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Tie Your Mother Down by Queen
Difficulty: Intermediate This song originally appeared on the Queen release “A Day At The Races”. It’s main guitar riff is pretty easy to play. Complete Transcription To “Tie Your Mother Down” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Tie Your Mother Down” (Power Tab)
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Schism by Tool
Difficulty: Intermediate Tool’s greatest breakthrough was to introduce dark, vaguely underground metal to the pretentious attitude of modern day rock. The band delivered eerie hooks and submersive yet powerful lead components to create a new sense of music that for the most part was unheard of until their debut. Lead singer Maynard James Keenan is…
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“Purple Rain” by Prince
Difficulty: Intermediate The intro to Purple Rain is played with chord fragments. Some of these chords may be a little tricky to play at first, but that’s what practicing is all about. I’ll leave it to you to try and determine the appropriate fingerings, but keep in mind that you want to let it ring…
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“Pride And Joy” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Difficulty: Intermediate The opening to Pride And Joy is vintage Stevie Ray Vaughan and can be a difficult piece to master, but don’t shy away from it if you find it hard. This makes for great practice. After the brief intro lead line, the song goes into an shuffle that alternates low notes with the high E, B,…
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“Little Wing” as recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Difficulty: Intermediate– Advanced In the tab below, you will see the complete intro to Little Wing as performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan. All the root notes played on the low E string (6th) are played with the thumb. It’s the only way to free up enough fingers to play the passages on the other strings. If you’ve never…
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“Last Resort” by Papa Roach
Difficulty: Intermediate Main Theme This is an older popular song from the band Papa Roach. It’s in “drop D” tuning which means you have to tune down your low E string to a D. This primary riff from Last Resort may take some practice to get up to speed, but keep working on it! NO…
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Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine
Difficulty: Intermediate Verse Riff Guitar Bass Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Killing In The Name Of” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Killing In The Name Of” (Power Tab)
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“Interstate Love Song” by Stone Temple Pilots
Guitar Bass Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Interstate Love Song” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Interstate Love Song” (Power Tab)
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“I’m Eighteen” by Alice Cooper
Difficulty: Easy Seeing as how Alice has a radio show, we decided to take us all back in time with this classic song. It’s not very tricky at all, so have fun with it! Complete Transcription To “I’m Eighteen” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “I’m Eighteen” (Power Tab)
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“Come As You Are” by Nirvana
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy The Nirvana recording of this song is tuned down 1 full step (D-G-C-F-A-D) and uses a flanger as an effect. It’s really easy to play! Complete Transcription To “Come As You Are” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Come As You Are” (Power Tab)