhythm personally, they're both a bit easier to play (though RTL is very tiring, builds up the alt picking and palm muting a ton)
Any of the older stuff from The Black Keys. Super simple riffs that never get old to play
Making Plans for Nigel by XTC
I'm a beginner whis been playing for 20 years. I need so much help, haha.
First riff I was taught was "Wipe Out" by The Ventures and gotta say it is a fun one to know for parties. The first riff I learned on my own was "Wild Child" by W.A.S.P. I was so proud of myself it fueled me to spemd even more time practicing.