This post isn’t so much about a tip as it is about learning to play and keep it simple. A poll conducted online in the UK ranked the top guitar riffs of all time. I read about it on several different blogs and it kind of blew my mind when I started looking at them all. They weren’t crazy all over the fret board guitar riffs, they were smart simple riffs that were memorable.
This is what song writing and successful guitar playing is all about. Sure it’s great to be a fantastic guitar player that can shred it up with the best of em but if what you create or play isn’t memorable then … well you get my point.
So what was the best guitar riff of all time?
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Child
You could learn this if you’ve been taking guitar lessons for a bit of time. In fact you could probably find 100 different tabs for it in an instant.
Who else followed up behind Hendrix:
Well rounding out the top 5 were:
2. Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
3. Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love
4. Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water
5. Derek and the Dominos – Layla
I’m a fan of all of those tunes and at some point have gone looking for a tab to figure out how to play the slick little riff that Jimmy Page, Slash or Eric Clapton came up with.
Just thought all of your guitar players would find this interesting.