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Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate This song is in a open D tuning. You’ll want to tune your guitar to D,G,A,D,B,D in order to play the main guitar part. The lead guitars and bass are all in standard tuning. The intro, verse, and chorus with all instruments can all be heard in the clip below:
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“Heaven” by Los Lonely Boys
Difficulty: Intermediate
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“Taxman” by The Beatles
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer: George Harrison Where To Find This Song: “Revolver” track 1 Original US release date: August 8, 1966 This song ends up being the only shot that George Harrison had at being in the first track position of any of The Beatles albums. The opening of the album and this song…
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Fire by Jimi Hendrix
The fiery intro to the Hendrix classic Fire is played with octaves. Octaves are the same notes played at different pitches and the trick here is to let as little of the skipped string sound out as possible. Intro Complete Transcription To “Fire” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Fire” (Power Tab)
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“The One I Love” by R.E.M.
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer: R.E.M. Where To Find This Song: Eponymous track #10 If you have access to a stereo mixer you can use it to listen to the original and hear each individual part much easier. This song is fairly straightforward, although deciphering the picking on the record can be quite difficult. Switch the…
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How To Read A Chord Diagram
Chords are 3 notes played at the same time. There are all types of chords. The most common chord is the major chord. Minor chords and Dominant 7th chords are used quite often as well. Some of them may have strange sounding names at first, but don’t let the name scare you. Chord diagrams show you how to…
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“Unwell” by Matchbox 20
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Intermediate This song is about people who claim to not be crazy even though they’re suffering from various occurrences that could lead them to be labeled as such. Rob Thomas said that he wrote the song as a metaphor for humanity in general, a song for people who are “messed up and…
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Hero by Chad Kroeger
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy Composer – Chad Kroeger Where to find this song – Spiderman soundtrack # 2 Release Date – April 30, 2002
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Songwriting Tips
Being prepared when inspiration hits. Scenario # 1. You are strumming your acoustic guitar, freshly polished, new strings and perfectly tuned. The sound is bright and crisp. You are playing a few chords that you have learnt from Guitar Alliance when bam! A brilliant chord progression hits you like a bolt of lightning. You rush to find a pen…
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