15 Fun, Easy to Play Guitar Riffs
15 classic riffs that are both fun to play and easy for beginners to master.
Guitar instructor Paul Davids—whose videos we like featuring on this here website from time to time—just released a new one, in which he simply demonstrates 15 great guitar riffs that are both fun to play and easy for beginners to master.
As for song choice, there's something for just about everyone here. From the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "I Could Have Lied" to Porcupine Tree's "SHESMOVEDON" to a personal favorite of mine, The Cure's "A Forest," Davids offers riffs for guitarists of all musical inclinations.
You can check them all out in the video above.
You can find this video and much more on Paul’s YouTube channel.
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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.

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