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Rolling Stones: Beast Of Burden  Editors Pick!  Hot Link!
Here is rhythm guitar at it's best. It has 3 guitar parts and a bass part that intersect to create a wall of sound.
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Berry, Chuck: Johnny B. Goode  Hot Link!
We all saw Marty McFly play this on 'Back to the Future' right? Well, here is your chance to be a star! This one is quite fun to play, and isn't TOO difficult to figure out.
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ACDC: Highway To Hell  Hot Link!
This rock favorite has fairly easy rhythm guitar parts and a blazing solo suited for intermediate players.
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Lynyrd Skynrd: Sweet Home Alabama  Hot Link!
If you have ever or will ever play in a bar then you MUST learn this song whether you like it or not. It seems to be a strange staple at these places.
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Lynyrd Skynrd: Sweet Home Alabama  Hot Link!
If you have ever or will ever play in a bar then you MUST learn this song whether you like it or not. It seems to be a strange staple at these places.
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List of "Must Know" Rock Songs ( In No Partic...  Editors Pick!  Hot Link!
You're a budding guitarist and you're looking for something that will not only challenge you, but open up the many possibilities for your chosen instrument. What can the pioneers that came before you teach you?
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Beatles, The: While My Guitar Gently Weeps  Hot Link!
George Harrison of the Beatles died of cancer on Thursday November 29th, 2001. He was 58 years old. In tribute to this fallen hero here is an arrangement for a classic Beatles tune that Harrison penned.
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Led Zepplin: Black Dog  Hot Link!
This great riff is a MUST for any guitar player! It is considered easy for a Led Zeppelin song, so get going with some bends, hammer-ons, and even a pull-off!
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Hendrix, Jimi : Fire  Hot Link!
Wow..........it's Hendrix. Enough said....
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AC/DC: You Shook Me All Night Long  Hot Link!
This one is a great riff to play and gets ALOT of airplay, so take a run at this one! It's easy, and comes with a bass line as well.
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Clapton, Eric: Tears In Heaven  Hot Link!
This song is an acoustic ballad about the death of Clapton's son. It's not too hard to play at all, and here you will be working with fingerstyle picking.
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Clapton, Eric: Tears In Heaven  Hot Link!
This song is an acoustic ballad about the death of Clapton's son. It's not too hard to play at all, and here you will be working with fingerstyle picking.
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Eagles: Life in the Fast Lane  Hot Link!
Here is a cool riff complete with two guitar parts, one playing octaves.
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Grand Funk Railroad: I'm Your Captain  Hot Link!
Here is a really cool and easy riff for you to work on!
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Eagles: Hotel California  Hot Link!
This one is quite difficult. Here you will be working with the dual lead harmony of the first guitar part nearing the end of the song.
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Midnight Rider  Hot Link!
This should be an easy acoustic one for you. It is in basic chord format as well.
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Midnight Rider  Hot Link!
This should be an easy acoustic one for you. It is in basic chord format as well.
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Eagles: Tequila Sunrise  Hot Link!
This one is for you acoustic players out there. It's an easy strumming song for you to brush up on your chords a little.
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Eagles: Tequila Sunrise  Hot Link!
This one is for you acoustic players out there. It's an easy strumming song for you to brush up on your chords a little.
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Santana: Smooth  Hot Link!
Thanks to all of the many member requests for this riff, you can finally figure out this great lead playing from Carlos Santana. You will be working on the intro and the verse to this widely popular song featuring Rob Thomas on vocals from Matchbox20.
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Hendrix, Jimi: Hey Joe  Hot Link!
The intro here is very reminiscent of old blues, and the tablature may be a bit daunting, but the overall song is reasonably easy.
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Hendrix, Jimi: Hey Joe  Hot Link!
The intro here is very reminiscent of old blues, and the tablature may be a bit daunting, but the overall song is reasonably easy.
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Free: All Right Now  Hot Link!
Here is a cool song with some neat voicings!
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ACDC: Back In Black  Hot Link!
This signature tune by AC/DC is written in the key of E. It begins with a simple E-D-A chord progression with a lead fill built off of the E pentatonic minor. The lead fill may take a little practice to get up to speed.
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Guns N' Roses: Sweet Child O' Mine  Hot Link!
This is the primary riff from 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses. It's a little tricky to get down at first because there is a lot of string skipping.
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Walsh, Joe: Life's Been Good  Editors Pick!  Hot Link!
Here's a classic from Joe Walsh who has always come up with some great guitar parts. In both his solo career and while serving as a member of The Eagles, Joe Walsh has proved that he is a true guitar giant.
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Metallica: Enter Sandman  Hot Link!
Included here are three excellent riffs from the intro. Be sure to see the new Metallica documentary 'Some Kind Of Monster' out now on DVD. Thumbs up!
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Aerosmith: Dream On  Hot Link!
This riff will challenge your picking ability! It is designed for you intermediate players out there, and the guitar has since been sampled by Eminem.
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Aerosmith: Dream On  Hot Link!
This riff will challenge your picking ability! It is designed for you intermediate players out there, and the guitar has since been sampled by Eminem.
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Pink Floyd: Comforably Numb  Hot Link!
Here is an intermediate to advanced riff, complete with the first guitar solo and a bass line. There is also a rhythm guitar in here to work with if you are having trouble on the lead part.
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Led Zepplin: Stairway To Heaven Solo  Hot Link!
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Led Zepplin: Stairway To Heaven Solo  Hot Link!
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ACDC: TNT  Hot Link!
This great riff is rather easy, mainly focusing on the bends to drive the song. The riff is based around simple chord formations that hide within the lesson.
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Led Zeppelin : Ramble On  Hot Link!
Here is an easier riff from Zep that won't give you much trouble other than maybe the fingerings.
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Clapton, Eric: Wonderful Tonight  Hot Link!
You will be dealing with arpeggios based in the G, D/F#, C, and D chord progressions in this clapton intermediate to advanced song. The lead guitar part is actually really easy though.
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Clapton, Eric: Wonderful Tonight  Hot Link!
You will be dealing with arpeggios based in the G, D/F#, C, and D chord progressions in this clapton intermediate to advanced song. The lead guitar part is actually really easy though.
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Rolling Stones: Honky Tonk Women  Editors Pick!  Hot Link!
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AC/DC: Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution  Hot Link!
Here you will learn the concept of hybrid picking as well as bending and some vibrato. This one's considered easy to intermediate.
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AC/DC: Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution  Hot Link!
Here you will learn the concept of hybrid picking as well as bending and some vibrato. This one's considered easy to intermediate.
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Santana: Oye Como Va  Hot Link!
This is a great riiff that is rather easy to play, except for maybe the lead part, which has a hammer-on, slide, vibrato, and bend to it.
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Metallica: Fade To Black  Hot Link!
This one is the easier of Metallica's songs with an acoustic intro. From 1984
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Metallica: Fade To Black  Hot Link!
This one is the easier of Metallica's songs with an acoustic intro. From 1984
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Sweet Melissa (Acoustic Intro and Verse)  Hot Link!
Learn the verse rhythm guitar part to this popular ballad. This song will be more acoustic-oriented. Intermediate song to play, but workable with a beginner.
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Sweet Melissa (Acoustic Intro and Verse)  Hot Link!
Learn the verse rhythm guitar part to this popular ballad. This song will be more acoustic-oriented. Intermediate song to play, but workable with a beginner.
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ZZ Top: La Grange  Hot Link!
This riff is intermediate because of the solo and the notes that are being played on the 'A' string during the main riff. The song is set at 160 bpm's, which is beats-per-minute.
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Vaughan, Stevie Ray: Little Wing  Hot Link!
Well this should give everyone a little bit to work with for the time being! This lesson is intermediate to advanced, and has QUITE a few phrasings to work with.
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Pearl Jam: Betterman  Hot Link!
Here's a semi-challenging fingerpicking rock riff.
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Green Day: When I Come Around  Hot Link!
Another riff from the punk trio Green Day, this one will have you working with some interesting power chord progressions. Included is the bass tablature as well. It also has a few pull-offs in the riff.
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Cream: White Room  Hot Link!
This one from Cream is actually a bit confusing due to the picking that you will need to do in it. Eric Clapton was a member so that explains a bunch!
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Clapton, Eric: Cocaine  Hot Link!
Everyone wants to know how to play this very catchy riff from Slowhand himself. Here you will be working with the easier part of the song, playing simple chords in power chord format.
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Clapton, Eric: Cocaine  Hot Link!
Everyone wants to know how to play this very catchy riff from Slowhand himself. Here you will be working with the easier part of the song, playing simple chords in power chord format.
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Van Halen: Pretty Woman  Editors Pick!  Hot Link!
This riff offers a sneak peek into how Eddie Van Halen does what he does. It is a remake of the late Roy Orbison's song. Included are whammy bar tricks, slides, and harmonics. What are you waiting for? Jump right in!
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Rolling Stones: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction  Hot Link!
The Rolling Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock
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Rolling Stones: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction  Hot Link!
The Rolling Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock
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Pink Floyd: Money  Hot Link!
This fun little riff is pretty easy, but there are a few bends and a bass line in this lesson! Here you will be playing mostly picked out notes as opposed to the common chord progressions.
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Bad Company: Feel Like Making Love  Hot Link!
Kid Rock also did a version of this song, but in this installment, we will focus on the original. This riff has a few tricky picking arrangements in it, as well as a few hammer-on's for the first guitar part.
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Dire Straits: Money For Nothing  Hot Link!
This song was actually the SECOND song played in video format on MTV, which you will probably remember. ( The first was 'Video Killed The Radio Star,' which one of our lifetime members pointed out to us ) Here you will be dealing with some rather tricky n
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Morrison, Van: Brown Eyed Girl  Hot Link!
There isn't a soul alive that doesn't know this song. It has been covered in bars EVERYWHERE. It is actually pretty easy, but playing it right gives you a few curve balls. From 1967
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Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven  Editors Pick!  Hot Link!
This a great song to learn for evolving guitarists as well as beginners.
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Led Zeppelin: What Is And What Should Never B...  Hot Link!
Here is an intermediate riff that includes a guitar part that is rather repeditive but cool, along with a bass line that has some neat hammers for you.