Attention all air guitar practitioners and Guitar Hero gurus: It's time to get real. In cooperation with the folks from GuitarInstructor.com, OnMilwaukee.com is going to offer a series of online ...

Guitar skills: With its creative songwriting, pristine production and jaw-dropping skill, it’s hard to believe that Passion And Warfare was Steve Vai’s second release. Of course, Steve was already a ...

The first half of the Sunshine Of Your Love riff is based on the 10th position 'shape 1' blues scale. This is simple enough but don't forget to change position to reach the 8th fret F note (although, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Pickup Music Things are about to get funky! We’ve got a brand new bag of riffs for you to ...

A Ramones’ classic makes it onto the list – but which is it? - Roberta Bayley/Redferns We’re going to fall out about this, obviously. But here we go. Let’s just start with the idea that a riff is a ...

Virtuoso guitar playing has come to define rock ‘n’ roll. Greg Kot looks back at its colourful history. Rock guitar solos? Often they’re overblown, overrated and a waste of precious notes. To those ...

The '80s were a golden age for guitar-driven rock and roll. Coming strong off the hard rock scene of the '70s and bolstered by the emergence of MTV, riff rock has never been as popular as it was ...

One of the most defining factors of rock music is the guitar riffs. Throughout the genre’s history, there have been several songs defined by the musicianship, particularly guitarists. In the musical ...

A catchy guitar riff can make a good song a great song. Some hits are written around a catchy guitar figure, while other songs rely on a riff for only the intro. Riffs can be a repetitive sequence of ...

If the flannelly, lo-fi nature of ’90s grunge killed the hairspray bravado of ’80s hair metal, then the 2000s definitely brought back some of its technicality and musicianship. The first decade of ...