Famous riffs, note by note
Chords get you through a song. Riffs are the part people recognise. Each one here starts as a single note on the fretboard and ends with you playing along with the record. They run easiest first, and each one adds one new skill.
- Seven Nation ArmyThe White StripesOne string, one finger · Easy
- Smoke On the WaterDeep PurpleTwo strings together · Easy
- Nothing Else MattersMetallicaPicking across open strings · Easy
- Eye Of The TigerSurvivorMoving a power chord · Easy
- House of the Rising SunThe AnimalsPicking through chords · Getting there
- Come As You AreNirvanaLow notes with a steady pulse · Getting there
- Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' RosesCrossing strings fast · A stretch