• Music Theory
    • Grade 1 - Writing notes lessons 1-34
    • Grade 1 - Rhythms Lessons 35-64
    • Grade 1 - Basic rhythms and musical alphabet lessons 65-95
    • Grade 1 - Scales Intervals and Chords lessons 96-125
    • Grade 1 - Musical Terms and Signs lessons 126-147
    • Grade 1 - Practicing your knowledge of level 1 148-181
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        • 0-9
        • A >
          • Apache - the Shadows
          • Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
          • Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
        • B >
          • Black Night - Deep Purple
          • Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran
        • C >
          • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
          • Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings
          • Clocks - Cold Play
          • Come As You Are - Nirvana
          • Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne
        • D >
          • Dammit - Blink 182
          • Day Tripper - The Beatles
          • Don't Speak - No Doubt
        • E >
          • Enter Sandman - Metallica
          • Every Morning - Sugar Ray
          • Everybody Hurts - REM
          • Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
        • F >
          • Far Away - Nickelback
          • Foot Tapper - The Shadows
          • Freak - Silver Chair
          • Free Fallin - Tom Petty
        • G >
          • Georgia - Vance Joy
        • H >
          • Hanging By A Moment - Life House
          • Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
          • Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
          • Hey Soul Sister - Train
          • Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
          • Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
        • I >
          • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
          • Iron Man - Black Sabbath
        • J >
          • James Bond Theme
        • K >
          • Killing In The name Of - Rage Against The Machine
          • Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
        • L >
          • Lego House - Ed Sheeran
        • M >
          • My Friends - Red hot Chili Peppers
          • My Sharona - The Knack
        • N
        • O >
          • One - Metallica
          • Original Prankster - The Offspring
        • P >
          • Paranoid - Black Sabbath
          • Peter Gun Theme
          • Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
        • Q
        • R
        • S >
          • Savin Me - Nickelback
          • Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
          • Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
          • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
          • Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
        • T >
          • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
          • Titanium - David Getta
        • U
        • W >
          • Walk This Way - Aerosmith
          • Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
          • We Are Done - The Madden Brothers
          • What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
          • Whats My Age Again - Blink 182
          • Why Georgia - John Mayer
          • Wonderful Land - The Shadows
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Master the Art
  • Music Theory
    • Grade 1 - Writing notes lessons 1-34
    • Grade 1 - Rhythms Lessons 35-64
    • Grade 1 - Basic rhythms and musical alphabet lessons 65-95
    • Grade 1 - Scales Intervals and Chords lessons 96-125
    • Grade 1 - Musical Terms and Signs lessons 126-147
    • Grade 1 - Practicing your knowledge of level 1 148-181
  • Guitar
    • Teachings and Tutorials >
      • The Parts of The Guitar >
        • Electric Guitars
        • Steel String Acoustic Guitars
        • Nylon String Guitars
      • Strumming
      • Guitar Repairs
      • Free Song Riffs >
        • 0-9
        • A >
          • Apache - the Shadows
          • Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
          • Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
        • B >
          • Black Night - Deep Purple
          • Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran
        • C >
          • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
          • Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings
          • Clocks - Cold Play
          • Come As You Are - Nirvana
          • Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne
        • D >
          • Dammit - Blink 182
          • Day Tripper - The Beatles
          • Don't Speak - No Doubt
        • E >
          • Enter Sandman - Metallica
          • Every Morning - Sugar Ray
          • Everybody Hurts - REM
          • Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
        • F >
          • Far Away - Nickelback
          • Foot Tapper - The Shadows
          • Freak - Silver Chair
          • Free Fallin - Tom Petty
        • G >
          • Georgia - Vance Joy
        • H >
          • Hanging By A Moment - Life House
          • Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
          • Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
          • Hey Soul Sister - Train
          • Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
          • Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
        • I >
          • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
          • Iron Man - Black Sabbath
        • J >
          • James Bond Theme
        • K >
          • Killing In The name Of - Rage Against The Machine
          • Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
        • L >
          • Lego House - Ed Sheeran
        • M >
          • My Friends - Red hot Chili Peppers
          • My Sharona - The Knack
        • N
        • O >
          • One - Metallica
          • Original Prankster - The Offspring
        • P >
          • Paranoid - Black Sabbath
          • Peter Gun Theme
          • Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
        • Q
        • R
        • S >
          • Savin Me - Nickelback
          • Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
          • Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
          • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
          • Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
        • T >
          • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
          • Titanium - David Getta
        • U
        • W >
          • Walk This Way - Aerosmith
          • Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
          • We Are Done - The Madden Brothers
          • What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
          • Whats My Age Again - Blink 182
          • Why Georgia - John Mayer
          • Wonderful Land - The Shadows
        • X
        • Y
        • Z
      • Free Songs
      • Free Drum Loops >
        • Crotchet (Quarter Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver (Eighth Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver Triplets (Eighth Notes) Based Drum Loops
        • Semiquaver (Sixteenth Note) Based Drum Loops
    • Ensemble Charts
    • Current and Past Students
    • Equipment used by Peter >
      • Guitar Collection >
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Free Song Riffs (songs starting with a)

On this page you will find many free song riffs to learn.  They are listed in alphabetical order by the song title. There is a summary of each riff under the name that lets you know what skills you will require to be able to play the riff.  Some of the riffs have a video, so you can click on the video to watch the tutorial. Some riffs have a midi converted audio example that demonstrates the riff without any backing. This makes it easy to hear the timing of the notes in the riff.  Click on the button to the right to get the free sheet music for the riffs.  We hope you have lots of fun with these.

ACDC - Thunderstruck
  • B Major Blues Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Hammeron's and Pulloff's
Click for sheet music
ACDC - You Shook Me All Night Long
  • G Major Scale
  • Open Chords 
  • Quaver Strumming Rhythms
Click for sheet music
Adele - Someone Like You
  • A Major Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Fingerpicking Arpeggios across separated strings
Click for sheet music
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
  • E Minor Blues Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Fingerpicking Arpeggios across separated strings
Click for sheet music
Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy
  • A Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Power Chords and Chord Inversions
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Alice Cooper - Schools Out
  • E Dorian Scale
  • Quaver Triplet Rhythm
  • Power Chords and basic pull off riff
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Alice In Chains - Man In A Box
  • E Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Power Chord Inversions with semiquaver riff
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Alien Ant Farm (Michael Jackson) - Smooth Criminal
  • A Natural Minor Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking Riff
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Allman Brothers - Jessica
  • D Major Scale
  • Semiquaver note picking
  • Alternate Picking
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Arlo Guthrie - Alices Restaurant
  • G Major Scale
  • Open Chords
  • Quaver note picking
  • Finger Picking
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Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
  • G Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Single Note Picking
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking
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Audioslave - Cochise
  • E Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Single Note Picking
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking
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Avenge Sevenfold - Afterlife
  • D Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Alternate Picking
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Legato Hammerons and Pullofs
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Avenge Sevenfold - Beast and The Harlot
  • D Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Alternate Picking
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Legato Hammerons and Pullofs
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Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
  • G Lydian Scale
  • Quaver note picking
  • Alternate Picking
  • Power Chord Riff
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Billy Idol - White Wedding
  • B Minor Scale
  • Crotchet note picking
  • Arpeggios
  • Power Chords
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Black Sabbath - Iron Man
  • B Natural Minor Scale
  • Semiquaver picking
  • Power Chords
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Black Sabbath - Paranoid
  • B Natural Minor Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Power Chords
  • Hammer on's
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Black Sabbath - War Pigs
  • B Natural Minor Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Power Chords
  • Bends, Hammer on's and Pulloff's
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Blink 182 - Dammit
  • C Major Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking
  • Bends, Hammer on's and Pulloff's
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Blink 182 - What's My Age Again
  • F Major Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Hybrid Picking

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Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
  • A Minor Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Basic Picking

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Blur - Song 2
  • F# Minor Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm / Strumming
  • Power Chords
  • Muted Rhythms

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Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
  • E Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • All Down Picking


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Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive
  • D Dorian Scale
  • Diatonic 6th Intervals
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Hybrid or Alternate Picking


Click for sheet music
Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
  • C Minor Pentatonic Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Down Picking
  • Tremelo Arm Pitch Bending


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Boston - More Than A Feeling
  • D Mixolydian Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking
  • Open Chords


Click for sheet music
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
  • A Minor Blues Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Down Picking
  • Power Chords and Extensions


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Bruno Marz - Count On Me
  • C Major Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Travis Picking / Alternating Bass Note Strumming
  • Open Chords


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Bruno Marz - Locked Out Of Heaven
  • D Minor Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Muted Strumming
  • Bar Chords


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Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69
  • D Major Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Muted Strumming and Arpegiated Strumming
  • Power Chords and Bar Chords


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Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
  • C Major Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Power Chord Strumming
  • Power Chords and Inverted Power Chords


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Cheap Trick - The Flame
  • A Major Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Arpeggio Picking
  • Open Chords and Bar Chords


Click for sheet music
Chic - Le Freak
  • A Minor Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Semiquaver Funky Strumming
  • Harmonic Intervals / Double Stops


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Coldplay - Clocks
  • F Minor Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Arpeggio Picking
  • Triads


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Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
  • D Minor Blues Scale
  • Quaver Rhythm
  • Basic Down Picking
  • Vibrato


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Creedance Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner
  • C Major Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking
  • Single Note Lead Line


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Creedance Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
  • G Major Scale
  • Semiquaver Rhythm
  • Alternate Picking
  • Ghost Note and Rhythmic Slides


Click for sheet music
  • Music Theory
    • Grade 1 - Writing notes lessons 1-34
    • Grade 1 - Rhythms Lessons 35-64
    • Grade 1 - Basic rhythms and musical alphabet lessons 65-95
    • Grade 1 - Scales Intervals and Chords lessons 96-125
    • Grade 1 - Musical Terms and Signs lessons 126-147
    • Grade 1 - Practicing your knowledge of level 1 148-181
  • Guitar
    • Teachings and Tutorials >
      • The Parts of The Guitar >
        • Electric Guitars
        • Steel String Acoustic Guitars
        • Nylon String Guitars
      • Strumming
      • Guitar Repairs
      • Free Song Riffs >
        • 0-9
        • A >
          • Apache - the Shadows
          • Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies
          • Autumn Leaves - Ed Sheeran
        • B >
          • Black Night - Deep Purple
          • Bloodstream - Ed Sheeran
        • C >
          • Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
          • Check Yes Juliet - We The Kings
          • Clocks - Cold Play
          • Come As You Are - Nirvana
          • Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne
        • D >
          • Dammit - Blink 182
          • Day Tripper - The Beatles
          • Don't Speak - No Doubt
        • E >
          • Enter Sandman - Metallica
          • Every Morning - Sugar Ray
          • Everybody Hurts - REM
          • Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
        • F >
          • Far Away - Nickelback
          • Foot Tapper - The Shadows
          • Freak - Silver Chair
          • Free Fallin - Tom Petty
        • G >
          • Georgia - Vance Joy
        • H >
          • Hanging By A Moment - Life House
          • Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
          • Here Without You - 3 Doors Down
          • Hey Soul Sister - Train
          • Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's
          • Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
        • I >
          • I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
          • Iron Man - Black Sabbath
        • J >
          • James Bond Theme
        • K >
          • Killing In The name Of - Rage Against The Machine
          • Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
        • L >
          • Lego House - Ed Sheeran
        • M >
          • My Friends - Red hot Chili Peppers
          • My Sharona - The Knack
        • N
        • O >
          • One - Metallica
          • Original Prankster - The Offspring
        • P >
          • Paranoid - Black Sabbath
          • Peter Gun Theme
          • Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
        • Q
        • R
        • S >
          • Savin Me - Nickelback
          • Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
          • Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
          • Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
          • Sweet Child O Mine - Guns N Roses
        • T >
          • Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
          • Titanium - David Getta
        • U
        • W >
          • Walk This Way - Aerosmith
          • Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
          • We Are Done - The Madden Brothers
          • What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
          • Whats My Age Again - Blink 182
          • Why Georgia - John Mayer
          • Wonderful Land - The Shadows
        • X
        • Y
        • Z
      • Free Songs
      • Free Drum Loops >
        • Crotchet (Quarter Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver (Eighth Note) Based Drum Loops
        • Quaver Triplets (Eighth Notes) Based Drum Loops
        • Semiquaver (Sixteenth Note) Based Drum Loops
    • Ensemble Charts
    • Current and Past Students
    • Equipment used by Peter >
      • Guitar Collection >
        • Electric Guitars
        • Acoustic Guitars
        • Bass Guitars
      • Effects and Pedals
      • Amplifiers
      • Accessories and Other
  • Singing
    • Choir Charts
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  • Store
  • Hair Design
    • Gallery
  • About
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    • Jenny Howlett
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