9 Iconic Guitar Riffs You Can Learn Almost Instantly

[@FAYMprod]

"almost instantly" yeah no

[@brandonsemian3703]

Pentatonics are actually not that easy

[@drdoom8793]

​@@brandonsemian3703git gud

[@Damien-t3n]

If you all ready know how to play

[@pietroborgesparri]

I like how Tyler got a guitar for every single riff

[@bickleyjonas6145]

No booty sniffer, he reused one a couple of times!

[@TravissBr]

Replying every Tylers vid until he get me a guitar

[@pietroborgesparri]

@@TravissBr Travis Brownie

[@RByrne]

Hopefully he decides to give one away..to someone who needs one...again.

[@pietroborgesparri]

@@RByrne no one needs a guitar

[@ThomasCorlett-q7i]

Thank you so much, Tyler! As a beginner guitarist, I was running low on ideas and inspiration for those mundane practise sessions. This video is exactly what I needed!

[@migitgiant-je6ex]

too fast for beginners

[@goldenbdogg4880]

Noob

[@ppen8359]

I did not understand a thing.

[@andyb1037]

Well, u lost me. But I don't play guitar but u can certainly play a guitar.

[@hendo86]

I’m 2 mins in and I still haven’t seen how to do what he’s doing

[@davidcruz6239]

No step by step….? At least show us how to do it.

[@GearShifter925]

PLEASE KINDLY provide us guitar TABS in your videos....!!!!! Thank you. BTW here i am your NEW SUBSCRIBER 🙋🏻‍♂️ ..... !!!!!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Easy and Iconic is truly a guitarist's paradise. Accessible, and bound to please everyone. I look forward to that analyzing.

[@dw7704]

Some riffs are simple notewise, but the tricky part is the feel & War Pigs has other sections that are trickier

[@dw7704]

Hmm, seems I have been “choosen” Scammer bot 5 months late

[@pawnhearts8785]

Day Tripper by The Beatles is very easy to learn and is one the best combinations of minor and major pentatonic in a guitar riff.

[@sneekopotamus]

Paperback Writer too.

[@voiceofreason33916]

Key word “almost”.

[@pithy-wisdom]

I suspect Mindless Pentatonic Noodling is responsible for many many divorces an breakups. Still hasn’t stopped me though - It’s an addiction!!!

[@Tom-qb1rj]

Yeah, this ain’t easy buddy

[@Jadz1986]

Best riff was Mindless Pentatonic Noodling by Tyler Larson, whoever that guy is. . . 😉

[@Rick_Cleland]

My life has been a complete and total misery ever since Bigfoot stole my precious girlfriend in the middle of the night. 😒 He even took all her clothes and the T.V. 😔

[@nine9whitepony526]

Do you think Tyler actually reads these comments? Haha

[@bldallas]

Great stuff! I was first taught the Minor Pentatonic Scale way back in high school (around 1979). It was my junior year and I was taking guitar lessons from a senior, who was already a really good player. My 2 stated goals were to learn how to play Stairway To Heaven and to learn how to “play lead.” We accomplished the first goal in no time flat, and when we moved on to LEAD GUITAR, he assured me the magic door to reaching my goal was THE PENTATONIC SCALE!!! So he taught it to me; just the first position, and I must have played in a few hundred times. When we got together for each weekly lesson, he played a basic 12 bar blues progression and I went up and down that damn scale. No riffs, no licks, just some awkward pauses on various notes, hoping I’d suddenly and miraculously start jamming like Jimmy Page. After about the 5th or 6th “lesson,” I bailed. I couldn’t see how that damn scale would transition to LEAD GUITAR. I should mention, I also played trombone in the high school band, so I had a pretty solid understanding of basic music theory; all be it in bass clef. Anyhow, week or so after I quit, the guy’s little brother (who played the baritone) told me his brother said it was a shame I quit, because he could tell, I was “almost there.” Holy shit, almost there? So I kept practicing that damn scale, but nothing happened. And then I went to college and only brought along my acoustic guitar. So for about the next 25 years or so, I only played acoustic guitars. I never forgot that scale, but I’d given up my dreams of playing LEAD GUITAR. Now fast forward, and after a 3 year sabbatical when I never touched a guitar, I decided to get back into it. And this time, I was going to really try to learn new things. I now know all 5 positions of the minor Pentatonic Scale and practice them every day. You tube and channels like this have been a big help, too. I am definitely a better olayer now, than I was before, but I have to admit, I still can not improvise (i.e, play LEAD GUITAR), and I know very few licks to noodle around on. Kind of pisses me off, now that I think about it. But I am what I am. So, thanks for trying. Big fan.

[@troublingleaf]

If you want to get good at improvising, I'd suggest learning intervals, the minor pentatonic is great, but its not everything, start trying to learn simple solos by ear, califonication by red hot chilli peppers, summer of 69, smells like teen spirit, these are all simple songs to work out. I do it with little jingles i hear all the time, it's taken me from no improvisational skills to being able to sound half decent. Also when your practising your minor pentatonic, don't just play up and down the scale, you wont learn how to use it that way, its great to start with for getting the patterns ingrained, but when you have that down start to mix the notes of the scale up, (make sure you know it up and down first) start skiping strings and working in patterns for example try playing note 1, note 3, note 2, note 4, note 3, note 5, note 4, note 1 work up and down like that, and just change it up every time you've figured it out. That's how you'll learn to use it in improvisation, when you know it inside and out, and know what the intervals sound like, thats when it comes to life.

[@bldallas]

@@troublingleaf thanks. I do all that already. Truly do. And I’ve learned solos and practiced them, over and over, but I sound stiff when I do that and it just doesn’t translate. On the other hand I’m super comfortable improving chords and sound smooth and melodic. And not just 145 stuff either, some really interesting chord transitions. I also have a strong ear for music and can typically quickly pickup whatever is playing in the background while watching TV or YT. But the effortless lead guitar stuff has always eluded me. I need to learn more licks that I can chain together in different combinations, but I haven’t found a good place to pick that part up. Thanks again for your thoughtful advice and your lengthy reply. All the best.

[@matthewwilson9749]

You captured Hendrix’s sound beautifully. Mad respect.

[@mesic3333]

he literally just used a strat on the neck pickup

[@matthewwilson9749]

@@mesic3333 yeah, I probably shouldn’t compliment a person then.

[@nine9whitepony526]

​@@matthewwilson9749 Don't worry about that guy. I agree with you, it did sound great.

[@matthewwilson9749]

@@nine9whitepony526 Thank you

[@Cookies2132]

@@mesic3333with literally an amp too! 😱 your ignorance is awesome 😆

[@Kallum]

Stranglehold

[@MittensOnly]

Not to be that guy, but Gasoline is in drop B, the sixth being tuned down to B with the rest of the guitar the same

[@madhey2617]

Yep, I was bout to say that. Just wondering if he missed that or just didn't give a shit

[@briankirby989]

so for the guitar super system are you showing tab for everything you are teaching? ( unlike this video ?? )

[@guitar_kid999]

I wanna learn how to play 115 but specifically on a strat, I've been trying to play it but all the videos are out of date, there is a low chance that my comment will be seen but I hope it happens and I hope you can teach me PLEEEEEASE 🙏

[@jacobgregorowski98]

What do the white and black dots mean

[@YA.n.AMusic]

Immigrant song is not in a minor pentatonic, but in Phrygian mode

[@napesdrk1174]

Kinda proud that i didn't know the 1st tune

[@Jellyfriedfatness]

Been playing since I was 15. I’m now 32. And I’m still looking for an easy way out hahaha. It’s just a hobby but it’s as addictive as my missus like watching real housewives.... and Kardashian’s.....and murder documentary’s....yet I’m the one who needs to put my hobbies aside. Lol. We all get it dudes...

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

If I was to teach somebody guitar I’d show them Mississippi Queen. It’s super simple and sounds great, it would definitely inspire me to learn some more.

[@jeffpodrug8942]

It sure was for me! So powerful 🤘

[@TylerJohnstonGuitar]

@@jeffpodrug8942 First thing my dad taught me how to play was Black Sabbath’s Paranoid. Another good one.

[@jeffpodrug8942]

@@TylerJohnstonGuitar we were all over Sabbath. So cool to have your dad teach you how to play! My dad didn't play, but he knew I wanted it so bad, that he took me to buy my first guitar. I was so stubborn, I worked with him. We had a water well drilling business. I wanted to pay for it with my own money. He knew me so well. He wanted to pay for it, but he knew how badly I was drawn to this, and I believe he just wanted to support me. Our personalities were the same. God rest his soul. My mom was played Sax when she was younger, and had stacks of wax. The old big bands, Glen Miller etc. I luckily had 3 older sisters who were hippies, so I had access to all the everything 60's. I borrowed my oldest sisters portable record player, and holed up in my bedroom for 6 months. It know it had to sound terrible, but I was on my way. My mom never said a negative word about my hacking. She gave me the most important thing anyone could give a kid who was starting their journey with a musical instrument. Encouragement. One negative word from her, and I might've quit. Years later, my other two sisters took my parents out for drinks and dinner. What they really did was bring my parents to a nightly gig I was doing in San Diego, I was playing guitar and some percussion at this bar right on Pacific Pier. We were between sets and just about to come back on stage, and my sisters got a table and they excused themselves. They told my parents they had to go to the restroom and came over to this little cubby where we ran the sound board, and a small table. They came over just as I was getting up, drink in hand, about to follow my mates over to the stage. They came up to me, and I was happy to see them, gave them a hug and kiss and told them to hang out and get some drinks on my tab. I made my way to the stage, and something about the way they were smiling, seemed kinda weird, I quickly dismissed it by thinking that they were stoned or something. It took me halfway into the second song to realize that my mom and dad were sitting there, with my sisters watching me play. It was so cool, that I butchered the lead break smh. Nobody even noticed, but I became nervous, and I had to calm myself down. Believe it or not, I turned my back to the audience and told the percussionist that my sisters brought my parents to see me play. Now we're laughing and the drummer, and Bass player/ lead singer have no idea why, but they start laughing too smh!! That was one of the best nights of my life. My mom and dad never heard me play, with a band. They told me how proud they were of me. Up until that night, I never identified myself as a musician. I'm sorry, Tyler. I didn't mean to write a novel, but all four of the people who were at that show, to see, and hear me play, are no longer with us. I miss them dearly. I'm so glad that my parents were able to witness the end result of, what began as a bunch of noise. I still have the guitar that I bought that day. It's a Peavey T-60 lead, which is hilarious by it's own merits. I believe it's a 70s model. Serial number is 001973, and I named it Dolores, because if it wasn't for her gentle voice telling me to keep playing, I wouldn't have continued to hack away at it. BTW, Tyler. I hope and pray that your father, and everyone who helped you on your journey is somehow blessed, recognized, acknowledged, and loved. 🤘✌️❤️🎸

[@jeffpodrug8942]

​@Musiciswin-_..wow!! A new low. Trying to scam me twice in the comments on the same video! I know Tyler is a good human being, and musician. I have a friend in the Cyber Criminal Division of The FBI. He'll be in touch with you. Good luck with that.

[@XMguy]

I’m one of those weirdos who learned the major scale. Not the pentatonic. 😢

[@johnnyguitars609]

My girl was also played by springsteeeeeeeeen

[@pietroborgesparri]

All these easy riffs share the same thing: I can't play them

[@Rick_Cleland]

*_FIRST!!!_* 🥇🥇🥇 🥂🎉🎆🥂🎉🎆🥂🎉🎆

[@wojciech_migda]

Dear Mr. Tyler Larson I think you have forgotten one of the most iconic riffs of all times ;-)...and it is in maj D pentatonic (if I am not mistaken): Sunshine of Your Love by Cream.....

[@djnaaj8967]

Can you pls make a new guitar collection video? I think you have 2X guitars than last time.😉

[@codyunderhill6482]

Miss you by The Rolling Stones is all minor pentatonic!

[@Squeekyflamingo89]

Wait your last name is Larson and not Music is Win!?

[@dlpasco]

The riffs were good, but I’m not gonna lie, I was here to get a better look at the finish on your 335 ❤

[@jettlethedragonpeeltheoran8915]

The guitar tone on your last one makes me feel like I have cotton wool stuffed in my ears. Muffled city.

[@josephgarcia9905]

I don't have enough guitars to play all of these riffs....

[@elijahwilkins2151]

What happened to the bigsby on the 335? 😭😭😭

[@dentalbrace]

I'm pretty sure "Gasoline" is actually in dropped-B.

[@xxlchamp1220]

Was so sure that Johnny be Good will be part of the List, But it Wasnt haha

[@Moby604]

Finish it, dont be a member of the intro boys🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Earl00001]

Does anybody know what that blue strat is? Its got the big headstock. I don't know if its custom shop or a player series strat or something else.

[@Hi_Im_Dave]

Damn it, I'm 7 guitars short! Joking aside, thanks Tyler! I've recently signed up to Guitar Super System and it's been superb so far!

[@erickrohn2970]

Looks like I'll have to buy some more guitars to be able to play these riffs.

[@Sombxrr.]

You should do gear reviews

[@Rick_Cleland]

🥉🥉🥉

[@Vlad-xo3ic]

Wait, isn’t gasoline in B standard / drop B?

[@RayJay3577]

That was a Cool video now you gotta follow up with "These 9 HARD yet ICONIC Guitar riffs all share one thing"

[@Jopeymessmusic]

Need to drop a couple of more tones to get to the actual notes of "Gasoline" although I suppose drop D does a solid in terms of getting the feel. As with most drop tuning riffs tbh. Or throw a morpheus droptune in the signal chain and never worry about string tension again! Lol.

[@PeterAnthonyG]

It’s actually a drop B

[@BigJasquach]

Cool video but not even close to Albert King’s Born Under A Bad Sign though! C# Minor and doesn’t follow the 1/4/5 pattern.

[@danieljennings6144]

It's play that funky music right boy. Not white boy 😅

[@skyportalmusic7178]

Jesus Loves You

[@usernick8928]

Riffs you can learn almost instantly. Let's face it, you could fill the entire thing with Tom Morello riffs.

[@BrianAz]

Excellent! You always make it look so easy like I should just pick up my guitar as a total beginner and make some music! Of course, I am horrible and make it sound like crap and have no idea how to make my amp/guitar sound right. But, it does not matter, its all about the journey! Thanks as always!

[@jameslangridge1674]

Easy one to get right. All the gain all the time!! Ha ha ha ha, just kidding. But seriously, I was told by a great musician to do the following to get the very best out of your amp, no matter what it is: Turn all knobs/dials to 10 or max and then do the same on your guitar, strum a chord or even just hit a string, and then slowly turn them down until you start finding that magic zone. Then either go analog and take a marker or something to make a mark on the amp where those settings are, or take a phot with your phone of all the settings, amp and guitar. Now you have the start of a great tone for your set-up. Do this with any pedals you have too. If it doesn't sound good with pedals, re-arrange the order they are in and try again. Rinse and repeat until you have "your" sound. Happy playing and experimenting. Oh, and if you are like me, you will do this with every guitar and amp and pedal you own, and notice how different they all sound. Loads of fun.

[@iccey_fn1032]

Fun fact Tom morello actually plays it in standard but the low e is a b

[@paveltc]

First riff I ever learned was Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple. But I guess that's more blues scale then pentatonic.

[@denniskielton2447]

Are you seriously playing the funky white boy riff on a Cory Wong? Because if so that’s just sooooo perfect

[@Roberto-nn6kb]

1:13 who else was expecting "DOVAKHIN" when the riff ended?

[@GearGasms]

I like how you have Stairway on your wall 🤓

[@Rtgmusic18]

Pls check out Philip Sayce

[@wyattmarsh7571]

we need a updated guitar collection video and a studio tour video!!

[@Markothunder]

I love My Girl and War Pigs

[@aidenaviation]

Idk why but I’m currently addicted to playing the no surpises riff

[@MrNehva]

Me who just managed to learn 3 chords: yes, simple 😂

[@markpeavy4005]

Ok...I guess this wasn't click bait...this time! (Kidding love your videos)

[@nickboon1235]

Am I the only one who doesn’t like the pentatonic?😳

[@nacholening8424]

1st

[@indonova2763]

7:47 had me laughing for a good 5 minutes

[@DanPerezSax]

For the record, the Weeknd song is also just the minor pentatonic scale lol

[@davidmeeks68]

Tyler, how about Stevie Nicks, Edge of Seventeen?

[@timothymaine4084]

You forgot mannish boy by muddy waters!!!

[@markpeavy4005]

This better not be click bait!!! Just say'in!

[@gitaaa7740]

You sure about the Immigrant song riff? I don’t hear the open E before the F#. Lots of guys on youtube teach a F# octave riff. Maybe Jimmy Page doesn’t it live. Hard to tell? Can you do a deep dive? You might be on to something.

[@strangeliveraredie]

Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign is incorrect. It's actually even simpler to play the album version. Would have been a better example?

[@kenrhodes01]

"TNT" by AC/DC? Iconic, simple, pentatonic (3rd pattern minor).

[@gawainemellors]

I'm not very good at guitar, but surely pentatonic is a mode, not a scale, I might be wrong......

[@rustyknox]

Can you do a video sometime on your music room. Set up, guitar racks and storage etc. Thanks. Love your stuff

[@MichaelMadcock]

This reminds me of the time I learned Dave Mustaine's spider chord instantly...

[@MartinGow-wv6ch]

Watching.u.is.like.look.at.all.my.fancy guitars

[@bryanstaddon5998]

Could you speak faster when you’re doing your advertising?

[@mikerigney7517]

Can u please do a November rain solo cover

[@Gkitchens1]

I can’t comprehend the level of absurdity it takes to split the video up per ref to make finding them faster, and then title each one fucking riff. That’s like pretending the hansens were a good band.

[@beachthor1]

Back on New Year’s Eve 2002 my guitarist buddy and me (drums) played a house party in Anchorage Alaska where two opposing school hockey teams broke out into an all out team vs team brawl right there in the living room. We played (in my opinion) the very best cover of immigrant song as we watched people beat the absolute shit out of each other. Best part was it all happened as the clock struck midnight.

[@juha2031]

The immigrant song was nowhere near the pentatonic scale you played there before the intro?

[@dallassurfersclub8872]

Okay cool. What is the strumming style called that you are using on the Ed Shereen style?

[@TheRealSandleford]

Born unda a bad sign scales mu fave cause ya gots the the blues notes in three cool spots on that one..... Dont forget Koko and Buddy! Damn bitch bad

[@iamdedman14]

In the first riff all you showed was the minor penatonic scale, when you played different notes inside it and didn't explain what you did at all. You have me very confused and should ahve explained better because I as a half year beginner can't understand what you were doing.

[@keithgardner8000]

You talk too much and waddle too much…and change guitars too much. Other than that it’s ok.

[@Biswadip_roy]

bro showed his guitar collection in the name of lessons

[@milesteg8183]

Oh my god! A new Music is Win video delivered to me in a timely manner?! What have I done to deserve this?

[@taxationistheft2.0]

I don't have 9 guitars

[@matheusandrade2077]

Hey man! Awesome riffs, but Audioslave Gasoline, is tuned B, not D.

[@SamBrockmann]

Isn't *Gasoline* in a really odd tuning. It's E standard, except the Low E is dropped down to B.

[@nachocheesegaming1463]

One riff i think is easy ish is last resort by papa roach, its after the iconic lines of "split my life into peices this is my last resort..... sufocation, no breathing" if anything its just quick

[@davids2629]

I’m guessing he didn’t like the bigsby lol.

[@samright4661]

That Explorer is sick! Awesome Guitar

[@Ravenstorm163]

Well I would say standing in the sun by Slash ft Myles Kennedy and the conspirators is one such riff

[@jasonmccoy7192]

No practice theory instead...... lmfao jk

[@joshuataft5541]

I thought you gave uo on KZbin. The unnsubed me.. I wana jst be a blues guy ir how about have fun ..pnatonic is the best scale ...no mater ehatnhaters say. The ears dnt lie and there are less than 29 notes innany scale