TikTok Guitar Riffs That Will Leave Your Fingers Sore

[@NamHoang-cf2sx]

Bro do the Better Call Saul theme with Hector Salamanca expression 💀💀

[@osurukgurmesi1752]

he already did in the video

[@grulsrown]

😐🥴😐🥴😐🥴

[@Dwindke]

Better call hector

[@EddieMusic8]

I said that in a comment section once and got over 40k likes and replies idk why 💀

[@munkemune]

Wouldn't that just be a speaker?

[@alex_o704]

Bro called the free bird solo a riff 😭😭😭

[@domzell]

lmfao

[@okalright3941]

its a collab of several blues licks

[@jxiioxic]

@@okalright3941yes, that’s called a solo

[@k1zer100]

define a riff for me

[@s3b_Leney]

​@@k1zer100 a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song. Definition from Oxford Languages

[@-adamplayz6-466]

Bro played captive fowl ☠️

[@cheeseburger5716]

LMFAO

[@pip-pip5029]

Hahahah

[@ryhard8620]

"unique fingering patterns" had me laughing 😂

[@BibbaBosh]

Yeah the main part is just a basic major triad shape

[@HoodieKid-oga]

Bro i heard that and imedeantly went to the comments

[@mikeykay1898]

@@BibbaBoshwhich shape? There’s 5 basic ones

[@crashedwin]

Bro just called free bird a tiktok riff and im a little heated.

[@Delmisen]

you're the guy he was calling out

[@kylebunseelall7487]

He's an idiot. Don't let it get to you

[@JMGMusic]

The Free Bird solo is vastly overrated.

[@jon.bo_]

@crashedwin i mean shit dude imagine how i felt when “Roundabout” was making the rounds as the to be continued memes after being made fun of in middle/high school for listening to prog rock

[@crashedwin]

@@JMGMusic i wont disagree

[@TheNuke7]

The hardest tik tok guitar “riffs” is a laid back tv show theme and one of the most famous guitar solos of all time? 💀

[@imoldgregg7009]

it's raw dog like 4 notes on 2 strings and not that fast, it's tutorial shit lmao

[@juiceboxconsumer5533]

⁠@@imoldgregg7009play the entire solo with only 4 notes on 2 strings I dare you

[@electroAM]

He really just called Free Bird a TikTok riff

[@wish8486]

clearly that was a joke.

[@asphaleios6197]

Yeah. He was joking lmao

[@d21bash]

He literally said don’t get mad you little snowflake 💀

[@inseonmicah]

imagine gatekeeping mediocre rock music edit: glad i got all the divorced dads angry

[@a.geddes6201]

@@inseonmicah … mediocre… damn man… I think gatekeeping justified on this one now buddy.

[@landhomer4627]

I'm still waiting for the most challenging riff

[@jimthethirdprobably]

i'm still waiting for something slightly difficult

[@andrepalomaro353]

Yeah lol neither of these are riffs

[@Diomenesx]

ALL MY FELLAS

[@JustaThing]

"Now watch me play free bird" every dude who picked up a guitar in highschool

[@mindaxiom3651]

I laughed so hard at the "lesser" known as free bird.

[@Absolumabsolute]

“Try my best to avoid tik tok sounds” *is a tik tok player*

[@razzb3rri3]

but he doesnt really do tiktok sounds

[@JohnSmith-ov5uj]

bro defiled one of the most known guitar solos of all time… “Lord knows I can’t change”

[@crazyfutureradio]

Bro's skill to move like a disney npc surpasses his guitar skills

[@ebvren]

Ik why is it the way he always waves his hands like that in the beginning just annoys me??😂

[@war.doesnt.change]

@@ebvrenyeah and him just smiling that too

[@Schizniit]

I always like to play the melody in pop music and dance music. Best ideas for leads

[@P-Tree]

Nah this ain’t it by a long shot

[@Punttipate62]

​@@P-Tree why not

[@caleballen226]

Bro just called a southern rock classic a tik tok song 😭

[@ytgshlung]

fr i felt physical pain when he called it the "spinning rat song"

[@akman909]

@@ytgshlung not just that. bro said "lesser known as"

[@Baldchoppa]

@@akman909you do realize most people who use youtube shorts/ tiktok have little to NO musical culture? If you get some kid to listen to free bird he’d probably recognize it as the spinning rat song so he is technically right, free bird is (from the audience watching this) more commonly known as the song from the spinning rat meme. Also he’s just saying that the sound is fucking popular on tiktok, no shit it’s not a tiktok song. Im so fed up by seeing EVERYONE attack this guy in his own comment sections

[@akman909]

@@Baldchoppa ngl bro i genuinely forgot about this video and my reply. You're correct, but I don't think what I or the people I replied to said was insulting enough to warrant this response. The way I see it, he meant this lightheartedly to relate to his audience, and said audience is taking jabs at that. We aren't attacking him, but we're attacking the very notion that someone would recognize this as the "spinning rat song."

[@Baldchoppa]

@@akman909 fair enough but when i talked about people attacking him i was talking about the whole comment section

[@djmcc83]

Yes... free bird was just sitting around in obscurity until tiktok found it and made it known....

[@DUSTINBARTRUM]

Dude just butchered free bird

[@fridge713]

He really hit the ground running on it yeah

[@charlie2224ffd]

the fact that it was probably one of his better takes amazes me as well

[@guillermodelanada1677]

Yeah low key

[@kevlar_mullet3742]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@Sheel443]

he just said that it was hard to replicate 😭

[@tamaki5982]

I think calling any guitar riff a TikTok guitar riff is insane 😭

[@Jaccckyl]

You're the one guy I wont yell "play free bird" at

[@donmatthew7877]

You see it as a spinning rat. I see it as a spinning Bocchi

[@feduwtc]

i see it as a spinning Erika Furudo

[@immaxbtw996]

I see it as well… fucking free bird…

[@OtavioFesoares]

Little Barrie is brilliant. Barrie Cadogan is currently the most proficient rock guitar player in the world. Go listen to their “King of the Waves” album. It’s incredible.

[@trystanbooth3816]

the last thing i would ever think when picking up my guitar, “what can i play from tik tok”

[@geoschilling]

I hate tiktok so much.

[@rafacatito]

Redditor

[@hissingtoast8864]

Why are you on yt shorts then???

[@sandik964]

@@hissingtoast8864 fr

[@geoschilling]

@@hissingtoast8864 impossible not to but even though shorts are for bagels it’s a million times better then tiktok

[@alanakbar1665]

@@geoschilling ongg

[@ljw316]

bro called the free bird solo "the riff from the spinning rat video" i quit with life

[@FvkcYoutubeCensorship]

Mississippi Queen!!! It's definitely a meme here on KZbin, usually accomplished with the inner mechanics of firing a gun.

[@kian_moghaddam123]

Rare footage of Mikey using humbuckers

[@SubterraneanBruh]

Honestly the tone on the first song was crazy

[@abitrrs4403]

Flawless thank you for delivering ❤

[@themusicman1556]

I've never understood people thinking that the freebird solo is hard to play

[@Moist_________________Pancakes]

Not necessarily hard just need to be precise for it to sound right and it’s long so a bit of room for error but I’ve never thought it was specifically hard though

[@juancontreras2711]

How can this man be able to play CHILL AF SONGS even MORE CHILL WTF i love it and hate it

[@ultraballstudios5221]

I wanna learn the freebird solo so bad but it’s so fricken long

[@armando6169]

Same, people say its actually easy and it probably is but when i get to lear the final part i would probably have forgotten the begining

[@ultraballstudios5221]

@@armando6169 yeah, it’s really something you have to lock into your mind to get it right.

[@voltic7133]

@@armando6169 Its easy to learn each individual riff in the solo. The solo is. basically a bunch of blues riffs all tied together. That being said, being able to seamlessly transition between all of the licks for 5 min straight is the hard part.

[@mayhem9052]

@@voltic7133yea it’s a matter of endurance really

[@arandomsupra]

Learn it lick by lick, and practice the transitions between them. This is how you should learn any long or complex songs, bit by bit until you get it implanted into your brain.

[@pedrov3537]

your guitar is beautiful!

[@mikeypiscopo]

No hate to any of my Ice Spice fans out there

[@mr.wyrzykowski7522]

​@@parallelsclipswth😊

[@cboisandlin9601]

Full hate to all ice spice fans

[@soldierman3828]

Are you a munch?

[@ilovemaccaroni]

Lol

[@manjuchauhan9874]

Unique fingering pattern 🫴🥵

[@itssslashhere5245]

Bro what if you did that but in a Hendrix style?

[@Grey-sq7dy]

Did that sometime ago. Of course if you’re talking about BCS theme, man it sounded sick lol. Basically just made a bit modified version of the riff, but ended it with the original theme. With all the chk-chk’s

[@Slippin_Jimmy846]

Pure masterpiece

[@kyle-9893]

I can guarantee free bird is more commonly known as free bird than the spinning rat meme

[@rikkivincent5264]

I’m a fan and I know TikTok is going crazy with the Freebird in KZbin so I’m glad you know about Freebird 😊

[@boredasf-zy8bj]

Tf is that free bird tone😢

[@sussyboiimpooster5066]

Little Berrie is one of my favorite bands of all time. They have some amazing stuff

[@thelemon2177]

Is the better call Saul theme just called that or does it have an actual name

[@jochem420]

i think its just called that

[@Sebgeetarman]

It’s literally just called better call Saul theme 💀

[@HXD90]

Breh

[@loganstrickler]

I think it's called baby blue, but I'll have to look it up Edit: never mind, baby blue just another breaking bad song, i think it is just the better call saul theme

[@j.b.55]

Little Barrie

[@Latte-z1t]

These two are legendary! The Saul Goodman theme was amazing!

[@jime2568]

As a skynyrd fan. I can swear I wont freak out.

[@loganstrickler]

No, please freak out, this troglodite just called freebird a tiktok song

[@elainehammond3147]

It's time to freak out. The Skynyrd fans shall send an army and regain the respect we've lost 🫡

[@anthonydusome5447]

''The soundtrack to the spinning rat theme, LESSER KNOWN AS-'' that was when i lost it@@loganstrickler

[@loganstrickler]

@@anthonydusome5447 ong, couldn't handle it after that

[@yaaret156]

Whyd I get a free bird meme after the video 💀

[@project45yt]

Great tremolo! Most mfs who cover this spam the absolute fuck out of the whammy bar like it’s remotely close to what it sounds like

[@Zach_Martini_Music]

Sick edits dawg

[@antonbagel]

Idk I figured out a pretty simple way to play Better Call Saul, probably not how it's actually played, but sounds almost the same.

[@YAMMAS]

The free bird revival was amazing. I've always loved the song and now gen z and gen alpha do too 🔥🔥

[@1dmourg]

Every dad from the 70s is looking for you

[@Aesthetic_Sparkle]

Is anyone going to talk about the guitar neck he was waving around💀 like how do you just have the neck?

[@headlessnotahorseman]

The neck is usually just bolted on so it can be removed.

[@Fkajf7fhwdjsj]

Free bird is definitely one of my top 5 favorite songs I've been trying to lean the lead guitar part forever

[@Leo._...]

bro literally plays tik tok trending music

[@Eagle_Federation]

Saul:But youre honor my client was litsening to free bird. Judge:sir you’re client just ran over 50 children. Saul:i am saul, saul goodman evrything i say is used against the judge and not my client.

[@Catsmakemeselfconscious]

Don’t ever make the facial expression again

[@sherrygoldsmith947]

Thats called a passion, somethihg only true guitarists understand

[@dearpercocet.]

its guitar face, its not easy to get rid of.

[@Catsmakemeselfconscious]

@@dearpercocet. I know what it is.

[@Catsmakemeselfconscious]

@@sherrygoldsmith947 It’s just a joke, I know what guitar face is.

[@dearpercocet.]

@@Catsmakemeselfconscious then quit hating?

[@Joshuagarciaofficial]

I laughed at the spinning rat one 😭💀

[@aadeniscool]

bro can barely play freebird 💀

[@pezzygamez402]

“Spinning rat theme” Im killing myself after that one

[@aadeniscool]

real

[@andrewmprouty]

Lesser known as Freebird................ tf?

[@jayalexander7657]

Hmm. For some damn reason, I've found myself watching and listening to this guy's countless shorts, he posts almost daily. I'm not a hater. I'm definitely not trying to be spiteful, cruel, or mean. Tastes change over time as you grow older. This younger generation of guitarists seem to mostly be practicing, trying to play as fast as humanly possible, and kind of disregarding playing rhythm guitar as crisp and clean and consistent as possible. This topic isn't really talked about very often, but, King Edward (Van Halen) was a very underrated rhythm player. Eds rythum play was always kind of overlooked, or at least mostly not talked about, when it came to his rhythm play. Maybe because all of his songs had such ground breaking, epic solos, it's always been kind of overlooked. Ed is a perfect example of what I'm about to say. Today's young guitarists get caught up with always just wanting to play fast, and strangely technical. Almost no thought about making sure that it's still melodic friendly, and works really well with the entire song, like it totally belongs there. Playing crazy fast, obscure scales, does not automatically make you a great 🎸 guitarist 😮. Almost from day one, the first thing that i noticed was Ed's rhythm play was absolutely flawless in every way, especially all those melodic fills, and, pick attacks.These young guitarists don't focus on writing great melodic songs, for their solos. It was always about the song, first. Personally, ive always thought that Ed was the greatest rythum guitarist of all time, also the greatest soloist of all time hands👇 down. And, one of the greatest songs writers of all time. This guy here, reminds me of that dude who loves to stand in front of his mirror all day. It became obvious to me that theatrics are more important, than writing, and playing great songs. It's now more like a contest, to see how many likes they can get on Tic toc, and comments calling them the fastest gun in the world 🌍. This gentlemen isn't even half as good as he thinks he is. I guess you don't know what, you don't know. Yes, the Freebird solo is not very technical, or impossible to play. This guy doesn't quite seem to understand why this famous solo is so iconic. Jeez, what a shame.

[@dimitrisvill1411]

if any of those leave your fingers sore then you’re not a guitar player

[@joiningmarmot3812]

mkay bro

[@loganstrickler]

Real

[@slav4335]

he is a guitar player just not a very good one

[@beardedzeus1337]

Bro free bird had been the go too solo for the entire world for decades.

[@jacobwarmack8751]

I’m starting to notice that he only picks simple or moderately difficult riffs and shares opinions about them being “harder than they seem”. My assumption is that he’s playing into the unpopular opinions algorithm hack and exploiting the naivety of viewers to appear more knowledgeable about guitar than he actually is. If this is the case, it’s very smart and obviously working and I hope it continues to bring him success

[@brin57]

I think you nailed it. He's a reasonably decent player, but continually spews some very dubious information, actually hilighting his lack of actual knowledge to anyone who knows otherwise.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Something actually good, nice!

[@EvdogRacing]

“Lesser known as free bird”💀

[@Aidtrnr]

Free Bird solo memes are the best😂

[@cavehonson]

Bro called the solo a riff!! Irredeemable monster.

[@guitarfox8316]

Better call Saul is a great riff as well as a beautiful example of a newer song perfectly replicating the vintage feel

[@Guitarify]

Okay, you won my subscription, haha

[@RLxDRMpG]

Free bird literally has every single possible blues lick you can think of in a solo lol

[@Somerandomdude-h5j]

A part of the reason I started playing guitar was for these songs until when I finally went to play it I was hit with “Pick a different hobby mate.” (Just to clarify it’s not the ONLY reason I play guitar 💀)

[@tuckerguthrie]

Absolutely love that first theme

[@masterd151]

Little Barrie are great. I recommend the album Shadow for a starting point

[@ElementOBam]

Bro thinks Free Bird wasn’t popular until tiktok? His father failed him

[@pselk95]

it was revitalized by tiktok using a meme bro 😭 maybe your father should’ve taught you how to have people like you (it’s not by being a douche btw)

[@scottishguyig2105]

The best guitar face i've seen in a while, relatively normal compared to others 😂

[@SumGhost]

PLEASE DO HOPES AND DREAMS

[@leechild4655]

Free Bird. A crazy exercise in string bending.

[@TheHolyM249]

It's really cute that they nicknamed "Spinning Rat Theme" something like "Free bird"

[@Pico-Gaming]

You can’t start playing the free bird solo and not Finish it, I started getting excited

[@Major_Arachnid_1]

Theres actually four riffs going on at the same time after the 4.5 minute mark so one person playing them all at once is amazing

[@BLZ_Gort]

you fuvked up that solo

[@therandomdj124]

DAMNNN BRO, I LOVE THE TWANGY SOUND AND THE WHAMY BAR ON THE FIRST SONG

[@nargen5419]

Bro looks like hes half way on loading bob ross' hair.

[@neverreverie3157]

THANK YOUUUU

[@emoboi451]

Rock on dude.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@danutdumitru3655]

man got that hector face fr💀

[@nternetrat]

yeeeesss! I learned better call saul track purely for when i'm trying out guitars at guitar store LMAO

[@nejc2426]

Mississippi queen is pretty good too imo

[@brandonproctor3639]

I’m always playing the BCS theme 😂 I love it

[@KingRitz]

Was about to freak out ffs thank fuck for the disclaimer

[@robthorn2282]

I love that skynyrd song! 🎶 I’m freeeeeeeeeeee, freeeeee birdin’ 🎵

[@jaxcosmo7682]

Never let bro cook 💀

[@SilentHillBaby]

Bro played caged birb

[@KUM0]

This dude when a song it’s popular without having a guitar riff:😡😡😡

[@thenormalminecrafter2720]

A more recognizable example of something sampling free birds riff would be the bill nye intro

[@SCREAMINMYEAR123]

Bruh our brains are fried 💀

[@N3M0308]

Every gta san andreas player having their flashback

[@TrainMedia00]

I just yelled out Free Bird out loud when I hear the solo 💀

[@MortanAMrk]

The whole better call saul song is shockingly amazing

[@onnetid4016]

free bird is currently my favourite song

[@corbinlloyd8922]

Trying to learn free bird as a 1 month beginner and this dude comes along and says it’s the hardest tiktok riff 😅