8 Timeless Rock Licks & Riffs You Can Practice On Repeat!

[@willripleyguitar]

📝 FREE PDF Download www.willripleyguitar.com/perfect-practice-plan

[@yuvrajwadhwani]

Pin this comment plz

[@willripleyguitar]

@@yuvrajwadhwani Ok done!

[@davidcobb2261]

Nice format for a practice session involving different techniques. Well done

[@willripleyguitar]

So glad you like it! I thought people might be upset that I didn't teach the riffs but it seems like between the camera angles and the tab, people are able to adjust the speed and just work the parts.

[@EBP_rehab_performance]

Way to make practice fun! More of these please!

[@willripleyguitar]

Ok! I'm hoping to get a new one out today...stay tuned

[@bonkousmcnaughty4604]

This looks great. With tabs, fret fingering and strumming vids with it and some of them slowed down. Makes me wanna pick up the guitar again! Good work fella!🎸

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks man, it's great to see this video blowing up. Stay tuned and I'll release more!

[@BigJimSlade67]

Damn Great ideas Will! More of these please! Thanks so much!

[@willripleyguitar]

Aw thanks pal! Ya I think I'm going to integrate these loops as much as I can for future lessons. I've never seen this in KZbin guitar lessons and I think this is going to help a lot of folks out. Where are you tuning in from? Cheers 🍻

[@BigJimSlade67]

@@willripleyguitar NW Ohio. I play rhythm guitar mostly but trying to get into more lead as well. Your method is clear and easy to understand. Thanks again, Cheers!

[@willripleyguitar]

@@BigJimSlade67 Nice! Yea these riffs should definitely help you get into the lead guitar concepts you're after. Good stuff!

[@Kennardy]

Dude. Great stuff. This a fresh and useful approach to teaching. I use the slow loop feature on spark amp and KZbin a lot. This material a pure gold!

[@willripleyguitar]

Nice! I didn't know you could loop and slow things down on the Spark amp. That's cool. Yea, I recently found out about this loop feature "KZbin clips" and decided to go for it, hoping that it will kick some ass for folks like you! Hope you keep coming back and lemme know if you need some more support to get these up to 100

[@tonybraines7172]

Agreed. Used to be LPs on 16RPM to slow it right down.

[@NikkoAus]

These are great Will. The loops are a fantastic idea. I somehow managed to loop a section of a youtube guitar video months ago and then I could never do it again so this is great. Thanks very much for your efforts.

[@willripleyguitar]

You are very welcome! I will say this video took me loads of hours to do! Plus setting up the "KZbin clips" as they are called was exactly what I call a good time lol but now that the video is taking off and I'm hearing from people like yourself that are getting some value from it, it absolutely gets me stoked! Looping PLUS the speed function makes this a pretty decent practice resource

[@CFB4U]

Excellent! The playback speed is essential. Thank you for the loops on this page and the PDFs. Am working on a 110 days practice schedule and getting ready for your blues course!!!!

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks Paul!!

[@marybethhempel9101]

BRILLIANT WILL!!! This makes it so much easier, as I was trying to do this myself, and you have it all here!! Love it!! Thanks a bunch!! 💕🙏😅

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome! Yea typically you have to have some kind of special "slow downer" type of software, but turns out we can do it all right here in KZbin. I'm looking forward to seeing that practice log! Feel free to record another video in the RIU Club and we'll keep on tweaking the riffs

[@marybethhempel9101]

@@willripleyguitar Awesome Will!! Thank you much! I just love the details here in the video angles also. This is great!! 🙏💕🥰

[@marybethhempel9101]

oh... an the tab so easy to read!! This is top shelf!! 😅

[@willripleyguitar]

@@marybethhempel9101 That's x3 Sony 4k cameras!! The set up has really come together. So glad you like it! I just have to figure out how to get my 2nd camera working for the RIU sessions for a fretboard closeup. I think that will really be awesome

[@marybethhempel9101]

@@willripleyguitar YES! YES! YES!! Sweet!! That is really going to be good!! 👏👏💖😄

[@rogerramjet6809]

These are great links and make for a super fun way to practice. Thanks Will!

[@willripleyguitar]

Yea man! There's some really great practice to be had right inside of songs, as long as you take a more "academic" approach to them. I'm getting our Rip It Up members to make a practice log to keep track of their speeds

[@Moe-gb8gt]

Love this…more of these!!

[@willripleyguitar]

I'm trying to get one out today...stay tuned!

[@nickp5583]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ WITHOUT ANY DOUBT, ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT LESSONS. I have struggled to play guitar as most 'lessons' on KZbin are very short. Will, you have opened up my understanding of, how to play guitar. Absolutely brilliant. A huge THANK YOU. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks so much for the 10/10 star review!! That's epic man. I'm creating another right now.

[@gavinsolomon2711]

This is gold! Thank you very much indeed, I'm inspired!

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome Gavin! Great to hear that this is getting you fired up! I'm going to create another one. Hopefully I'll get it out this weekend

[@hillers54]

Thanks Will for this great resource 🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸

[@willripleyguitar]

You are so welcome! Hope you keep coming back and keep practicing on the regular! If you want some more support lemme know

[@RonWilliams-y8o]

Brill. Will ,thanks so much yet again. cheers Ron

[@willripleyguitar]

Brill Will! My new name haha. Thanks Ron. Dig into the riffs and licks on the regular and gimme an update on how it goes! Are you on acoustic or electric?

[@DonBirr55]

Hey Will thanks for the heads up on your video I always want to check out anything you put out their. Thanks Don

[@willripleyguitar]

Ya man! I'm not sure if you dug into that RIU lesson a few weeks ago, but I think this is the next phase for all us RIU members - we'll get you guys tracking your speeds and get your "perfect practice plan" locked and loaded. Lemme know if you need some support on the riffs - you know how to do it! Just post a vid!

[@jimstone9834]

This is some good stuff here.

[@willripleyguitar]

Nice, glad to hear that. Keep coming back and practice hard! Lemme know how it goes

[@ClarenceM.-mg8rt]

Thank you for a great practice lesson!!!

[@willripleyguitar]

You are more than welcome! Hope you keep on coming back and using this until you are a certified shredder!

[@MJCGuitar]

Great job, Will!

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@See_thru_it_all]

OMG! Thank you so much!❤ this is rad.

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome! Glad you liked it.

[@jy2567]

This is a great approach!

[@willripleyguitar]

Cheers! Looping and speed control have really helped me so I'm glad to have cracked the code here on KZbin to provide you with the same. How's the guitar playing going?

[@prisonerofrnr]

Thanks for posting. I used the intro to 'crazy train' as a practice exercise.

[@daveyoung7523]

My guitar teacher always had me doing the lick from "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath as a practice exercise.

[@willripleyguitar]

Yea, great suggestion! I've included that one in my next lesson! I've gotten value from practicing that too! Stay tuned for the next one

[@iHiTMaN69]

Awesome stuff here!!!

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome! Glad you liked it.

[@mookytc]

What a great lesson. Thank you!

[@willripleyguitar]

You are more than welcome! Hope you keep coming back to this to master these riffs and licks!

[@uzeyourillusion]

Will try this. Great video….🙏

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome! Glad you liked it.

[@sureshjoshi3883]

❤❤❤very nice sir you are my inspiration

[@willripleyguitar]

Students like you inspire me!

[@aroi70]

Great job How about taking these and more songs individually breaking them in their sections Verse chorus bridge etc. looping them as in this video I like this

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks! Ya I think that's a great idea. This is my first stab at the looping concept on KZbin. I've never seen it done before but seeing the response has been really amazing and it's definitely inspired me. I think what you're saying is great. I'm definitely going to integrate this into future lessons. Are you subscribed by chance? Lemme know what songs you want to learn!

[@daltonlouzada627]

Great riff choice! I was like.. yeah I'm a intermediate player for sure. I will give this RHCP song a try.. sounds easy. Man, it was tougher than I thought! Lol!! Sliding the notes instead of hammering them down is what makes it special. It helps a lot to practice grooving

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome!! I loved your comment. Yea it's a bit of a tricky riff - especially going from that top note, all the way down to the 1st fret of the low E string. That's a big jump. But you're exactly right, it's a great one to practice grooving...plus that 16th note run. Hope you come back and keep on working on it 'til you master it

[@kerryfromaj9032]

Hey Will Very cool Thanks and I take all this for a test drive.

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome!! How's the playing going? Got anything up to full speed?

[@kerryfromaj9032]

@ Riffs are easier for me lately to full speed. The last year or more have me bouncing from riff to riff. I am having trouble completing full songs. My spacial awareness and timing is a problem especially in busier songs with more than basic drums. Drums fills end up distracting and confusing me. Do you have any courses that teach complete songs?

[@TurnerKnifeTool]

Awesome! Thanks

[@willripleyguitar]

You are more than welcome! Hope you keep coming back and ripping it up on these. Keep pushing it and focus on playing it right before you step up the speeds. Good luck and lemme know if you need some more support

[@killedbycoconuts]

Thanks Will!

[@willripleyguitar]

You're welcome! Hope you keep coming back to this. Practice hard!

[@TheFairway8]

Such a good lesson. Forgive me but I’ve only just put two and two together and realised you play in Mount Rushka. I’ve been following your band and on the mailing list since I first heard your excellent track Hold On when it was first released, great stuff

[@willripleyguitar]

That's so interesting!! Typically people join my lessons and find out about Mount Rushka...not the other way around!! Did you check out our latest release, Kings & Queens?

[@malan43]

Will this is really cool. I just discovered this channel after following you on another site. I love it!

[@willripleyguitar]

Yea I'm doing my own thing as just "Will Ripley Guitar". Glad you found me!

[@malan43]

@@willripleyguitar I love it!

[@willripleyguitar]

Loop #1: Alice in Chains - Man In The Box >> kzbin.infoUgkxwwiu5iF59MDwP1axe1QjdgbKSkqSwsV_?si=zENW9mk60LBSwtki Loop #1 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkxMYFo0FNmtR5az1gLjL9N4o4nNmNvtTAu?si=DCuN0V4WcwFmf-j1 Loop #2: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss >> kzbin.infoUgkxJju4O6M3b-PoCTe7dqCG39iaierOxglV?si=nV5rycUaqhxPKfJH Loop #2 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkxNH_x1O7bVcSujjzETcmNGQIrjwufzhu7?si=ryObjQnNEC6Hn4or Loop #3: The Police - Every Breath You Take >> kzbin.infoUgkx-u_VRwPoqacuEsvRabPoUovocxq8ZKKJ?si=SWCFnfsNhv67__Rg Loop #3 With count in: kzbin.infoUgkxHGc7L-aqbSxWO2-ukpPNxuAFFkGc7ma0?si=XEf_ADAHkCZD4sN9 Loop #4: INXS - Need You Tonight >> kzbin.infoUgkx6ksJNYEfki6DtwMwZ9-omiQpIW01089j?si=R1VRLoxu8YxmnHbJ Loop #4 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkx8UL7rlksNuLd7oWLSTIh994OEZf4Wf2a?si=66bHqiTf0wJrEW2C Loop #5: Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode >> kzbin.infoUgkxzSEQh0kNA0Zm9aqvcV1zU4oA-9kdFIvz?si=xx3PqQ6SRLiSmm7U Loop #5 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkxFbAW_oLrVx3dO3UoIud0uoMNWMvgoFDJ?si=LZMUj01fM-xunnhS Loop #6: Guns 'N Roses - Sweet Child 'O Mine >> kzbin.infoUgkxw2XVtQ62X-Z21KZptR6y2KoYSFzJiDI8?si=wcMNvr3bqcB126U4 Loop #5 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkxkYFVeYzjfF9bahvgrYdu9SIKKlMeEBGM?si=e_pQrHNQfv3LbIjb Loop #7: Slash Fast Lick From Sweet Child >> kzbin.infoUgkxa7jal50Y6-e4qBoVegcg9-fbD1NHcPTm?si=MdwhfQHhTpl_cS4S Loop #7 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkxeGg3uSSLr6k_ydAQvsRqHQQGQoEWwcgd?si=etLPFoKLOpedh-hk Loop #8: AC/DC - Thunderstruck >> kzbin.infoUgkxx-jU7fCJlqLlqPYz9XR85ROQxQ1P_SBX?si=cPdOpe1VFMJOCBha Loop #8 With count-in: kzbin.infoUgkxmZj9X5Y2NEo0CJFZxJL6eGhHi7LfXpgT?si=D593AX6mFCw2R7TN BONUS ROUND: Loop #9: Thunderstruck but LEGATO >> kzbin.infoUgkxVhkIZF99TEZ7YFkZ-Nxil9xcDnw1YLY-?si=nNustEbezP3JfynD Loop #9 With count-in:kzbin.infoUgkxdGhFb_RvrXw7KbEz1biWMgnIJHJsHOpb?si=gRqBv34paPDWIGvD SUPER ULTRA MEGA BONUS ROUND: Check out my Top 6 Guitar Courses (I'm sure you'll find something you'll like): www.willripleyguitar.com/truefire-jamplay-1

[@JABTV2008]

great lesson, mate. Thanks

[@willripleyguitar]

You are more than welcome! Glad you like it. Keep coming back to master the riffs and licks. Which one of these riffs/licks are you working on?

[@martymcbride3234]

Thanks 🎸 👍

[@willripleyguitar]

You're welcome!

[@57RickH]

Great method to learn licks! 👍🏻 I hope you'll do more like this. I'm looking forward to taking on the legato Thunderstruck 😎

[@willripleyguitar]

Yea it's really great to see this lesson getting some views because man it was a lot of work to put together!! But with everything, the next one will come a little smoother and faster. Yea!! Crush Thunderstruck!! I still gotta get my picking up to 136bpm. So fast!

[@czarekp3552]

even rhythmically challenged and untalented person like me gets it and sounds plausible..... thanks for that, much appreciated

[@willripleyguitar]

In the words of Charlie Sheen..."WINNING" haha that's amazing. Happy to help you. Keep coming back to master the riffs/licks!

[@davidallen527]

Thanks will man you're teaching some great guitar

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks David! Hopefully you are LEARNING some great guitar over there!! Hope you keep coming back to this and keep on crushing it

[@davidallen527]

@willripleyguitar thanks will I've gotten so many great pointers from you over the years and it's really helped me a lot PS will be sending you something before long thanks

[@nathansmith6544]

So glad to see and hear from you again after leaving GMM. Good luck and great video.

[@willripleyguitar]

Thanks for finding me here Nathan. Stay in touch and maybe check out the Rip It Up Club!

[@punchrunliftoutdoortrainin2871]

Great lesson

[@willripleyguitar]

Glad you dug it! Are you on acoustic or electric?

[@commanderdawson3773]

A very helpfull lesson. Thank you very much...

[@willripleyguitar]

You are very welcome! Keep coming back and let me know how it goes

[@bestboy897]

great idea super list

[@willripleyguitar]

Glad you dig 'em! I like all these tunes, and I've personally been able to grow a lot as a guitarist with them...hope you do too

[@MichaelLanteri-v4i]

Love this video great riffs as I’m still learning it would be great if you attached the chords and rhythm like DDUD ETC AS I STILL DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIND THE CHORDS TO THE RIFF

[@northfloridarails2136]

There is a pdf in the description

[@willripleyguitar]

Glad you dig it! Yes as someone mentioned, you can get the PDF: www.willripleyguitar.com/perfect-practice-plan I'll send it right to your email. Is that what you mean? You just want to have the tabs handy or printed out? Or let me know what you're after... Strumming patterns?

[@willripleyguitar]

@@northfloridarails2136 yea man! Thanks. Hope you grabbed it?

[@ajscelestemusic8364]

thanks so much, will I like it when I hear you talking on slow its sounds great and even better when I speed it back up to normal :)!!!

[@willripleyguitar]

hahaha

[@ajscelestemusic8364]

@@willripleyguitar lol!! same w Mike b thanks

[@jodecaesteker]

Nice! And for alternate picking, try to play the Thunderstruck parts like that with every note picked and no pull offs. It may take getting used to it, but it´s worth the patience. The same goes for the intro of Be quick or be dead by Iron Maiden. Still having trouble with that one but I´m getting there. (The second time they play that lick in the song it´s faster, quite hard with alternate picking - what´s holding me back is hand synchronization. I can pick at the required speed with my right hand but that gets ruined when my left hand has to press the strings to get the notes. But sometimes I manage to get it. 😀)

[@willripleyguitar]

Awh man fast Alternative picking still stumps me. I'm working on some new material right now which will hopefully help me get up to speed on Thunderstruck

[@martijn_yt]

Thanks, great ‘bread and butter’ musical workout ideas ! (One comment: ‘Every breath you take’ ends on F#m9 (same as the second chord ;)), to me this gives it much more 30emotional depth :))

[@willripleyguitar]

Yes you are right for the most part EXCEPT that the intro circles back around to the A, but I believe every time after that it goes to the F#mi

[@fidelmorfin]

Awesome - thanks bro

[@willripleyguitar]

You are very welcome! Stay in touch...trying to get another one out today

[@sergio1369]

Awesome! Thanks.....

[@willripleyguitar]

You are welcome! Have you been back to the video since you wrote this?

[@shadcutler2252]

THESE...I will practice!

[@willripleyguitar]

Have you been back?

[@jcs737c7]

TY! So great!

[@willripleyguitar]

Glad you liked it! Stay tuned for more

[@jeffunderwood6235]

Man great video. Thanks friend. Just subscribed

[@willripleyguitar]

Amazing man. Happy to get connected. Looks like I'd better get some more videos like this out!

[@jeffunderwood6235]

@willripleyguitar and I better get to practicing LOL. this was definitely awesome

[@intothemusic7121]

Very well done! Unifying practice and song learning is great. Sorry to ask, but is the TAB of Thunderstruck right? The descending part from fret 12 doesn't seem exactly what you are playing...

[@willripleyguitar]

Glad you like it! Yes, I think so! Instead of making it super super long, I split it up in 2 sections to show the decending line and the repeated bit at the end. Hope it lines up!

[@willripleyguitar]

Ahhh I missed the 0-5-0-7 at the end of that didn't I!

[@intothemusic7121]

@@willripleyguitar yes, that was my point, but we have the video and the loop available, and last but not least our ears, so thanks for making them work.

[@NickHobart]

What a great, and seemingly novel idea. Do you offer 1:1 lessons?

[@Giovanni-Learning-and-Stuff]

Thank you : )

[@willripleyguitar]

You are welcome! Keep coming back and crush it

[@JODYCK1]

Wow thanks Will.

[@willripleyguitar]

You are very welcome! Hope you will keep coming back and work on these?

[@stratslinger3921]

Is there someway to just get the drums separately?

[@willripleyguitar]

I would have to package those up separately. What you could do though is just play with a metronome, or find drum loops at different tempos. On each one of the lesson segments, there is a 'technique checklist' which also lists the bpm of each drum loop. That will at least give you a starting point! You can also just keep coming back to this lesson and the loops and keep jamming with me

[@SK-er3yd]

Subbed

[@willripleyguitar]

Awesome! Got some more comin' atcha soon

[@nowthennowthen-ys4ck]

Ripley believe it or not knows what he is talking about.

[@willripleyguitar]

I've been teaching guitar for awhile!! So I hope so. It's cool to see this video take off like it has. How's the guitar playing going for you?

[@nowthennowthen-ys4ck]

@@willripleyguitar Hi Will..I like your innovative approach to teaching and look forward to watching more...I live across the pond just south of Manchester England and recently picked up my electric again after I dusted the cobwebs off it.. I'm just a basic strummer and easy riff player but making music has always given me lots of pleasure...Keep up the good work.

[@markhill9275]

Riffs to practice Rock n Roll Ten Years Gone over The Hills and Far Away Friends Nobody's fault But Mine Hot Dog Kashmir Ramble On

[@willripleyguitar]

You're like me...you like Led Zeppelin!

[@Dos_Perros]

So cool🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

[@willripleyguitar]

Cheers!!!

[@d_Howard]

Hmmm...if I'm not mistaken, these are not rock licks and riffs. They're backing tracks to play lead riffs over, right? This is absolutely a great resource, no doubt about it! But I kept expecting the lead licks. Guess it doesn't really matter. Lots of lessons available for many, if not most, of these songs here on KZbin. In any event, thanks for putting this together.

[@willripleyguitar]

Well there is the Sweet Child 'O mine lick at 5:43 - and I don't think it's right calling Thunderstruck and the intro to Sweet Child "riffs" - rather they are maybe "leads"? anyways, glad you dug it!

[@CaptainDayne]

Is that a slash november burst?

[@billyc6678]

No, look at the pickups.

[@willripleyguitar]

Very very close... it's actually the OG Gibson Slash model. It came out in 2008. I think there was 1800 of these made. I was working at a guitar store - Long & McQuade (here in Canada) and I pulled it out of the box, tuned it up and fell in love with it. I couldn't bare to see it hanging on the wall and put it on a payment plan hahaha. I believe they called this Vintage Sunburst, but you are right, it's pretty much the Slash November Burst. What are you strummin bruh???

[@willripleyguitar]

@@billyc6678 They are MojoTone "Classic pickups" which are basically PAF pickups with a little more bottom end - it's a 2008 Slash Les Paul.

[@CaptainDayne]

@willripleyguitar I have an old 90's ibanez rg270, main player , a 90's rg 570, Epiphone silver burst lp, and a Dean Dime razorback silver. I cant believe how the razorback sounds and plays. Bought my son a jackson , and a Epiphone slash november burst. He is 9. He loves Slash. My Fav is Vito Bratta. We are still beginners

[@willripleyguitar]

@@CaptainDayne Awesome! I love to hear that you're jamming with your son! My boy is only 6 and is playing a bit of drums...no interest in the guitar yet. I'll try not to force it on him hahaha I hope he comes to it naturally

[@why_the_etude_matters]

These are great. But why is there no rhythm notation on the tab? That would facilitate the player being able to use these riffs in different ways in different situations

[@willripleyguitar]

How would you use these riffs in different ways in different situations?

[@why_the_etude_matters]

@ knowing the intervals and rhythms I would transpose them and insert them into other riffs, licks, or even solos. I’m classically trained, and as such I can work that out and transcribe it in standard notation myself. But maybe your students would make good use of that information. Your approach is solid, and by the homage to the Police on the muting technique one of the greatest riffs of all time.. Peace, love, and music.. .

[@See_thru_it_all]

I think you’re asking for too much, and not saying “thank you” enough. 😂

[@jefferylord3068]

Before i watch … black dog by zeppelin

[@willripleyguitar]

That's a great riff...hard to time though.

[@davekirst7511]

This is chaos and made my mothers ass fall out of her underwear

[@willripleyguitar]

My mother would approve of this organization