As far as beginner guitar riffs are concerned there are a lot to choose from which is great for all beginner guitar players as it gives us something to really encourage and sustain our practice. At times things can get pretty difficult when it comes to learning to play guitar riffs especially if you are attempting material which is still technically beyond your reach – should be avoided! This often leads to great frustration and makes it more likely that you will convince yourself that you simply have no talent for playing guitar and give up.
Most people can recall many famous guitar riffs such as “Sweet Child O’ Mine” or “Smoke On The Water” however those riffs are very different in terms of difficulty with only “Smoke on the Water” being a true beginner electric guitar riff. When you are just starting out you should seek out and research a list of easy guitar riffs to learn, even though they may not be the ones you really want to learn. The most important thing is to create an even stepping ladder to climb so that one step up is never too far away from the one your currently find yourself standing on.
It can be surprising to find that many of the easiest guitar riffs for beginners are also some of the most famous and well known in the history of popular music. You’ll find that the majority of them come from the rock genre of guitar playing. The fact that they are easy to play but everyone knows them is great for all guitar learners. It means you can easily learn something which will easily impress your friends and that alone is worth a lot of encouragement to keep going, keep practicing and keep motivated to learn to play guitar well.
There’s really no need to pay to learn beginner riffs on guitar, there are so many free guitar TAB’s around that you can easily build a great library of them for nothing. Sometimes you’ll find that one tab file is more accurate than another but as you improve you’ll even be able to work them out for yourself just by using your ear. This is a great exercise and something you try to do on a regular basis if you are truly interested in becoming a great musician who is able to express himself effortlessly on the instrument.
It’s perhaps a little too easy to learn directly from video online guitar lessons these days to the detriment of developing your musical ear which you are really going to need. Try to learn at least one beginner guitar riff every day by ear, just pick one of your favourite records and try to get the main motif from one of the tracks.
YouTube is probably the best place online to find beginner guitar riffs taught for free and it’s certainly the place you should start.