10 AWESOME riffs that taught me guitar (easy to hard)

[@CardzRC]

"Music is not a competition." Wise words from a wise man!

[@mk.5706]

Rap music is. At least when it comes to the battle.

[@Alang_492]

Kirk hammer learned by competition with his buddies

[@vlogress11c81]

I like the idea that it is. If it wasn't people wouldn't constantly try and push new high quality content. Nothing would ever have evolved.

[@matthewcitty2292]

Music is like fireworks, it's not a competition until someone else comes in with a bigger boom

[@spacegrass6632]

@@vlogress11c81 It's a competition in a certain sense, you need to be better than the other band to get better gigs- but in terms of songwriting and playing music for the sake of it? absolutely not, I like alot of music that most people would call shitty and poor quality

[@4strokeperro949]

My guitar journey: 1) Smoke on the water 2) Stairway to heaven 3) Sweet Child o'mine Then I got kicked out of the guitar store

[@schiggy182]

4 Stroke Perro the forbidden riffs

[@mr.commander7298]

Oilers

[@NaBiN67]

Haha

[@foreverbooked2964]

Well that escalated quickly.

[@lakshyarajput2854]

According to u u played those songs Cuz if they heard those tunes they'd be making videos

[@GrahamDavenport]

00:21 1. When I Come Around 00:58 2. Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 02:23 3. Whats My Age Again? 03:25 4. Fade To Black 04:31 5. Last Resort 05:27 6. Transylvania 06:13 7. Arriving Somewhere But Not Here 07:16 8. The Test That Stumped Them All 08:37 9. Who Did You Think I Was 09:46 10. Little Wing

[@selpak3138]

Thank you

[@Themanintheredcoat]

Thank you

[@simonberman7579]

👍

[@idontfallaway]

Legend

[@thomasoshaughnessy8070]

Wow 7 years and im only at 4.

[@Kronse2601]

My hardest song to learn was: F chord

[@kylemundy8871]

RIP pinky finger

[@BibleStorm]

@@kylemundy8871 It just sits there hanging out with ring finger. It's RIP wrist and tendons if you don't have the right technique.

[@levibeam100]

Kyle Mundy if you bar the two high strings with your pointer finger you don’t have to use your pinkie at all

[@TheJanvicgwaps]

Fuck that Chord srsly

[@campbellgoforth7674]

Mood

[@francobaby1005]

You're pretty good on that giant ukulele

[@jonathanmcdermott6217]

Lol 😂😂

[@michaelionkin7465]

its called bass

[@ideasonek3374]

Michael Ionkin it's called grand piano

[@iceman_3825]

It's a baritone ukulele lol

[@ryanmcdermott3604]

Jonathan McDermott Nice last name

[@Corn3liu]

My milestones: 1. Smoke on the water 2. Cowboy chords 3. Fade to black and intro to Nothing else matters 4. Seek and destroy 5. Death - pull the plug (a lot of work) and Crystal Mountain (double work!) 6. First solos: nothing else matters, black magic woman, stairway to heaven 7. Learning theory and fretting notes 8. Under the bridge and frusciante-style strumming Thank you for such an inspiring and insightful journey!

[@thevastexpanse2873]

MY RIFF JOURNEY - smoke on the water on one string - smoke on the water on 2 strings - smoke on the water on an electric guitar - smoke on the water with a drum backing track. - smoke on the water with my band. - smoke on the water with my band infront of my crush. - smoke on the water infront of my crush and her parents . - smoke on the water , playing in a wedding band at my crush's wedding. - smoke on the water while really really drunk after my crush's wedding. - smoke on the water while smoking my last ciggerate and drowning in a lake. R.I.P me

[@shrekthesoviet3187]

The Vast Expanse are you ok

[@thevastexpanse2873]

@@shrekthesoviet3187 i am cool mate, thanks. I am playing Highway to hell now.

[@luettexiv]

@@thevastexpanse2873 oh god he's evolved

[@zachdaguitarguy4789]

sorry for your loss...😔

[@bernhardsonn8996]

:(

[@JsJustace]

Davie: SLAP Paul: gently press

[@georgedelgado4573]

paul's guitar: gently weeps

[@alex4pov]

OH! EM! GEE!

[@OudSlayer]

SLAY

[@georgea.5729]

Now lets remember which instrument is Davie playing and which instrument is Paul playing

[@krystofsofilkanic8158]

Checkmate bassist

[@TheSuperwireman]

I love how Paul is a bona fide guitar god and yet he has no pride issues in recalling how hard it once was just to play power chords

[@jamoatkins5129]

1- smoke on the water 2- do i wanna know 3- more than words 4- smells like teen spirit 5- a certain romance

[@malcolmforsythe4329]

I love a certain romance

[@g2tennis]

What Ever People Say I am that's what I'm not has some very fun guitar lines to play

[@malcolmforsythe4329]

@@g2tennis Ya, my favorite to play is probably I bet you look good on the dancefloor, but I haven't tried playing all of them

[@g2tennis]

@@malcolmforsythe4329 all are fun to play

[@sergiosantos9355]

A Certain Romance is incredible to play both on bass and guitar. I like to loop the bass line on my looper guitar and then do the main guitar riff. So much fun!

[@loudenvier]

I'm 44 years old and I'm trying to learn the guitar so that my autistic, 5 years old toddler can enjoy along with me (he loves music). Today I was trying to play the Fade to Black Intro and I felt just the same the first time it started sounding a little like the record itself :-) This video left me with a smile all the way through it and beyond! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@blainetrain2299]

Fade to black was one of my very first songs I learned. It was magical to me when it sounded correct. I played it for hours and hours every day for weeks on end. I lost a lot of loved ones that week i think lol. But it is what made that guitar my best friend in the whole world for 20 years now Happy for you.

[@iansath2913]

good luck sir! just started two days ago

[@clenjones5748]

loudenvier are you more likely to have a child with autism if you’re an older man? Older woman? Thanks.

[@loudenvier]

@@clenjones5748 the odds are bigger relatively, but still very small. It depends on the age of the mother tio (either older or much Younger increases the odds). The exact age when the odds increases is not known precisely. It's known that this is not a factor that contributes tô the increase of autism cases occuring recently. These studies also fail to provide statistics on the severity of the child's autism (my son autism is very mild and he is already able to socialize albeit with some difficult). But, No matter your age the odds are still very low.

[@clenjones5748]

loudenvier ok cool have many beautiful white children

[@MidianVGC]

Started learning by myself during quarantine. I’m 29 and I’ve wanted to play all my life and only now on christmas 2019 my gf bought me one for our 8th anniversary like « ok enough talking about it. Here’s a guitar. » Currently I’m practicing : - Pieces (Sum41) - Je t’aimais, je t’aime, et je t’aimerai (Francis Cabrel) - Father and son (Cat Stevens) - Wonderwall (Oasis) - Heart of Gold (Neil Young) - Let it be (Beatles) - Someone you loved (Lewis Capaldi) - Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole) -Hurt (Johnny Cash) And I SUCK at all of them. Like, really really suck. Chords transitions are painfully slow and I sound like a turd but I swear to god I’ve never felt so complete in my life.

[@Jasper-eu4ne]

Are you still playing? And if so, what do you play now?

[@MidianVGC]

@@Jasper-eu4ne Still playing. Trying to nail bar chords now like Cm and F. B is out of my reach for the time being. Too difficult. So I try to play songs like Torn (Natalie Imburglia), Nour El Ain (Amr Diab), Snuff (Slipknot), Canon in D (Pachelbel), California Dreamin (Mamas and the Papas), House of the rising Sun (The Animals) etc.

[@ILOVEDRAGO]

@@MidianVGC don`t learn too many songs at once, bruh! concentrate on 1 to 3.

[@JackLeeTheFirst]

Don’t forget theory! So important

[@sundaywalker3290]

I'm seeing your comment now, a year later.... Covid is still raging here... how did your guitar journey go?

[@ketash]

my guitar journey: 1. wonderwall 2. i changed my intsrument to the ukulele

[@Hougified]

big facts

[@firstname_lastname3507]

Every teenage white girl ever

[@prakharthapliyal4658]

@@edcrow9190 then he played somewhere over the rainbow. and that was it. The End

[@NateHolms]

Ya boi started off with the uke

[@fizzlyn3x150]

I started 8 years ago with piano, moved on to ukulele 2 years ago then took on guitar (bought a squire) two months ago mainly to take my mind off getting gcse results, now I’ve really taken to it I’ve gone and bought a beautiful Les Paul

[@charlesoxley7242]

Songs that defined my playing that I attempted to tackle when starting out include: 1. Pearl Jam - Jeremy 2. Rush - Dreamline 3. Rush - Limelight 4. Rush - The Spirit of Radio 5. Soundgarden - Spoonman 6. Metallica - the Unforgiven 7. Judas Priest - Breaking the Law 8. Joe Satriani - the Crush of Love 9. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 10. Alice in Chains - Them Bones

[@andrewriordan]

In some sort of order: - Day Tripper - Back In Black - Stairway To Heaven - Hey Joe - Hide Away (by Stevie) - Future People (by Alabama Shakes) - Crazy Train - Mary Had A Little Lamb (also by Stevie) - Little Wing - the intro to Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)

[@lynninzerella3233]

Aight we got one in common. solid list

[@Private.Portal]

day tripper is on my list 💪💪💪

[@laloquaint]

My musical journey through songs I felt accomplished after learning in order: 1: White Stripes - Seven Nation Army 2: Pixies - Where is my Mind? 3: Weezer - Say Ain't So 4: Van Halen - Runnin' with the Devil 5: Santana - Black Magic Woman 6: Zappa - Black Napkins 7: Rush - YYZ 8: Yes - Mood for a Day 9: Soda Stereo - Nada Personal 10: Invisible - El Anillo del Capitan Beto Of this list I would highly recommend learning 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Those really stuck with me.

[@juanemilioavendano473]

Sodaa!

[@franlapietra885]

Vamos sodaa

[@davidpapovich4607]

I can play yes- mood for a day perfectly and it's so satisfying to play.

[@turnleftaticeland]

steve howe guitar parts are insanely rewarding to learn. working on starship trooper now

[@Persys]

Aguante Soda, say it aint so te hace sentir genial

[@station2station544]

Your tone in the Hendrix little wing riff is impeccable

[@GR-sg2lv]

Station 2Station I was planning to say this ! You beat me to it!

[@SwingCritic141]

It’s close

[@arbuthnotmumsboy8178]

I'd been playing "Wing" crap since playing from Axis when it came out. I was 14 and knew only a "cowboy chord" version then. I gradually evolved that into an almost recognisable version over the next 20 odd years. Then, when KZbin came along I finally learnt a more pukka rendition. STILL CAN'T GET THAT BLOODY BRILLIANT JIMI TONE THOUGH! ARGH.

[@jeresey]

Dont write off the The Legend Pilky27

[@hedekbass]

Neck pickup. Volume at 70%. Fuzz Face volume 100% fuzz 80%. The rest is in the fingers.

[@Bru946]

This man makes me motivated to play more and more. The video quality and the playing quality is out of this world.

[@TheNastyPS]

My 10 go to riffs I play everyday are: - Purple Haze - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - Snow - Under the Bridge - Voodoo Child - Little Wing - Dani California - Believe - Drive - Sultans of Swing I've been playing for only 2 years so some of them do need some more practice but those are a couple of the riffs that keep me playing.

[@Cool3reeze]

Frank Castle we are the same person except instead of purple haze I play bold as love

[@kilgoretrout321]

As long as you do them in time! Don't be like the guy at Guitar Center the other day...he played riffs from really cool songs and nailed every melodic note. Except his rhythm....he kept on starting and stopping and did it all playing really really loud Lol

[@nicholasmurner7523]

Frank Castle I’m a 2 year boy myself Frank :) dig your list

[@GabrielNardinMusic]

Definitely a "Strat Guy", huh? :)

[@NoName-jh7yj]

how the fuck is everybody playing these riffs with 2-3 years of practice???

[@daveythehand4964]

God, that little wing still gives me chills... just, fantastic, plucked from the higher plane, melodic and rhythmic ideas

[@victorsevs]

that little wing cover.. holy Hendrix, you put so much emotion in that

[@user-mx8nr3sp6n]

If I remember correctly, - Come As You Are - Lithium - Heart Shaped Box - Say It Ain't So - Nothing Else Matters - Wind Cries Mary - Under The Bridge - Tears In Heaven

[@kieranjackson9206]

Nirvana 🎸✌✌

[@Braden-xu5ef]

Weezer!

[@JordanQuinn94]

This is INCREDIBLY close to the first riffs I got, too. Great minds.

[@jjj-qj8lu]

You love nirvana dont you

[@joshualee6083]

Lmao I’m almost identical

[@caiowilli1813]

From what I recall, in chronological order: Smoke on the water - Deep Purple Come as you are - Nirvana Killing in the name - RATM Some Metallica riffs. Mostly from ride the lightning Chop suey - SOAD Rainmaker - Iron maiden 3's & 7's - QOTSA Stricken - Disturbed The sound of truth - As I lay dying The Metal - Tenacious D I wanted to play some of these for a long time, but were just too hard at the time (rainmaker for example).

[@BOB10140]

I don't know many songs, but I'm glad I took the time to learn Fade to Black. All time favourite song

[@jacekpierzynski1038]

Amazing how similar our initial music interests were. I started playing in the early 90s so mostly it was GnR and Metallica. So my list included: - house of the rising sun - sweet child of mine - patience - dont cry - you could be mine (that was a big one!) - stairway to heaven (how obvious!) - over the hills and far away - nothing else matters - one - fade to black - little wing And many many more...

[@tay5658]

Yeah I’m learning Sweet child of mine and Patience right now, switching between my electric and acoustic. The bending in the solos for Patience is really kicking my ass.

[@gwJoey1418]

oh yeaaah that first song of the list bring me back to the past ! i asked a guitar at 18 yo cause i really wanted to do at first "house of the rising sun" .. and all ACDC and hard rock stuff . still my favourite songs to play . Everybody tried smoke on the water and nirvana songs i think

[@RC32Smiths01]

It's never wrong to go back to learn or relearn past riffs or practice concepts that you need to get back into ship shape! Really incredible of ye to go back to you learning roots and explain their importance to you!

[@marcellociampiconi7770]

My riff journey: - Knockin' on heaven's door - 21 Guns - Cocaine - Back in Black - Oye como va - Misirlou - Transylvania - Comfortably Numb - Dani California - Summer Song

[@blakejones6012]

Everything about this man speaks smooth

[@christianvalerio4328]

I’ve never related more to something than when he started playing fade to black

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

Same here.

[@dilldowschwagginz2674]

"one" is also an awesome song when learning to play

[@christianvalerio4328]

Dilldow Schwagginz I learned One on my classical! It was the reason i bought my first electric guitar

[@HawksNHabsPC]

Same here. I remember nailing that main open chord progression!

[@jeremiebeaulieu8501]

it is one of the firsts riff that I learned and the feeling yo get after you just play it right for the first time is just awesome. It took me weeks to learn, but it was worth it.

[@tombrackettjr.9308]

Paul you are absolutely my favorite guitar teacher on the internet.

[@matsuretro]

Some of the more key things I've learned over the years (mostly when starting): Metallica - Nothing Else Matters Green Day - Espionage Weezer - Hash Pipe Rush - Fly By Night Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven System of a Down - [almost the entire Toxicity album] Weezer - Dope Nose Eagles - Hotel California (Hell Freezes Over) Clutch - Electric Worry Dream Theater - Wither I recently picked guitar back up and am gonna hit these back up a bunch, alongside things like Rush's YYZ and some other stuff to actually get my lead chops going. May even pick up some of the ones mentioned in this video as I see a few skills in some of these that I could *definitely* use the practice on.

[@absoledge]

Haven't heard of a few of these tunes will defo check them out as the ones I do know from the list I really like, cheers!

[@cianmcguigan7654]

This could be a pretty epic list for a dj

[@SuperCullen69]

Fly by night was so huge for me too

Loved the storytelling that came with each riff. It felt like talking to a friend over a cup of coffee. Well done!

[@theoddmeter_]

Damn ...I thought it was jus me who felt that🤭☺️

[@warren4110]

Jorge Alexandre, thanks; I couldn't put my finger on it but, that's the exact feeling! 🍰☕️🎸

[@Max-bf9lm]

1) Twist and Shout 2) About a Girl 3) Black Dog 4) The Entertainer (first and last classical song I've learnt) 5) Nutshell 6) Wish You Were Here 7) Where is my Mind 8) Californication Then dawned the Hendrix era... Hey Joe, Castles & Vodoo Child And now I'm onto SRV - Lenny. Blaady hell it's gorgeous

[@Oatmeal_Mann]

It's interesting to see where you come from musically. I would have never had you as a punk fan; I didn't expect to hear you play heavy metal either. My musically journey interestingly enough started with Black Sabbath and Metallica, but I don't know if you would expect that of a guy who plays classical,flamenco and folk music most of the time.

[@B_Rowen]

I think its great to have a wide variety. Ive learned so much for country guitar by practicing funk and soul techniques.

[@ryankelsey9646]

I get that a lot. I play Clapton and John Mayer, but when I tell people I wouldn't be half as good as I am if it wasn't for Green Day and Blink-182, I get the weirdest looks! lol!

[@bernardo569]

i think its quite expecting..

[@realtimerage6779]

I am a little surprised he didn't have any black Sabbath riffs on there like I would but then again I am 56 and Paul is much younger.

[@yarpenzigrin3684]

Oh yeah, I watch Paul for not that long (some months maybe) but I was surprised and delighted too ;) Respect!

[@bradfuerst]

Some of my favorite riffs to play: Iron Man - Black Sabbath, the whole damn song is full of great riffs Sweater Song - Weezer, intro/main riff A Cloak of Elvenkind - Marcy Playground, intro/main riff Fade to Black - Metallica , James' late bridge/outtro riff (no one but me can save myself...) War Pigs - Black Sabbath, again, full of awesome riffs Be All, End All - Anthrax, Scott's intro/main riff Imperial March - John Williams (Star Wars) , sounds awesome with lots of fuzz Seven Nation Army - White Stripes, might be cheesey/cliche', but it's a great riff Aerials - SOAD, chorus riff (aerials...in the sky...) Whole Lotta Love - Zeppelin, I mean, duh

[@cagethefoxtrick3852]

My riff journey: 01 - Neon No, wait..

[@RobinBatmanand]

Literally me

[@tyblu7667]

haha fkkkkk that ish

[@drsavage3262]

You're literally playing every song I learned when I started playing guitar myself lol. What a throw back. You're awesome man.

[@kovalsky360]

For me: 1. Don't Cry - I once heard a friend at hight school playing the intro and I decided to learn guitar in this exact moment 2. More Than A Feeling 3. In A Little While (U2) 4. Smoke on the Water 5. Any acoustic intro that I heard 6. Any melodic riff like Affraid to shoot Strangers I wish I played more!

[@miloskostic7318]

Last one is pure iron maiden perfection!!!

[@thecampeans1364]

Began the guitar journey on a bass and I’m still at home when I pick up a bass. Guitar is still a mysterious temperamental lady to me. It’s nice when l I get to discover new tricks and tips from teachers such as yourself.

[@guitarf666]

Well, I suppose my journey is something like this (playing for 15 ish years now?) 1. The Beatles - Black Bird. One of the first songs I learned from my dad. No clue what I was doing yet. 2. Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff Those damned barre chords!! 3. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile. This is where I started focusing on soloing a bit more. Also big abuse of the Wah. 4. Muse - ALL THE SONGS. Playing along to Muse taught me more chord shapes, to understand harmony a bit, led me to improve technique (bit of tapping etc), and familiarized me with drop tunings. This was the period where I felt I could play any (mainstream) song if I wanted to. BOI was I wrong. 5. Gary Moore - Still got the blues. If ever I want to pour my heart into a solo, this is what I'd put on. Perfect for teenage angst. 6. Biffy Clyro - Some Kind of Wizard. More drop tunings. More complex time signatures. Embraced the raw sound of overdriven single coils. Still play the Biff a lot. 7. Slipknot - Psychosocial. Brief metal phase. Goddamnit I still want to nail that $&%@ solo. Got more control over my pinky though, and improved knowledge on different scales/modes and practiced pinch harmonics a lot. 8. Michael Jackson - Beat It. Legendary solo. Had to learn it for a gig. Spent SO much time on it, only to learn I had to transpose it to B because the singer couldn't reach Jackons's vocals. Good thing I had just bought a 7-string guitar... 9. John Mayer - Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. Back to blues baby. More focus on perfecting my tone and technique. Blues is life. 10. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing. One of those songs/intros I ALWAYS wanted to learn. I can die happy now.

[@kellenb1840]

There have been a few songs that I wanted to learn, and when I did it made me feel incredible: Deadbolt - Thrice Travesty - Haste the Day Domino the Destitute - Coheed and Cambria Seeing your progression makes me feel so much better about myself. Onward.

[@danbutler7840]

Paul brings so much joy in what it is to play guitar with his videos. I always have a smile on my face as I watch, and I am really grateful for these. Thanks, Paul!

[@flatbill2]

Some riffs that define how I play now: 1. Sweet home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd (I had little theoretical understanding but I made it work) 2. Love song for a savior, Jars of Clay (open chords and Harmonics) 3. Jesus Freak, DC Talk (yes I was a Church kid, power cords). 4. Johnny b Good, Chuck Berry (double stops and unison bends) 5. Call of Cthulhu / Sanitarium, Metallica (chord inversions). 6. Transposing songs at church (solidified understanding of inversions and chords up and down the neck) 7. My victory, Dave Crowder (tasteful, melodic, passionate lead lines)

[@harryelliott4363]

My guitar learning journey so far has gone like this: 1. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 2. whole Lotta Love - Led Zep 3. Purple Haze - J. Hendrix 4. Crossroads - Cream 5. Good Times - Chic 6. Lenny - SRV 7. Little Wing - J. Hendrix 8. How Blue Can you Get (live at the regal) - B.B. King 9. It Runs through me - Tom Misch 10. Misdirected Blues (Solo) - Robben Ford

[@sharko3211]

Harry Elliott fun fact, no one ever taught me Smoke on the water, I learned 7 nation army first, I ended up figuring it out on my own later

[@harryelliott4363]

Shark 321109 to be honest I might have learned seven nation army first as well, I can’t really remember

[@crutz3064]

I started off with a lot of Fingerpicking, went over to Hendrix Style/Frusciante Style, then wanted to start learning solos and theory for improvisation, and well, thats where i am now :)

[@sammills9277]

For me: 1: The Cure- Boys Don’t Cry 2: The Courteeners- Not Nineteen Forever 3: Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know 4: Blue Öyster Cult- Don’t Fear The Reaper 5: Metallica- Enter Sandman 6: Avenged Sevenfold- Nightmare 7: Bullet For My Valentine- Hearts Burst Into Fire 8: The Smiths- This Charming Man 9: Fantastic Negrito- Plastic Hamburgers 10: Cream- Crossroads

[@nebula9339]

crossroads is a banger

[@FutureJacket]

Rocksmith?

[@ZiaTheGeek]

Papa Roach is from my hometown. When Last Resort came out, everyone was learning to play it. Such a great guitar riff!

[@barrymorgan8164]

I am still very much at the start of my guitar journey due to infrequent practice. I have finally started committing to seeing it through and will keep up the practice regularly from now on. 1. I won’t back down 2. Free Bird (intro) great for learning chords and helping left/right hand technique 3. Hurt 4. Back in Black 5. Paranoid

[@overlook237]

Both versions of Hurt are epic and it's nice to play.

[@animalsoverpeople_]

No real order: -What’s My Age Again -Say It Ain’t So -Santeria -One -I Could Have Lied -Runnin With The Devil -Master Of Puppets -Smells Like Teen Spirit -Voodoo Child -Sunshine Of Your Love

[@Alex-eo9of]

My 10 riff journey was probably like: Linkin Park - Crawling (first I ever learned) Chevelle - The Red Papa Roach - Last Resort Johnny Cash - Hurt Guns’N’Roses - Paradise City Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven Metallic - The Unforgiven Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge Led Zeppelin - Ramble On Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

[@sebastianwhite584]

This is literally the most relatable video I ever watched 1. My guitar teacher recommended as my first song when I come around By Green Day which I learned on guitar and later bass 2. Blink was my favorite band while learning guitar and played tons of their songs 3. That fade to black riff was taught to me by my dad because I loved the song so much and he learned to play when he was younger 4. I can remember playing last resort in my room after hearing it for the first time bc that guitar was so iconic and cool in that song. I Can’t believe how much my guitar journey mirrored his. As I was watching my jaw dropped as soon as he said almost my exact journey song by song

[@archibaldhamm]

1)Highway to hell (AC/DC) 2)Satisfaction (The Rollings Stones) 3)Some songs that we wrote with my band (also more then like on place 5 and 8) 4)Twist and Shout (The Beatles) 5)Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd) 6)Rockstar (Nickelback) 7)Smells Like Teens Spirits (Nirvana) 8)Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) 9)Wish you were here 10)All along thé watch tower (Jimy Hendrix)

[@mn-mq6ml]

I'm learning another brick in the wall atm, a lot of fun to play :)

[@lollol9620]

Being an apprentice fingerpicker my list goes: 1. Smoke on the water 2. Beat it 3. Thinking out loud 4. Fade to black 5. Landslide 6. Stop this train 7. Who says 8. Big love live at The Dance (still learning though)

[@shamicentertainment1262]

How'd u go with big love? I wanna play it one day but man looks incredibly difficult. The live version that is

[@charlieroberts5961]

My journey: 1) G.O.A.T by Polyphia And my progress a year later: 2) G.O.A.T by Polyphia

[@prandz420]

lol good luck maybe try something a bit more for beginners like snow by rhcp

[@ryanp7782]

Thats me but with ...And Justice for All by Metallica

[@sebastianlagundzija8001]

hahah thats way too hard dude especially if you're a beginner....impossible to play

[@rurtrd6286]

First i learned basic chords, then GOAT, then The Worst riffs. Then i decided I gotta learn guitar basics.

[@thewisegoat2954]

Some good stuff if G.O.A.T. s are in it

[@madeye3514]

My guitar journey in 1 and a half months : -Smoke on the water (duh) -Personal jesus -Enter sandman (intro) -Beat it (i was only using one finger and downpicking and after correcting that i jumped a bit) -Iron man -Raining blood -Into the void -Crazy train -Enter sandman (riff) -Paranoid -tornado of souls (intro) -Ain't talking 'bout love Right now i am trying to get my pinky involved because its lazy af and trying to improve speed and accuracy ,plus learning chords ,wish me luck !

[@mr6570]

My pinky is my biggest issue also. It doesn't properly move and it almost like snaps into place rather than a nice gentle motion

[@madeye3514]

@@mr6570 update ,i i try learning riffs where you have to jump from lets say first to 4th fret in fast motion to train my pinky ,and its working!,i also tried tying my 3 other fingers and just using the pinky but its a bit tough

[@lennartbehrendt788]

Nice list! I just started playing too and will definetely try the ones I haven't yet. If you can play crazy train you should try Sweet Dreams by Marylin Manson, it has similarities and is just a little harder for your pinky.

[@itsraiid8093]

🎣🎣🎣

[@Killstapp]

You know, I bet it's not your pinky but your ring finger. Everyone I've ever talked to that plays an instrument, it's almost always the ring finger. It's just how hands are built. The ring finger is bound to the ones next to it and has less independence and range of moment.

[@kfox153]

I've liked Paul for a year or two now, but he won my heart with the Porcupine Tree riff!!!! Mad props to you, Paul. Much love brother, you just exceed my expectations over and over. Thank you!

[@danwhitehurst9592]

For me getting the Nevermind full album Tab book(pre internet era, ‘94) and learning every song and playing the whole album start to finish with my head phones plugged into my amp as to not wake my parents was a crowning achievement in my early years learning. Round 2 of that was learning from the same books the first 3 albums by Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, and Alice In Chains. Acoustic enters the scene and it was The Beatles, Zep, Dylan, Niel Young etc. But my best 2 accomplishments in hindsight was playing Thunderstruck and Little Wing, full song.

[@ethanowen159]

"No, I think you're going to nail it, man" I love this so much

[@VinslomBardy]

Great to hear the Porcupine Tree tune, “Arriving Somewhere...” on the list. The entire Deadwing album, from which this track came, is astoundingly good.

[@F1rstResponder]

highly underrated. I found PT through Xbox 360 when that featured "Shallow" and I vividly remember being like 9 years old blaring that on the TV while playing Bo1 campaign when my parents weren't home. good times!

[@turnleftaticeland]

F1rstResponder xbox is a god to me

[@tronlady1]

F1rstResponder.... I honestly never thought I would hear the day when people discover Porcupine Tree via Xbox. I’m a huge Porcupine Tree fan but cannot even remember how “shallow” goes! First album I heard was “on the Sunday of life”! I haven’t dared myself to even listen to personal shopper yet!

[@joaquinpinochet3719]

My guitar journey: - Time of your life (green day) - The man who sold the world (nirvana cover) - Hysteria (muse) - The view from the afternoon (arctic monkeys) - Sinfonia de cuna (chancho en piedra) - Purple haze (jimmy hendrix) - I appear missing (qotsa) - The wolf is loose (Mastodon) - Manhattan (eric johnson) - Luminol (steven wilson)

[@zephmad8498]

Joaquín Pinochet it’s Jimi Hendrix

[@harryhumphreys8537]

1. Metallica - nothing else matters 2. Green day - basket case 3. Queens of the Stone Age - little sister 4. Red hot chilli peppers - the longest wave 5. Jimi Hendrix - little wing

[@flyinghorseknuckles]

Songs that taught me how to play guitar (mostly finger style): 1) House of the Rising Sun 2) Stairway to Heaven 3) Blackbird 4) More Than a Feeling and any song by James Taylor, Cat Stevens, CSN(and sometimes Y), Jim Croce, Joni Mitchell, etc. Born 1960 - Learned on a Kmart acoustic with quarter inch action

[@CanavanOfficial]

Alright Paul, since you asked nicely! My top songs along my music journey were Radiohead - Karma Police The Beatles - Blackbird Led Zepellin - Babe Im gonna leave you Radiohead - Paranoid Android Tracy Chapman Fast Car Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Fleetwood Mac - Big Love Kasabian - Underdog Fleetwood Mac - Never Going Back Again These were the songs what gave me the desire to learn the fantastic, the marvelous six string machine, and I havent looked back!

[@caiorezei]

I never expected him to be a punk rocker starter just like myself. Listening to all these "starter-punk" songs was so surprising but really awesome.

[@fordrac1ng81]

It's sad, after 25 years I've forgotten more songs than I remember. I'll hear a song I haven't heard in a decade or two and then I'll start trying to remember it again. A lot of it comes back within the first 1-2 times I play the song which is wild.

[@JohnDoe-ij7et]

this is exactly what happened to me. it does my head in in my teens n early twenties I was like a jukebox for all my favourite bands, I had no appreciation for it, then I just forgot about guitar for work, n somehow ended up not even owning one, n now I just hear songs n think, fuck I gotta play that again, sometimes I’m no chance, other times I don’t even know what my fingers r doing n I somehow remember it.

[@bleeding_rose1990]

Yes it's weird, but it usually comes back quick when you check some tabs if you've already learned it. I dropped the guitar for almost ten years and within about a year of playing it has all come back. I can even figure songs out by ear I learned when I was in high school, the other day just Jammin alone I played a bunch of riffs from voodoo Chile Sligh return, how many more times Les zeppelin it all came back flooding in, it was so strange

[@roeulogy]

I had something similar. Played a lot, set it down in for 15ish years, got MS. Was at a friends house, hadn't even held a guitar in years, or bass (I started on bass) and he convinced me to strap up and just jam and have fun. It blew my mind how much came back, and how fast it came back, it just felt like home so to speak. Roll forward 2 years and I have 4 guitars here and make a point of playing for a minimum of an hour a day, but it almost always rolls over to two or three.

[@donovanrobinson5811]

Going from power chords to fast paced string skipping is what you would consider a very big step👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jaydenjhammer]

I didn't expect arriving somewhere but not here!! So underrated

[@karterwalker5433]

Some riff that defined my playing 1. You’ll never get to me 2. Immigrant song 3. Under the bridge 4. Battery 5. Wind of change 6. You’ve got another thing comin 7. G.O.A.T.

[@noahcosijns7318]

to have actually palyed a lot of these, and just today having learnt the first bars of Little Wing, feels amazing when someone like this lists them as his journey to learn guitar. I've put in hundredds upon hundreds upon hundreds of hours playing a load of different styles, starting with classical guitar, going through rock, punk, metal, funk, soul and jazz and ending at Polyphia with Jimi Hendrix on the side because I don't have time to learn another Polyphia level song for my guitar exam. I may have taken longer to get here than some, or be far below some people's levels, but I can honestly say I've never been prouder about my guitar skills.

[@nachopagani]

Pushed “Like” before the video starts. Then you started playing “When I Come Around” and had no choice but taking out that like and putting it again.

[@hamimabd]

Yeah. Kinda wish we can add multiple like 😅

[@jamespanter1686]

Love the journey man. Here is my ten I guess 1 started with the intro to One by Metallica 2 open chords with House of the Rising Sun this song becomes important later as I begin singing with the guitar and that changes my journey 3 iron man. Learned this whole song heck Learned a lot of Black Sabbath 4 Stairway to Heaven. Had to learn this so I could get kicked out of music stores 5 Foreclosure of a Dream megadeth loved the open string drone in this song let me learn the value of fretboard knowledge 6 Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac this was the first song I ventured into signing with the guitar which changed my journey for the better. I was never going to be a technical wizard on the guitar and this song allowed my to attack learning guitar as a compliment to learning a song 7 wish you were here by Pink Floyd first foray in pink land and found that rhythm playing has as much to do with what you don’t play 8. A Room with a View by Death Angel just loved that song on a personal level and can now sing and play it. 9. Put your lights on by Santana because it’s Santana 10. Ghost riders in the sky traditional my first foray into country and expansion of my playing My playing became more influenced when I decided to sing with the guitar playing. I started out in rock and metal and moved along to country music. Lately I have been yearning to try either a mandolin or a banjo. Deeper into bluegrass I go

[@joem4106]

No stairway!? Denied!

[@jimduffy9773]

@@joem4106 #4

[@jimduffy9773]

I love adding Mandolin into songs. My best effort is You can't always get what you want. 3-4 parts covered by Mandolin.

[@joem4106]

@@jimduffy9773 Thanks dude! But I know! Have you seen Wayne's World? There's a scene in a guitar shop kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHWUfKSYecmgq6c Wait, was that not a Wayne's World reference @James Panter ?

[@jamespanter1686]

Yes sir indeed. I will not repeat will not cover dreamwraver tho

[@rohitchaoji]

I started at 21 and didn't bother seriously starting to learn it until the age of 24, but I'm happy to see I wasn't the only one who just wanted to start out with power chords because I liked heavy riffs. Now I'm trying to play all sorts of stuff. Still getting there, but I'm going to keep at it.

[@luisbertao7541]

Here is my list (I changed my style a lot over the years): 1. Knockin on Heavens Door - GNR 2. Sweet Child of Mine - GNR 3. Highway to hell - AC/DC 4. Jhonny be Goode - Chuck Berry 5. Pride and Joy - Steve Ray Vaughan 6. One Step Closer - Linkin Park 7. Given Up - Linkin Park 8. Enter Sandman - Metallica 9. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 10. The Unforgiven - Metallica 11. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath 12. The Trooper - Iron Maiden 13. Nightmare - A7X (my current favorite band) 14. Hail to The King - A7X 15. Buried Alive - A7X

[@TheRobertSlocum]

Bro that's the same with me. I first started with Guns N' Roses and a lot of Metallica, and now I currently play a lot of A7X. Crazy man! XD

[@kriskringus2191]

GuitarStronauta Yeah I went from Led Zeppelin to Metallica to RHCP, and now I play a lot of country music

[@Ocarino_]

10 riffs that taught me guitar (easy to hard "for me"): 1. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 2. Working Class Hero - John Lennon 3. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica 4. Hey Joe - J. Hendrix 5. Know Your Enemy - RATM 6. Figure It Out - Royal Blood 7. Purple Haze - J. Hendrix 8. Cigaro - SOAD 9. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep 10. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (for solo) .. and yes, no RHCP :) Cheers Paul

[@ajmalbinnizam]

RHCP taught me funk and great muting techniques...

[@nicholasmurner7523]

Aurel H I dig the Royal Blood! Bass rocks too 😎😎😎

[@guerrerozxd3475]

How can u play smoke on the water?

[@19dines77]

Go play Stairway to heaven on a Guitar store :)

[@Allenbass7]

Fully expected to just see 1. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 2. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 3. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 4. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 5. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 6. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 7. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 8. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 9. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple 10. Smoke on the water - Deep Purple

[@liam2x4]

1-Crazy Train 2-Wish you were here 3-Stairway 4-Fast Car 5-Blackbird 6-Big love (still trying to nail that one, thanks for the helpful vid Paul!)

[@juanfer.wav99]

My riff journey: Jesus of Suburbia (punkrock era) (with a cheap acoustic) Stairway To Heaven (being that one beginner kid at stores) Master of Puppets (metalhead phase) Unholy Confessions (metalcore stage starts) Tears Don't Fall (metalcore stage ends) Crazy Train (learning overplayed songs starts) Sweet Child o Mine (learning overplayed songs ends) Black Dog (blues era starts and hasn't ended) Blackbird (learning more acoustic and fingerpicking) Money for Nothing (using the right hand fingers a bit more)

[@jasonbarrie6473]

you freaking nailed Little Wing.

[@DS-zo8xs]

I already love this video because these aren't overplayed songs. But yet they are super catchy.

[@daniel.phoenix]

I would really appreciate it if you give me your opinion about the last music I made.

[@jozsefhomoki3725]

My journey: 1. House of the rising sun - Basic accords 2 Nothing else matters - FIngerpicking 3 Fade to black - in progress....

[@teun4767]

How is the progress going?

[@jozsefhomoki3725]

@@teun4767 I didn't have time to pick up the guitar lately.... No progress at all. :(

[@karthikrox6310]

@@jozsefhomoki3725 oh no, difficult job?

[@drleinad]

My guitar journey as I hardly remember: 1- Back in Black 2- Nothing Else Matters 3- One Last Breath 4- Symphony of Destruction 5- Crazy Train 6- The Number Of The Beast 7- Tornado of Souls 8- Sulfur 9- Cowboys From Hell 10- Hey Joe

[@vemorphose1167]

Who’s joe?

[@benparsons4979]

@@vemorphose1167 Joe mama

[@vemorphose1167]

Ben Parsons wanted to make a clear opportunity

[@loganb3612]

I started guitar because of AC/DC. Now I can play almost any song by them

[@will-iu2bk]

It's fun hearing paul go from a punk rock kid to a metal head to a blues player. And I'm 3 months into playing guitar and I'm going through the some phases

[@MaxPower2719]

“Early 2000s...” “Still a kid.” Making me very old there.

[@imacmadman22]

I was waiting for him to say something about a song from pre-1980, I guess I'm an old fart now.

[@bluesdealer]

I remember being in grade school at that time and you could impress girls by playing Creed riffs... it’s so bizarre looking back.

[@ElvisPriceless]

I feel the same...

[@sampat97]

Not gonna lie, the Fade to Black riff was What made me wanna learn guitar.

[@MezzUK]

1. Sunshine of your love - Cream - Primary school Spanish guitar 2. Enter Sandman - Metallica 3. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (played along with S&M album for hours :))- Fingerpicking for the win 4. Lots of more Metallica 5. Kid's Aren't Alright - Offspring ... 6. Re-picking up the guitar after on and off for far too many years.

[@chevyguy5525]

I mean of course I began with fairly simple songs like Smoke on the Water and Enter Sandman, but I moved into more chord-based territory with House of the Rising Sun and Stairway to Heaven (which I'm still not sure how I learned so quickly 4 years later). Lately I've been really beginning to build my fingerstyle method with "Dee" by Randy Rhoads and just speeding up my metal rhythm with "Battery" and "Hardwired to Self-Destruct" by Metallica. Really cool to reflect on where I've been and where I am now!

[@spotterstockholm]

In order: 1) Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - learned the intro the very first day (Yes for open strings!) 2) Guns n Roses - Nighttrain - rock n roll rhythm guitar class is in session. Izzy's parts for days! 3) Alter Bridge - Broken Wings - don't even remember what felt so difficult about it, but it was just one of those milestones in my playing. 4) the Gazette - Cassis - Jrock at its finest. The solo's were so darn difficult to learn! 5) Matt Corby - Brother - heard a friend play this when I first got to college, and wondered how it sounded like two guitars while he was clearly playing one. Loved the progressions in the song and got hooked on it. 6) The Tallest Man on Earth - Wind and Walls - learning open tunings and nailing that sense of rhythm to carry the song 7) RHCP - Under the Bridge - what chords is he playing? How? 8) BB King - The Thrill is Gone - all about feel and timing 9) John Mayer - Edge of Desire - Heard it live for the first time and fell in love wtih it. Wasn't sure if I could even learn but practiced anyway. Now I'm using my above-average thumb to hit the base notes. 10) Keith Urban - Blue ain't your color - learning to get that groove, play the geetah and sing it like i mean it all at the same time. An honorable mention would be Brad Paisley's Mud on the Tires I learned recently. Country-style lead is still something really new to me, tons to learn! So from metal and hard rock to J-Rock, singer-songwriter, blues and country, the journey continues!

[@bfraser0]

great attitude man! you really love music.

[@graysonofthewood3747]

Hearing that Paul started learning on punk rock and metal makes me feel a lot better about my self taught highschool days. And if they’re cool enough for Paul David’s to learn on… maybe I should pick guitar back up and finish learning to play.

[@Kylora2112]

My "first ten important riffs" 1. Aerosmith - Dream On: the first song I ever tried to learn on guitar...took me about a week to get all the little bits down. 2. Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream: Tom Petty was one of my biggest early influences. 3. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love: The first band I got into because of guitar. 4. Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train: One of my friends from school (RIP Nick) showed me this and sent me on the path of metal. 5. Poison - Talk Dirty To Me: The first song I learned by ear (even though I played it in standard instead of Eb) 6. Metallica - Disposable Heroes: Where I learned to REALLY nail palm muting. 7. Heart - Barracuda: I got my first Floyd Rose-equipped guitar (Ibanez RG450) and just HAD to nail this riff. 8. Deep Purple - Highway Star: The first solo I ever tried to nail note-for-note. 9. Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera: I still use this song as a warm-up because of all the alternate picking triplet riffs (feels weird changing positions on an upstroke!). 10. Rush - Xanadu: The first prog song I ever learned...I didn't know how weird the time signatures were until I saw the sheet music years after I learned the riffs!

[@Floofian]

The Fade to black intro has always tickled a particular niche of my brain

[@J.Shambles]

Man I keep coming back to this video to hear that little wing tone again. Seriously awesome

[@FuraFaolox]

To help with my downpicking, I started with "Master Of Puppets." I started with "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC to get good at playing fast. I did "Raining Blood" by Slayer for a challenge. "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple just because. "Transilvanian Hunger" by Darkthrone helped with my tremolo picking, along with "Wolf Down The Earth" by Gojira. What helped me with power chords were "Pull The Plug" by Death, "Dunkelheit" by Burzum, and "Freezing Moon" by Mayhem. For a real challenge in trem picking, I decided to learn "Dawn Of The Angry" by Morbid Angel. I could go on, but I think this is good enough.

[@burieddreamer]

I'll try your list, sounds great! I know Dunkelheit. It is tricky when you see Varg playing it. Many upstrokes there, and I saw many many wrong tabs for that music.

[@FuraFaolox]

@@burieddreamer Dunkelheit can be difficult for beginners, but it's fun when you learn it.

[@uweschramm]

Thanks for this! One of the first riffs I tried to nail - long time ago, was "The Story in your Eyes" by Moody Blues (1971) ... it was very challenging for my that time, but I still like to play it.

[@earthling-ad]

I think mine was: Wonderwall (the shame) Everybody hurts (introduced me to picking) Heart-shaped box (drop tuning) Smells like teen spirit (power chords) Hurt (open chords) Nothing else matters (first decent solo) Drive (bar chords) Tears in the rain (those stretches and transitions!) Master of Puppets (advanced solo) The Trooper (the gallop) Honourable mention goes to Don't Fear the Reaper. Didn't really improve my guitar playing but taught me that you always need more cowbell.

[@rhcpsolos165]

1- Californication. 2- Smoke on the water. 3- Smell like teen spirit. 4- Under the bridge. (Only chords) 5- Come as you are. 6- Back in black. 7- Highway to hell. 8- Otherside. 9- Wonderwall. 10- Under the bridge with all the arrangements.

[@californiamonster8877]

Beautiful hope u pick up a surfboard someday too

[@JoakoQuilla]

Great journey... it always end on the blues!

[@Happylink75]

@@JoakoQuilla what??

[@roddydykes7053]

Californication is a damn hard song to start off on

[@rhcpsolos165]

@@roddydykes7053 nah, it's only a lot of practice and play every day that damn beautiful riff

[@chris_redd2453]

2:57 I knew you were going to say metallica🤘🏽

[@kacodamn]

It is so cool to see that you listened and tried to play many songs that I listened to and tried to play, and now you listen and play many songs that I am interested in and want to play. greetings from Brazil!!!

[@sandyamaulana2317]

"Pretty Fly" was pretty hot when it came out. Even kids who couldn't play guitar, like me, wanted to play the riff.

[@petebergman1438]

Snooks Eaglin: High society Hendrix: Killing floor Hetfield: right arm Gibbons: rhythm And then it just get harder... 😃

[@CarlosRuiz-ce7gl]

Mr. David’s, I’m a soon to be 62 year old man that’s been playing guitar for 45 years or so. I’ve had the pleasure of attending over 50 Rock concerts. The best concert, guitar speaking-wise would be the Jeff Beck /Stevie Ray Vaughan show at the Paladium on 14th street in New York. The show was Fantastic ! Those are two of my favorite guitarists, Stevie being my number one. If I may, Paul, now you are one of my favorites ! I’m learning so much from you and your U tube videos. Thank you so much !! I’d like to send you an E-mail but on a more private platform if possible. Sincerely, Tom Kurpiewski

[@Wbjpen]

My path for bass: Seven nation army; Hysteria-Muse; Anesthesia-Metallica; Higher Ground-RHCP; Orion-Metallica; Schism-Tool; YYZ (I am here).

[@auri8810]

Then move up to cliff level difficulty and do for whom the bell tolls

[@auri8810]

Geddy is insane though

[@jaredl1480]

Try aeroplane, by rhcp. Really fun slap song with an epic solo at the end. Its a bit harder than higher ground, and not as hard as yyz, but it's a super fun song dude.

[@auri8810]

You should do cant stop I dont know how hard it is but its cool

[@facundocardone5020]

Before Seven Nation Army you played almost every AJFA song