Example 3. ’70s study piece A Ritchie Blackmore-style minor pentatonic double-stop riff kicks off the ’70s piece with a Jimmy Page-inspired blues scale riff following. Funk was big in the ’70s.

What we now know as blues-rock stems from masters such as BB King and Buddy Guy through to players like Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix that took the genre and presented it to a larger audience in the ...

Yer Blues This one is a little trickier, but it’s a fantastic bluesy rock riff. The actual song consists of two interlinking guitar lines, one playing single notes and one playing a strummed dyad (two ...

The three iconic rock guitar riffs from the '60s below have moved many to pick up a guitar for the first time.

There's never been more choice when it comes to electric guitars for blues guitarists, but we've narrowed down the field To get you started we’re looking at some chords in the guitar-friendly ...

3. “Enter Sandman” by Metallica One of rock music’s most famous songs comes with one of its most prominent guitar riffs. The song starts off with a subtle guitar solo before Kirk Hammett ...