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CLASSIC ROCK RIFFS 
(from Total Guitar #127)



Level: Beginner

 
Written by Tony Skinner
 

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar'


   E pentatonic minor riff
    Q=120
    E5           A5                     E5           A5
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E Q  E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o----------------|------------------|----------------|
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
||-----------------|------------------|----------------|
||o--------------0-|-(0)----0-0-0-----|--------------0-|
||--0---0----3-----|--------------3-3-|-0---0----3-----|


                     E5
  +Q   E E E E E E   W          +W
|------------------|----------|---------||
|------------------|----------|--------o||
|------------------|----------|---------||
|------------------|----------|---------||
|-(0)----0-0-0-----|----------|--------o||
|--------------3-3-|-0--------|-(0)-----||


   E blues scale riff
    Q=126
    E     G       D           A        E     D   G   E
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   +W
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------||
||------------------|---0-----0--2---|-----------------|---------||
||o-------0---1---2-|-------2--------|-----2-1---------|--------o||
||--0-0-3-----------|----------------|-0-0-------3---0-|-(0)-----||


   Riff with double stop
    Q=88
    E5     E°       E5     D               E5
    E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  S S E S S E     W
||----------------|---------------------||------|
||o---------------|--------------------o||------|
||------4------3--|-----4---------------||------|
||------2------2--|-----2------0-----0--||-2----|
||o---------------|--------0h2---0h2---o||-2----|
||--0-0----0-0----|-0-0-----------------||------|


   Double-stop treb. string riff
    Q=120
    Em              G                Em              G      A
    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
||-----0--0-3-0---|-3--3---5-5-5---|----0--0-3-0---|-3--3---5-5-3-0---||
||o----0--0-3-0---|-3--3---5-5-5---|----0--0-3-0---|-3--3---5-5-3-0--o||
||----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
||----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||


   Riffing with power chords
    E5      A5 D5    E5
    E E E E Q  E E   E E Q  E E E E  4x
||-----------------|-----------------||
||o------------3---|----------------o||
||----------2--2---|-----------------||
||----------2--0---|-2--------2---2--||
||o---2-----0------|-2--------2---2-o||
||----0-3-0------3-|-0--------0---0--||


   Power chord riff
    Q=132
    E5        G5        A5                     G5        E5
    E E E E E E E E   E E +H.        E E E E E E E E   E E +H.
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------||
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------------o||
||------------------|---2-(2)------|-2-2-2-2---------|-------------||
||--2-2-2-2---5---5-|---2-(2)------|-2-2-2-2---5---5-|---2-(2)-----||
||o-2-2-2-2---5---5-|---0-(0)------|-0-0-0-0---5---5-|---2-(2)----o||
||--0-0-0-0---3---3-|--------------|-----------3---3-|---0-(0)-----||


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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
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 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths