As with any other hobby or skill, every guitarist has to start somewhere. For most of us, it all started by playing air guitar along with some of our favorite songs and wishing we could play like our ...

As a developing and beginner guitar player, learning riffs from your idols is a great way to push yourself to that next level. By learning classic riffs, you expose yourself to a range of techniques ...

These iconic guitar riffs by Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison helped define classic rock in 1968.

Nah, we’re totally lying. There’s plenty of “Stairway” below, because bitchin’ rock riffs are precisely what we’re looking for. Ladies and gentlemen, whip out the Ben-Gay and prepare yourselves for ...

Rock ‘n’ roll ain’t noise pollution. In fact, what makes so many legendary rock songs memorable is the guitar riff, whether it’s layered with heavy reverb or ear-crunching distortion. The first patent ...

If the flannelly, lo-fi nature of ’90s grunge killed the hairspray bravado of ’80s hair metal, then the 2000s definitely brought back some of its technicality and musicianship. The first decade of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... AUSTIN, Texas — Of the four men who make up the legendary heavy metal band Metallica, guitarist Kirk Hammett is the subtlest and most deliberate. His ...

If you wanted to assemble a time-lapse movie of rock 'n' roll's development, you could begin by illustrating the way riffs have often defined rock's great songs and performances. Elmore James kicked ...

The Rolling Stones’ immortal "Satisfaction" has those lyrics of frustration and need, but it's the guitar riff's opening equivalent of a flame-thrower that scorches a path for them on the ground.