Here's a few simplified rock riffs to start you off. In most cases they have been simplified to make them easier for youngsters to play so if you are looking for an exact copy of how Ritchie Blackmore plays Smoke on the Water, its not here! Buy the sheet music or go to UG where you will find it!
Hope you enjoy these, more to follow over the next few weeks! They are arranged in some sort of order of difficulty with the easiest one nearer the top but thats a bit subjective. If you practice hard enough you'll succeed.
- Queen – Under Pressure
- Deep Purple – Smoke on the Water
- Cheap Trick – Clock strikes Ten
- B52’S – Planet Claire
- The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction
- Fleetwood Mac – The chain
- Creedence Clearwater Revival – I Heard it through the grapevine
- The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
- Black Sabbath – Iron Man
- Bob Marley – Redemption Song
- Booker T and the MG’s
- AC/DC – Back in Black
- B52’s – Rock Lobster
- Cream – Sunshine of your Love
- The Blues Brothers – Peter Gunn
- Metallica – Enter Sandman
- Aerosmith and Run DMC – Walk this way
- The Beatles – Hey Jude
- Judas Priest – Breaking the Law
- The Beatles – Day Tripper
- Deep Purple – Black Night
- The Clash – Bankrobber
- Van Halen – Ain’t talking about love
- Golden Earring -Radar Love
- Gary Clarke Jr. – When my train pulls in
- Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman
- Led Zeppelin – Bring it on home
- Nirvana – Come as you are
- Pink Floyd – Money
- The Byrds – Hey Mr Tambourine Man
- Queen – Another one bites the dust
- Guns ‘n’ Roses – Sweet child o mine
- Bo Diddley – Roadrunner
- John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
- ZZ Top – El Diablo
- Adele – Someone like you
- Eminem – without me
- The Beatles – Yellow Submarine
- The LA’s – There She Goes
- The Doors – Roadhouse Blues
- REM – Everybody hurts
- Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench