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10 riffs to make you a better player in 2024 (Patreon)

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2024-01-05 18:01:18
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Hi everyone, and Happy New Year!

To kick things off in 2024 I'm doing my usual practice-themed video. 

If, like most of us, you only have limited time to practice, what should you be working?  My advice is that you should always prioritise working on actual music rather than unmusical exercises. And with that in mind, in this video I'm taking a look at 10 of my favourite riffs which also serve as excellent technical workouts. 

Let me know if you have any other riff suggestions, and maybe I'll do a follow up video at some point.

I've tabbed out all the examples I play in the video below. Also, I think I've made a full video on about half of the songs I talk about in this video, so be sure to check out those videos if you're interested in a bit more detail on any of these tunes. Tabs will all be found in the posts section for those older lessons. 

Hope you enjoy the video. 

Speak next week,

Adrian 

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10 Legendary Riffs that will make you a better player in 2024

Got limited practice time? Then you want to prioritise working on ACTUAL MUSIC. Here are some of my favourite riffs which also serve as excellent technical workouts. Tab and backing track can be found on Patreon (pay what you like): https://www.patreon.com/anyonecanplayguitar My beginner soloing course: https://courses.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk My latest album: https://zodiactoys.bandcamp.com/releases 00:00 About this video Riff 1: McGeoch 01:43 Riff 2: Ramone 04:10 Riff 3: Marr 05:24 Riff 4: Burton 07:27 Riff 5: Nichols 09:00 Riff 6: Rodgers 10:50 Riff 7: Gilmour 12:53 Riff 8: Dylan 14:13 Riff 9: Dale 16:38 Riff 10: Reinhardt 18:07 Bye: 19:54 Please subscribe here for many more YouTube lessons: https://www.youtube.com/c/anyonecanplayguitarcouk Check out my website: https://www.anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk Social blah: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/acpgtr/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/acpgtr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anyonecanplayguitar.co.uk

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Ben Walsh

Thanks Adrian! This is providing some much-needed inspiration. A Minor Swing or other Django lesson would be awesome.

Oliver Darjeeling

All great suggestions, Adrian! These will definitely come in handy for me in 2024 as I've just started playing guitar again after breaking my left wrist and ring finger in August in a bike crash. Thank you very much and Happy New Year!

christopher martin

Thanks alot! I needed something new to mess with. Cheers.

Fabio Punk

ha the Ramones - so happy you included this Adrian, and you are right, there is much more than three chords in their tunes, they are a rhythm challenge if one wants to play exactly right. Thanks and happy new year!

Jim Parker (edited)

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2026-09-07 18:00 Happy New Year, Adrian. I did ‘Spellbound’ one year with a cover band and it nearly did my head in. Thanks for demystifying! My finger dexterity in holding chord shapes while picking out riffs another great exercise is John Lennon’s part on ‘I Feel Fine’. Torture!
2024-01-05 20:02

pannac

Haha, my daughter (20) laughed at the first 3 because that’s on our alltime favourites playlist :-) great choice, all of them. Thanks again and a Happy New Year to you!

Ed Sinkora

I heartily join the chorus asking for more Django!

Philip Birch

Happy New Year, Adrian. Did I hear you say you'd spend some time on 'Minor Swing'? Yes, please.

Robert Fickley

How did you get your tone on the # 2 ?

John McDermott

Happy New Year Adrian. Yiu ate the best

Luca Solari

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! very nice idea, 10 famous riffs to learn step by step (many I can't play... :o/ ), I hope other riffs-collections will arrive during the year!

Luca Solari

ahahah, not so easy playing like John William Cummings! palm muting and whole chords (not only power chords!), it's tricky!

Peter Healy

Happy New Year Adrian. I had not thought of using parts of a song as a practice exercise. I agree with others, a great choice of songs. Once again what appears to be a simple piece is anything but. It's all in the subtleties and nuances that make them what they are.

Frank Smudde

Happy new year, and thanks again Adrian. Great stuff as always.

Greg Sherman

A fantastic cross-section of techniques and styles, Adrian! And of course, your tones are always spot on. *chef's kiss*

Vin Fetty

Happy New Year! Thanks for this, I am a songwriter that happens to love the guitar. So, I end up practicing 3 hours a day, most of it is scales, triads, arpeggios, and now deeper into rhythm. But I have to say, really dig the fact that the riffs cover a lot of what I am already learning. I am always dividing my time, between what will give me the most miles and actually equals music.

Tlon Uqbar

It may be a little longer than a riff, but what about the theme song to the Ren &

MM

Hi Adrian- I'll 2nd? or 3rd? the idea for having a full lesson on Django. I enjoy playing a jazzy blues tune or two in guitar, and I think learning one his (with you breaking it down, is an EXCELLENT idea!

Matty

Hi Adrian - you have become my favourite online teacher. I love your off-piste selection and your teaching and explanations are really insightful and useful. The only thing that could make you even better is...yes...please do a full lesson on Django's Minor Swing. Then you will be unbeatable!!!!!

Ronin

This is terrific Adrian, thank you. Could you maybe talk a little bit about the effects (modulation, drive, delay, compression, fuzz) that you are using in some of the songs, please?

Ian West

Happy new year, Adrian. Thanks for the riff ideas. I did start to learn Spellbound a while ago, only to get sidetracked. This has inspired me to revisit your tutorial and learn it all the way through this time. One thing that does work for me on the main riff is hybrid picking as opposed to everything on the pick. Look forward to trying a couple of others out. Cheers

Ian West

Yes, me too. I would like to see this

anyonecanplayguitar

Cheers Luca, hope you enjoy learning some of these. Certainly more riffs to come later in the year!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Peter. Yes I agree, so many' easy' things turn out to be anything but if you really want to nail the subtleties.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Vin. With practice you need to find what works for you, but if you're lucky enough to have 3 hours a day, then you can definitely work on a wider range of things.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, love the Ramones and a lot more to it than you might think. I might have to do an in- depth look at a full song at some point this year.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Jim! Yes, Spellbound to me quite a while to decipher. Check out my full song lesson if you've not already seen it. I Feel Fine is definitely a challenge!

anyonecanplayguitar

Seems to be a big vote in favour of a Django lesson. I'd better get practising!

anyonecanplayguitar

All the tones in this video were Kemper Profiler, just for convenience of quickly getting a lot of different sounds. for the Ramones I think I used a profile based on a 70s Marshall.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, nice idea! Maybe I'll do a video on that. I do enjoy playing film/TV music.

anyonecanplayguitar

Yes, seems to be a lot of interest in a Django lesson. I'll get working on it!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Matty! Yes, quite a few people seem interested in a Django lesson so I'll try and make that happen. Need to get practising first!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Ronin. All tones in this video were Kemper profiler, just for convenience. I did use a few of my pedals too though - MXR flanger on Spellbound. Boss delay on a few of the riff,s and a Big Muff fuzz for Gilmour.

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Ian and HNY to you too. Yes, you can get so much out of learning the complete song. Hybrid picking would certainly work and make some of those string skips a lot easier!

anyonecanplayguitar

Thanks Oliver! So great to hear you're back playing again, sounds like a horrible injury, particularly for a guitar player! Happy New Year to you!

Vin Fetty

For sure, I segment my time and time each part out. That means I get up early even on weekends. Between many other commitments I want to make sure what I practice is worth the moments. I discovered the importance of triads from you. So my purpose of playing the guitar may be different then some, I enjoy your teachings. So am long winded in saying this, but so appreciate all your hard work and dedication.

Fishrock

Hi, how are you?

diana quinn

Happy new year - and i love Daniel Johnston too!!!

Hans

Happy new year. Thank you for your riffs.

Doc Vinegar

Thank you for all your videos ! I have 2 suggestions right now : a country song 'Tried so hard' from Gene Clark and The Gosdin Brothers and the riff from The Monkees 'Last train to Clarksville'. Happy New year Adrian !

HagRunDan

What A START: John´s SPELLBOUND. I came to the right place; By the way Happy new year!!!

HagRunDan

Could I suggest a song of the Australian band The Church? They are great; Adrian, this would be the top of the tops !

HagRunDan

PLease it could be "is this were you live" or any other from their 1st LP;;;;

Ralph Blair

Adrian Thanks for the brilliant video. At my age, I'd prefer to be learning a song I like while developing core skills. To that end I've been on a Smiths bender; as you point out their songs are fantastic for working on strumming! As soon as I saw the title, I also knew that Spellbound, the Everest of cross picking, would be rearing its head. I can't believe how easy McGeoch makes it look on that Koln video. I have an idea for a lesson for you-- "guilty pleasures", songs that might not be viewed as hip but you like and are interesting from guitar POV. My candidate-Atlanta Rhythm Aces version of Third Rate Romance. Some might say mid 70s schlock, but I think it's a great song and the guitar work is wonderful. Here's a link if you're unfamiliar. thanks again for all you do for us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTT-Jmi1nOc

Tamra O'Halloran

Spellbound has me well....you know, spellbound. It always did. I was able to find the full tutorial on Youtube but is there anyway you can post the tabs here on Patreon? I searched for a good bit and discovered I can learn many of my favorites from the band here. YAY!! and would really appreciate the full tabs if avaiiable. Thanks Adrian.

My Name Is Nobody

i think if you revealed yourself to be a shredder, adrian, i would unsubscribe. thanks for what you do, and cheap, for us working people.

HagRunDan

I can pass the full tabs, but handle it with care, anyway it is Adrian's site

hugh hales-tooke

Thanks for this. Very helpful as always. A lesson on DJANGO please!

Greg Payne

Cool Daniel Johnston t-shirt!

HagRunDan

Dear Adrian. Just here listening to A-Z new wave collection from both sides of the Atlantic. I'd love to humbly request a review from your expert eyes of UK new wave The Undertones, with their smashingly majestic "You are Welcome" and trippy "Forever Paradise". Also Robin Hitchcock from the Soft Boys is an incredible guitarist (new wave 80s Barret and country rock Byrd s' covered Bells of Rhymney (©Pete Seeger)). "Where are the Prawns". From US the incredible 1st album of the California 60s revival 'Paisley sound' new wave The Rain Parade...L.U.V and keep on working your lessons

Matt

Been having so much fun with Bigmouth Strikes Again. Would love more fluid strumming challenges like this one from the artists that you love (and that I either love already or discover through your channel).

Vince Martinez

a Django lesson would be fantastic. yes to all of these ideas though.