HOW TO PLAY CREEP – RADIOHEAD
Yorke says this is about being in love with someone, but not feeling good enough. He describes the feeling as, “There’s the beautiful people and then [...]
Rock
HOW TO PLAY CATS IN THE CRADLE – HARRY CHAPIN
Cats in the Cradle was made very popular in the 90’s by Ugly Kid Joe. On this post however, we will check out the original version by Harry Chapin. I learned this song [...]
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT – INTRO GUITAR
Nirvana, ladies and gentlemen! The group that started grudge rock! Some may argue but I know most of you guys who grew up in the 90s will agree with me, yeah? What do Kurt [...]
OASIS – HOW TO PLAY DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER TAB
There is no other song from Oasis that really says they are a Beatles fan that this song – Don’t Look Back in Anger. It’s very obvious from the first time I [...]
HOW TO PLAY SEVEN (7) NATION ARMY – BY WHITE STRIPES
I really thought that this is a fresh new song. Then while doing the research for this post, found out that this is actually released 2003! It is included in the album [...]
HOW TO PLAY BE LIKE THAT – 3 DOORS DOWN
The next 3DD song that we will learn how to play is from their fourth single on their first album “The Better Life”. It charted in the US charts as high as 24. [...]
HOW TO PLAY 3AM – MATCHBOX TWENTY
In today’s post, and accompanying video, we will learn how to play “3AM” by Matchbox Twenty. Although the song and its composition is credited to Rob [...]
HOW TO PLAY STAND BY ME – OASIS
Haven’t done any Oasis song lately, or ever on this blog. So here’s an Oasis song for all of us to play. We’ll learn how to play the intro riff and [...]
HOW TO PLAY HEAVEN BY BRYAN ADAMS
Bryan Adams has more than a handful of great hits but I believe that his best love song is the song that we are about to learn today – Heaven. Here’s a quick fact [...]
HOW TO PLAY PARADISE CITY BY GUNS ‘N ROSES
After learning how to play Sweet Child o’ Mine and Welcome to the Jungle, the third Guns and Roses song that we will learn how to play on a guitar is Paradise City. How [...]
HOW TO PLAY WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
“You’re in the jungle! You gonna die.” Apparently that’s where Axl Rose got the idea or the lyrics for the song “Welcome to the Jungle”. [...]
HOW TO PLAY “CUTS LIKE A KNIFE” – BRYAN ADAMS
This song was written by Bryan Adams and songwriter Jim Vallance. This is one of their first hits during their early career. When I hear this song it also reminds me of [...]
HOW TO PLAY CATS IN THE CRADLE – UGLY KID JOE
This song, originally by Harry Chapman, is one of my favorite song of all time. Although I the Ugly Kid Joe version is the one that I first listen to, credits goes to Harry [...]
HOW TO PLAY HERE COMES THE SUN – GUITAR RIFF 44
When asked, what is George Harrison‘s best work during the Beatle years? Many would say “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” which is true, that is a great song. [...]
HOW TO PLAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY BLONDIE
I usually post a riff tutorial based on, first the amount of people who want to learn it. That is, the number of people who go to Google and search for it. Secondary reason [...]
HOW TO PLAY ALL RIGHT NOW BY FREE
I know the band Bad Company and Queen, but honestly I never heard of the band “Free“. Today’s post is called “All Right Now“. This is a very [...]
HOW TO PLAY ENTER SANDMAN BY METALLICA
“Enter Sandman” is probably the most famous, well known and the Metallica song that have gotten a lot of radio airplay. This song if from their 5th studio album [...]
HOW TO PLAY COME AS YOU ARE BY NIRVANA
click here Learn Nirvana Songs note by note The first song by Nirvana that we covered here at RiffRiff.com was “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. The cool thing about [...]
HOW TO PLAY “WALK THIS WAY” BY AEROSMITH
Aerosmith, the grand daddies of rock has a number of great songs including Dude Looks Like a Lady, Sweet Emotions, Pink, Angel and lots more. But they are very well known for [...]
HOW TO PLAY COLD TURKEY – JOHN LENNON
On this post we will check out the main riff played both on the intro and the verses of this John Lennon song, Cold Turkey. Most of you probably know that this song is about [...]
HOW TO PLAY UNDER THE BRIDGE RIFF BY RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS GUITAR
“Under the Bridge” is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on March 10, 1992 as the second single from the group’s fifth studio [...]
HOW TO PLAY “ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY”
After the song American Woman, Are You Gonna Go My Way is our second song from Lenny Kravitz! I first ‘learned’ to play this song on the Guitar Hero Play Station [...]
LEARN TO PLAY 3 NON BLONDE’S WHAT’S UP
What’s up, Riff Riffers!! Today’s post and video is about the big hit of the 1990s band called 4-Non Blondes. This is their second single form the album: Bigger, [...]
HOW TO PLAY “JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH”
The tablature presented in this post is different from the video above. The reason for that one is the video is in the open E tuning as mentioned by the teacher. Open E means [...]
HOW TO PLAY “BLACK OR WHITE”
Michael Jackson will always be a part of our culture, our music and ourselves. His contribution to the music world is undeniable. For today’s guitar riff, we’ll [...]
HOW TO PLAY “KRYPTONITE” BY 3 DOORS DOWN
I can’t believe I have not posted any 3 Doors Down songs on this blog. After all, most of their songs if not all have these cool guitar riffs that I always wanted to [...]
HOW TO PLAY SOMEBODY BY BRYAN ADAMS
“Somebody” by Bryan Adams is the third single to be released on their 1983 album called “Reckless”. Overall music and lyrics are very basic and common [...]
REBEL REBEL BY DAVID DOWIE GUITAR
Rebel Rebel is one of the famous Glam Rock of the 70s and David Bowie is the had the most mainstream success in this type of Rock! This is a fairly easy song to play and have [...]
HOW TO PLAY EYE OF THE TIGER BY SURVIVOR GUITAR
Eye of the Tiger was solely written for the movie Rocky III, which we all know stars Sylvester Stallone. Story has it that Stallone loves the previous album of Survivor [...]
UNWELL BY MATCHBOX TWENTY
Matchbox Twenty is one of the bands in the ’90s that had a big influence in my music. On this post we will try and learn how to play the intro guitar riff of their song [...]
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