Wow. It turns out Telegraph readers really like guitar music – and have very strong opinions about it. I’m not going to say ...

The riff is as classic now as it was when it was released in 1971, serving as one of the best examples of an epic rock song with an unforgettable guitar riff.

Our riff repeats on either beat 1 (in bar 1) or on beat 4 (in bar 2). Starting on beat 4 throws the listener off balance, taking the riff in a different direction thanks to where the notes now fall ...

Starting in 1996, Guitar World was honored to publish a handful of lesson columns authored by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. The following is one of these columns. It has been edited in certain ...

And unrewarded. Take Eric Bazilian for example. The ex-Hooters guitarist has played with Mick Jagger and Joan Osborne – indeed, he wrote Osborne’s 1995 hit One Of Us.

In many ways this riff (the main riff that you hear at the very top of the song), and the album which begat it, began the era of heavy-metal. The main guitar riff is constructed with a harmonic ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This week we're looking at a guitar riff that occurs a few times in Dire Straits' 1978 debut ...

John Frusciante put out some heavy riffs in the early days of RHCP. This is best heard in the 1989 track “Knock Me Down”. He blends together an excellent combination of sounds on the track ...

Led Zeppelin got one of their best guitar riffs from bassist John Paul Jones, who wrote it while riding the train back home by Ross Tanenbaum Published on July 14, 2023 2 min read ...