9 Iconic Guitar Riffs You Can Learn Almost Instantly

0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Riff 1
1:40 - RIff 2
2:37 - Riff 3
3:19 - Riff 4
3:47 - Riff 5
4:38 - Riff 6
5:15 - Riff 7
6:06 - Riff 8
7:38 - "Riff" 9

[pietroborgesparri]

I like how Tyler got a guitar for every single riff

[RCSmiths]

Easy and Iconic is truly a guitarist's paradise. Accessible, and bound to please everyone. I look forward to that analyzing.

[mplsjou]

Thank you so much, Tyler! As a beginner guitarist, I was running low on ideas and inspiration for those mundane practise sessions. This video is exactly what I needed!

[douglaspate]

What a fantastic video. And I love the changes from guitar to guitar!

[HallwayMusic]

The intro to Limelight from Rush still gets me every time. It’s so easy and so iconic at the same time! Don’t even get me started on the solo.

[milesteg]

Oh my god! A new Music is Win video delivered to me in a timely manner?! What have I done to deserve this?

[pawnhearts]

Day Tripper by The Beatles is very easy to learn and is one the best combinations of minor and major pentatonic in a guitar riff.

[thiccbasscovers]

Love your videos man, longtime watcher

[bldallas]

Great stuff! I was first taught the Minor Pentatonic Scale way back in high school (around 1979). It was my junior year and I was taking guitar lessons from a senior, who was already a really good player. My 2 stated goals were to learn how to play Stairway To Heaven and to learn how to “play lead.” We accomplished the first goal in no time flat, and when we moved on to LEAD GUITAR, he assured me the magic door to reaching my goal was THE PENTATONIC SCALE!!!

So he taught it to me; just the first position, and I must have played in a few hundred times. When we got together for each weekly lesson, he played a basic 12 bar blues progression and I went up and down that damn scale. No riffs, no licks, just some awkward pauses on various notes, hoping I’d suddenly and miraculously start jamming like Jimmy Page.

After about the 5th or 6th “lesson, ” I bailed. I couldn’t see how that damn scale would transition to LEAD GUITAR. I should mention, I also played trombone in the high school band, so I had a pretty solid understanding of basic music theory; all be it in bass clef. Anyhow, week or so after I quit, the guy’s little brother (who played the baritone) told me his brother said it was a shame I quit, because he could tell, I was “almost there.”

Holy shit, almost there? So I kept practicing that damn scale, but nothing happened. And then I went to college and only brought along my acoustic guitar. So for about the next 25 years or so, I only played acoustic guitars. I never forgot that scale, but I’d given up my dreams of playing LEAD GUITAR.

Now fast forward, and after a 3 year sabbatical when I never touched a guitar, I decided to get back into it. And this time, I was going to really try to learn new things. I now know all 5 positions of the minor Pentatonic Scale and practice them every day. You tube and channels like this have been a big help, too. I am definitely a better olayer now, than I was before, but I have to admit, I still can not improvise (i.e, play LEAD GUITAR), and I know very few licks to noodle around on. Kind of pisses me off, now that I think about it. But I am what I am.

So, thanks for trying. Big fan.

[TheStoneyJackson]

Tyler your comedic presence is perfect in this

[randomguyfan]

Hey Tyler

I've been really really hoping you would do another video about arpeggios soon, would love to see it ! Thanks for the edutainment

[dw]

Some riffs are simple notewise, but the tricky part is the feel

& War Pigs has other sections that are trickier

[guloguloguy]

....WOW!!!! THANKS FOR THIS INTERESTING LESSON/DEMO! YOU HAVE A LOT OF GUITARS!!!

[zackymad]

Tele definitely my fav of all times... Great video!

[wyattmarsh]

we need a updated guitar collection video and a studio tour video!!

[Hi_Im_Dave]

Damn it, I'm 7 guitars short!
Joking aside, thanks Tyler! I've recently signed up to Guitar Super System and it's been superb so far!

[rustyknox]

Can you do a video sometime on your music room. Set up, guitar racks and storage etc. Thanks. Love your stuff

[bmint]

This is so awesome, I wish I found this video last week 😂

[bradleyard]

Great choices. There's definitely no shortage of great pentatonic riffs out there. My picks:

Rush, "What You're Doing"
The Kinks, "You Really Got Me"
Pearl Jam, "Even Flow"
Audioslave, "Cochise"
Mountain, "Mississippi Queen".
ZZ Top, "Waiting For the Bus"

🤘🤙👍🤌

[samright]

That Explorer is sick! Awesome Guitar