“Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits
Difficulty: Intermediate Main Riff Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Money For Nothing” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Money For Nothing” (Power Tab)
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“Looks That Kill” by Motley Crue
Riff Rundown
Difficulty: Easy
This riff uses power chords and a droning, palm muted open string. When you play the open A string in this riff, you’ll want to apply a palm mute with your picking hand to help muffle the sound from the string. To do this you’ll rest the heel of your picking hand lightly on the strings just before the bridge and apply a little pressure as you pick the string. This will create a slightly muffled tone for the note. When you switch to the notes on the D and G strings you’ll want to take away the palm mute to let these notes ring out like normal.Read More »“Looks That Kill” by Motley Crue
“Nothing But A Good Time” by Poison
Difficulty: Intermediate Intro Part 1 Verse Chorus Resources Complete Transcription To “Nothing But A Good Time” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Nothing But A Good Time” (Power… Read More »“Nothing But A Good Time” by Poison
Time Signatures
Standard time, the most common time, means the music gets 4 beats per measure. A measure is a way to break the song down into small… Read More »Time Signatures
Quarter Note Guitar Strumming Exercises
What The Heck Is A Quarter Note? A quarter note is a note that represents the duration of one beat. In other words, it gets… Read More »Quarter Note Guitar Strumming Exercises
“Crossfire” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Complete Transcription to “Crossfire” PDF File
Standard Blues Progression Using 7th Chords
In this lesson, we’ll learn how to play along with a blues progression using a popular dominant 7th chord pattern. There are 3 types of… Read More »Standard Blues Progression Using 7th Chords
The Basic Blues Shuffle Rhythm
Let’s take a shuffle rhythm in 12/8 time but, instead of playing full chords, we are going to use two note power chords. One note will be the… Read More »The Basic Blues Shuffle Rhythm
“One Of These Things First” by Nick Drake guitar tab
Here’s a song from the late Nick Drake in open D tuning. Use a capo on the 2nd fret to sound like the original recording.… Read More »“One Of These Things First” by Nick Drake guitar tab
Dsus4: D suspended 4th guitar chord chart
A suspended chord is a chord that creates a subtle harmonic tension by adding an extra note that sounds like it wants to resolve back… Read More »Dsus4: D suspended 4th guitar chord chart