“Norwegian Wood” by The Beatles
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Main Riff You’ll find two guitar parts below. The 2nd guitar is a guitar arraignment the sitar part. You’ll need to place a capo on the 2nd fret to play in key. All notes are relative to the capo. It’s also in 6/8 time which is similar to 3/4 time. 6/8 [...]
“Leaving On A Jet Plane” by John Denver
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Verse Riff Use fingerpicking to play this one. Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Leaving On A Jet Plane” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Leaving On A Jet Plane” (Power Tab)
“Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Chorus Here’s what both guitar parts sound like together: Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Get Up Stand Up” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Get Up Stand Up” (Power Tab)
“Get Up” by James Brown
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Main Riff The main riff has two separate guitar tracks as well as a difficult bass line. Here’s what the 2 guitar parts and bass sound like together: All 3 parts are detailed below: Guitar 1 Video Guitar 2 Video Bass Guitar Video Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Get Up” (PDF) [...]
“Funky Town” by Lipps Inc.
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Chorus Here’s an arrangement for 2 guitars and bass. Here’s what they sound like together: Guitar 1 Guitar 2 Bass Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Funky Town ” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Funky Town” (Power Tab)
“April Sky” by Vinnie Moore
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Theme 1 Vinnie Moore is a pioneering neo-classical guitarist. In this piece he fuses two classical masterpieces into one very pretty song. The lead part is great to work with even if you aren’t a practiced lead player. Some of the phrases are very easy giving beginners something to grasp onto while other phrases are [...]
“A Day In The Life” by The Beatles
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy In this lesson we’ll learn the intro and verse riff. Here’s what both the intro and verse sound like all together: Intro Riff Here’s what the riff sounds like with guitar and bass: Guitar When strumming this song you should accent the notes on the the upstroke: Bass Verse Riff Both [...]
Sample Riff 4
Sometimes you’ll login to find an entire solo like “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. Difficulty: Advanced Video Complete Transcription To “Bohemian Rhapsody” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Power Tab)
Frequently Asked Questions
What Is Riff-A-Day? Riff-A-Day is a online program where you can access a member only area that features a new riff each and every day. If I join, when will my membership expire? You’re membership will not expire. You can come back any time. It could be tomorrow or 30 years from now. How do [...]
Sample Riff 3
You never know quite what you’ll get when you login each day. Sometimes we’ll throw you a curve ball like ”Musette” by Johann Sebastian Bach. Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate Fingerpicking Basics To play this classical tune pick the notes on the low E string and A string with your thumb, pick the notes on the D [...]
