Easiest guitar riff

[Northern Lights]

In your opinion, what is the easiest guitar riff to play? I'm pretty sure that it is Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple.

[Forgotten]

Hell yes that is easy.

[Wildchild]

Teen Spirit, Smoke on the Water, Seven Nation Army, Stairway to Heaven.

The list goes on.

[Forgotten]

True. Plus if you learn Back In Black you know pretty much almost half of ACDC's songs...

[MetalHead_249]

the intro to original prankster-offspring

[Wildchild]

the intro to original prankster-offspring

The whole song is damn easy.

Also, a lot of SoaD stuff is easy, ditto a lot of Metallica's stuff from 'St. Anger'.

[Thricexd]

Gotta be smoke on the water

Boston-Peace of mind is pretty easy

[ant]

i bet all you n00bs are thinking of the smoke on the water bass line. the guitar line is a lil bit harder, but not much

its not just 035 0365 035 30 on the e-string

[Cluck.]

Iron man is pretty easy too.

[Golden Cadi]

Iron man and Smoke on the water ARE the same song. I'm thinking the easiest riff is the bass line from the Blues Brothers. Or maybe Day Tripper by the Beatles

[Cluck.]

no they're not.

[ant]

Iron man and Smoke on the water ARE the same song.


um no

[Golden Cadi]

Structurally and musically they are very similar, try playing them on the D and G strings at the third, yada yada yada. You know what I mean

[ant]

0_o

thats like saying radiohead is similar to metallica cos they both have 2 guitarists
lol

[Golden Cadi]

lol

fine, the Wicked witch of the west song then

[Thricexd]

here, ill put the tab on here. Its Boston, the song is "A piece of Mind"



I-------3-3--------------------------

I------3---3-----------0----0---------

I-----2------2----------0----0--------

I----0--------0-----------3----3------

I---------------------------------2----

I---------------------------------------

[Wildchild]

here, ill put the tab on here. Its Boston, the song is "A piece of Mind"

Jesus...please don't tell me you use tabs like that.

[Jimmy Page]

Jesus...please don't tell me you use tabs like that.
I use tabs like that, but I suck. I'm not good enough yet to learn by ear and I'm too lazy to learn all the symbols for the notes. School occupies too much of my life, but I don't want to drop out just so I can get better at guitar.

But back to the easiest riff thing. I'd say the intro to Smoke on the Water is the easiest I know. Whole Lotta Love's pretty easy. That and parts of Stairway to Heaven.

[Wildchild]

I use guitar tabs too, but I get mine from www.powertabs.net.

You have to download the PowerTab Editor program first, but it's worth it.

[whole_leaf_hawk]

one of the easiest songs i know is cream - unshine of your love
or Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the corner two very easy songs to play

other extremely easy songs to play that are heavier are Slipknot - gently, the MFKR version is easier than the iowa version

many of panteras songs are quite easy

Iron butterfly - inna-gadda-da-vida tres facile
all of the acdc songs are easy as well

[Wildchild]

many of panteras songs are quite easy

Riffs, yes. Songs, no.

Some of the solos are insane.

[whole_leaf_hawk]

Some of the solos are insane.

most of them can be easy too, depends on which type of guitar youre using...if youre using a fender Strat, the solos can be done very easily...

ive got a Strat, and a gibson SG, the strat is easy for solos and such, the sg is more forgiving and amazing for the riffs...it all depends on which types of guitars and pick-ups you use to finish solos better

[Wildchild]

What?

The only things that would affect how easy a solo is are gauge of string, neck width and the action of the guitar. The pick-ups would affect how good the solo sounds.

[ant]

OMG I HAVE A KERRY KING GUITAR!!

IM A SLAYER SOLOIST!

0_o

you need to be good to solo

[Forgotten]

Hey, I have a Kerry King Guitar, too. Well, not THE Kerry King guitar, but A kerry king guitar. BC Rich Warlock. I tried some solos before. Wow, do I need some work.....

[Gibson_Flying_V]

teen spirit and smoke on the water by far

[Forgotten]

The end of Stairway To Heaven is 1 chord (forget which one) on 3 different frets over and over again.

[Jimmy Page]

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the corner
I just learned the main riff in like 2 minutes, and I SUCK! Now I've got it stuck in my head.

[Wildchild]

The end of Stairway To Heaven is 1 chord (forget which one) on 3 different frets over and over again.

Then it's not the same chord.

And anyway, it's not the same fingering. I think it goes Am, G, F.

[whole_leaf_hawk]

for more easy songs, how bout Everclear - watch the world die (i think thats what its called)

deadeye dick - new age girl

aerosmith - eat the rich

Dave Wilcox - do the bearcat (haha, i cant help but laugh when i play this)

play that funky music white boy..... :)

many of greendays songs, all of those are all easy to play the whole song

metallicas songs, the whole song might be a little tough (though its very repetitive) seek and destroy is quite easy. ONE is simple enough, the solo was hard to get down pat though

[Jimmy Page]

Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison is fairly easy.

[Flip-Hkd]

Has Pipe from Weezer has apretty easy bassline

[egofreakjr]

beverly hills by weezer is really really easy too
i took a look at it and just didn't think it was worth a minute to learn

[Payton]

It's catchy though! I like it. I took the minute.

[Hunter]

here, ill put the tab on here. Its Boston, the song is "A piece of Mind"



I-------3-3--------------------------

I------3---3-----------0----0---------

I-----2------2----------0----0--------

I----0--------0-----------3----3------

I---------------------------------2----

I---------------------------------------




I feel very sorry for you.

[Flip-Hkd]

E-------3-3---------------------------
B------3---3-----------0----0---------
G-----2------2----------0----0--------
D----0--------0-----------3----3------
A---------------------------------2----
E--------------------------------------

Thats how a tab is supposed to look like, isnt that easier?

[Wildchild]

No time signature, no tempo marker, no freakin' music bars.

Seriously, get the PowerTab Editor (http://www.powertabs.net/pta.php?page=software).

[Cluck.]

beverly hills by weezer is really really easy too
i took a look at it and just didn't think it was worth a minute to learnYou had to look at a tab to learn Beverly Hills? Wow. Your awesome.

[Legend]

Easiest?

I say.....

Seven Nation Army.

[Hunter]

Sweet Dreams By Marilyn Manson is easy too .

[WER]

he main riff from Brain Stew by Green Day is easier than breathing.

[Cluck.]

anything from Green Day is easier than breathing.

[Payton]

Well hell, if I had to sing and play guitar at the same time, I'd make my guitar part easier too.

[Lazy F*ck]

I'm not quite sure what a riff exactly is (I'm not musical-vocabulary savvy) but Purple Haze is possibly one of the easiest songs out there. I don't know how accurate online tabs are, though....

[Payton]

I can play an easy version of Purple Haze that my uncle taught me.

[Wildchild]

Well hell, if I had to sing and play guitar at the same time, I'd make my guitar part easier too.

I can name so many people that sing over harder riffs.

[Payton]

So can I, but he's not one of them, and if I had to sing I probably wouldn't be either.

[Hunter]

Doesnt Zack Wyldee Sing Too....? hes a really good guitar player...

[Payton]

I'm sorry...who is Zack Wyldee? Someone from here? Or someone famous?

[Hunter]

The Black Label Society Guitarist

[Cluck.]

He does his own stuff, also, away from BLC

[Wildchild]

Zakk's the absolute sh*t on guitar.

Check out 'Speedball', 'Stillborn' and 'Suicide Messiah'.

[Hunter]

Forever Down and Fire it up Are some good ones too

[Wildchild]

Forgot to mention...he's also done some stuff with Ozzy.

[Payton]

I've been trying all day to learn Scars by Papa Roach. Its pretty easy, but I suck so its taking a while.

[Ryan!]

Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie's preety easy. Nirvana did a good job with it, too. Actually, almost everything Nirvana's done's preety easy to play.

[Cluck.]

There's nothing at all hard about anything Nirvana has ever done.

[Ryan!]

Redundancy is your forte. Oh yeah, "Tear Away" by Drowning Pool is possibly one of the simplest riffs I've ever heard in my life.

[Payton]

Zakk's the absolute sh*t on guitar.

Check out 'Speedball', 'Stillborn' and 'Suicide Messiah'.
I just listened to an acoustic version of Stillborn. That is f*cking kickass. Really, it is the best peice of music I think I have ever heard.

[ratchet892]

The verse to the offspring living in chaos
It's
E-9--10
b---------10-9
g---------------10-11
d
a
e

[Wildchild]

I've never heard the song, but from what you've given me that could be any difficulty.

[ratchet892]

It's really basic.If you ahev the conspiracy of one tab book, it's in there.
Oh and realized I mi9ssed I note it's
E-9--10-9
b---------10-9
g---------------10-11
d
a
e

[Wildchild]

Yeah, but are those 8th notes? And what tempo?

[Identity Fraud]

i bet all you n00bs are thinking of the smoke on the water bass line. the guitar line is a lil bit harder, but not much

its not just 035 0365 035 30 on the e-string

I can be wrong, but if you're thinking of the one played with two strings, that's pretty simple to.

[beefbutcher88]

You're all wrong. Easiest song ever:

"One Note Song" by Tenacious D.

[Cluck.]

You win.

[Payton]

Im learning Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold and its pretty easy going...until they start soloing.

[Requiem]

Wake Me Up When September Ends. I hate the song but its easy.

Ummmm Dance, Dance is pretty easy.

Has anyone played the "Bat Country" solo yet? Im ALMOST there.

[Northern Lights]

You're all wrong. Easiest song ever:

"One Note Song" by Tenacious D.

That has been mentioned before in some topic or another.

Air Guitar > ONS

[LK6 version 2]

eric clapton's "wonderful tonight" is pretty easy to play. My instructor says he teaches all his students it to get their chord changes faster since it's easy to play. It worked for me.

[lovecloudzero]

come as you are by nirvana. my sister who had never touched a guitar could play it after i explained tab. she the asked the difference between a guitar and bass guitar, after bragging about how many shows she'd gone to.

[Lerro]

It's the easyest way to learn how to play just Show.