Easy Guitar Solos & Riffs To Add To Your Repertoire
For all of you up and coming guitar heroes out there, I have put together a couple of easy guitar solos and riffs for you to try out.
One of the most frustrating things when starting to learn how to play guitar is trying to learn a solo, riff or even a whole song that you're not ready for.
What ends up happening is your confidence starts to fade and before you know it you stop playing altogether.
The trick is to start off with easy songs or solos and practice them until you know them inside and out.
Once you know a few of the easier ones, then you can challenge yourself and try something a little harder.
Oh and make sure you don't just learn solos and riffs only.
Take the time to learn whole songs from beginning to end.
You don't want one of your friends to ask you to play them something and all you can perform for them are a solo from this song and a riff from that song.
Here are a couple of fairly easy ones to get you started.
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses If you are a complete beginner and have never played a solo before, you may find it a little tricky at first because of the string skipping.
The secret is to grab your metronome and set it at a slower tempo than the 120 beats per minute that the original recording is in.
Practice at this slow tempo until you get it down and then gradually speed it up.
If you are still having trouble at a slower speed, slow it down some more.
I know you want to play it at full speed as soon as possible but if you don't get it perfect at the slow tempo, you definitely won't get it at the faster tempo.
Each note that you play is an eighth note.
This just means that each note gets half of a beat on your metronome.
Here's the riff: --15-14--15--14- --15-15- --14--14-14-14--14-14- -12--12-12--12- - - --15-14--15--14- --15-15- --14--14-14-14--14-14- -14--12-14--12- - - --15-14--15--14-- --15-15- -12-14-12-14-14-12-14-12--14-14- - - - --15-14--15--14- --15-15- --14--14-14-14--14-14- -12--12-12--12- - - Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream Here's another cool one for you by Eric Clapton of Cream.
-- -- -- -12--12-10-12- --12--11--10--8- -10-10- -- -- -12--12-10-12- --12--11--10--8- -10-10- -- So go learn these two riffs and get these classics into your repertoire.
Once you've got them mastered, try learning the whole songs.
Sure you probably would like to learn as many of these easy guitar solos and riffs as possible but don't forget how important knowing the whole song is!
One of the most frustrating things when starting to learn how to play guitar is trying to learn a solo, riff or even a whole song that you're not ready for.
What ends up happening is your confidence starts to fade and before you know it you stop playing altogether.
The trick is to start off with easy songs or solos and practice them until you know them inside and out.
Once you know a few of the easier ones, then you can challenge yourself and try something a little harder.
Oh and make sure you don't just learn solos and riffs only.
Take the time to learn whole songs from beginning to end.
You don't want one of your friends to ask you to play them something and all you can perform for them are a solo from this song and a riff from that song.
Here are a couple of fairly easy ones to get you started.
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses If you are a complete beginner and have never played a solo before, you may find it a little tricky at first because of the string skipping.
The secret is to grab your metronome and set it at a slower tempo than the 120 beats per minute that the original recording is in.
Practice at this slow tempo until you get it down and then gradually speed it up.
If you are still having trouble at a slower speed, slow it down some more.
I know you want to play it at full speed as soon as possible but if you don't get it perfect at the slow tempo, you definitely won't get it at the faster tempo.
Each note that you play is an eighth note.
This just means that each note gets half of a beat on your metronome.
Here's the riff: --15-14--15--14- --15-15- --14--14-14-14--14-14- -12--12-12--12- - - --15-14--15--14- --15-15- --14--14-14-14--14-14- -14--12-14--12- - - --15-14--15--14-- --15-15- -12-14-12-14-14-12-14-12--14-14- - - - --15-14--15--14- --15-15- --14--14-14-14--14-14- -12--12-12--12- - - Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream Here's another cool one for you by Eric Clapton of Cream.
-- -- -- -12--12-10-12- --12--11--10--8- -10-10- -- -- -12--12-10-12- --12--11--10--8- -10-10- -- So go learn these two riffs and get these classics into your repertoire.
Once you've got them mastered, try learning the whole songs.
Sure you probably would like to learn as many of these easy guitar solos and riffs as possible but don't forget how important knowing the whole song is!
