BEGINNER RIFFS
(PRIMARY)
Here’s some great riffs to learn! Below, you’ll find the sheet music (tab) for each song, plus an audio track so you can hear how each riff sounds.
Fun challenge – see if you can play along! If you want, you can download/print the whole sheet music as one file here PDF📑.
If you click on the 3 dots on the audio player, you can slow down the playback speed to 50% or 75% or play full speed.
WE WILL ROCK YOU by QUEEN
Do give the actual songs a listen! I’ve made a Spotify playlist of all these riffs for your listening pleasure: click here ➡️
HIT THE ROAD JACK by RAY CHARLES
I LOVE ROCK N ROLL by JOAN JETT
SMOKE ON THE WATER by DEEP PURPLE
WILD THING by THE TROGGS
EYE OF THE TIGER by SURVIVOR
SEVEN NATION ARMY by THE WHITE STRIPES
LOUIE LOUIE by THE KINGSMEN
HAPPY by PHARRELL WILLIAMS
SCHOOL’S OUT by ALICE COOPER
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST by QUEEN
UNDER PRESSURE by QUEEN
20th CENTURY BOY by T-REX
IRON MAN by BLACK SABBATH
TNT by AC/DC
U CAN’ T TOUCH THIS by MC HAMMER
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU by U2
SHAPE OF YOU by ED SHEERAN
BAD by MICHAEL JACKSON
PETER GUNN by THE BLUES BROTHERS
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