10 days of riffs - recommend me some riffs to learn

PolarityMan · March 2020

So I feel like I'm a bit stuck in a rut musically so I'm going to do 10 days of riffs.

Recommend me some riffs to learn. I'm I guess an intermediate rock player if that makes any difference, but happy to consider suggestions outside my comfort genres as long as they're actual riffs (not interesting in strumming, solo/lead work, arpeggios etc). If the riff isn't the iconic part of the song that you recommend then please include a youtube video with time where I can hear the riff.

I'll post back each day which riff Ive learned.

hassleham · March 2020

Satch boogie

PolarityMan · March 2020

hassleham said:

Satch boogie

The intro?

jeztone2 · March 2020

Jacobs Ladder by Rush. Weird time signatures, shifting rhythmic dynamics, what’s not to like.

dilbert · March 2020

jeztone2 said:

Jacobs Ladder by Rush. Weird time signatures, shifting rhythmic dynamics, what’s not to like.

Weird time signatures & shifting rhythmic dynamics possibly?

Tenebrous · March 2020

Steel Panther... Nope, not kidding. Some cracking riffs.

^ John 5 on geetar.

wesker123 · March 2020

Pixies - Monkey gone to heaven

prlgmnr · March 2020

This one:

Separates the mustard from the custard as someone used to say.

PolarityMan · March 2020

hassleham said:

Satch boogie

Just took 15 mins and this one is fun, only got up to the phrase just after the slide so will need to do a bit more work tonight but this uses a lot of the style of hammer on / pull off playing i use but in a very different rhythmical way. Its getting the phrasing right that is taking the time for me...any way great first choice.

stimpsonslostson · March 2020

Love is the law by Seahorses. It's fun and challenging.

PolarityMan · March 2020

jeztone2 said:

Jacobs Ladder by Rush. Weird time signatures, shifting rhythmic dynamics, what’s not to like.

Which riff?

Nunogilberto · March 2020

+1 for Love is the Law.

Also:

Skin - Revolution/Take me down to the river

Black Stone Cherry - Soul Creek

Extreme - Pornograffitti/Comfortably Dumb

Andy79 · March 2020

Pink Floyd. Dogs

Brocco · March 2020

Blow - Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars & Chris Stapleton - in Eb and really rocks!

Move Over - Jamis Joplin (or the Slade cover)

EricTheWeary · March 2020

Not the most complex at all but Cars by Gary Numan. If you find his live versions from the last few years on YouTube the main synth riff is usually played by guitar.
There is a secondary slightly twiddlier riff as well, there aren't really any solos or strummy bits in the song.
There's a Fear Factory version which, I think, is in something like drop D.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · March 2020

'The Beautiful Ones' - Suede

MagicPigDetective · March 2020

Intro/Verse riff in Blood and Thunder by Mastodon. I’ve been trying to nail it at full speed since yesterday. In D standard.

https://youtu.be/v-Su1YXQYek