Whats a good guitar/bass riff to learn?

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yellowstickerface Geek Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 195	November 29th, 2007 at 09:04am Matt Bellamy: The Fool On The Hill: Skatanic.: Psht, what if you don't like classic rock? Then you better start liking it not my thing. snort To be successful musician i believe you have to be open to all genres of music.
yellowstickerface Geek Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 195	November 29th, 2007 at 09:04am Oh and Smells Like Teen Spirit. Geek Stink Breath is also quite amusing.
Macfadyen Basket Case Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 16175	November 30th, 2007 at 01:21am yellowstickerface: Matt Bellamy: The Fool On The Hill: Skatanic.: Psht, what if you don't like classic rock? Then you better start liking it not my thing. snort To be successful musician i believe you have to be open to all genres of music. Being open is giving everything a fair chance. I was half-joking, half-serious. I just don't enjoy classic rock. It doesn't mean I'm not open minded.
Meski Addict Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 14856	December 6th, 2007 at 11:26am Matt Bellamy: Muse - "Plug In Baby" I love the guitar riff so, so much. o_o In my opinion it is one of the best guitar riffs I've ever heard, their music is so complex and... Gah, idk!!! xD
Macfadyen Basket Case Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 16175	December 9th, 2007 at 10:51am Meski: Matt Bellamy: Muse - "Plug In Baby" I love the guitar riff so, so much. o_o In my opinion it is one of the best guitar riffs I've ever heard, their music is so complex and... Gah, idk!!! xD Agreed. Very agreed. Not just Plug In Baby, but many, many of their riffs are among the best I've ever heard.
Jay Tee Had A Life Before GSB Age: 35 Gender: Male Posts: 26777	December 15th, 2007 at 02:54am Other cool Muse riffs: Knights of Cydonia (ending), Hysteria, Exo-Politics, New Born, Stockholm Syndrome... If you can get the hang of Stockholm Syndrome, you can really impress people. Crank up the distortion and just let rip. People would probably be more impressed if you can pull that off than if you can play the main riff to Master of Puppets by Metallica. Fucking insane riff. The others just sound immensely cool, and aren't actually all that hard to master.
Macfadyen Basket Case Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 16175	December 15th, 2007 at 05:26am For some reason, I've never been able to get Stockholm Syndrome down properly. I mean, it's not the speed. I've got that down. But it just doesn't sound quite perfect... maybe I should record myself playing. That might help me figure it out. But it's a brilliant riff, nonetheless.
Jay Tee Had A Life Before GSB Age: 35 Gender: Male Posts: 26777	December 15th, 2007 at 06:19pm Are you playing it in Drop D? It is rather tricky, though. Lots of fast tapping and pull offs and stuff on the lowest string.
Macfadyen Basket Case Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 16175	December 16th, 2007 at 02:32am Yes. I've talked to a couple of other guitar players, and they said the had the same problem. I understand how I'm supposed to play it, and I can do it, but... I dunno, the rhythm just seems ever so slightly off.
Jay Tee Had A Life Before GSB Age: 35 Gender: Male Posts: 26777	December 17th, 2007 at 04:27pm Yeah I think its just ever so slightly off-beat. Maybe even in a different time signature to the standard.
Macfadyen Basket Case Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 16175	December 18th, 2007 at 01:08am Yeah, that would probably be it. Damn that Bellamy.
Meski Addict Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 14856	December 19th, 2007 at 04:34pm Matt Bellamy: Yeah, that would probably be it. Damn that Bellamy. He is an extremely talented gutarist though.
Macfadyen Basket Case Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 16175	December 20th, 2007 at 12:41am I meant it more in a "damn that Bellamy for being an incredible musician and writing riffs that are terribly hard to copy perfectly" He's brilliant all around, tbh.
So Damn Bored Falling In Love With The Board Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 8820	January 10th, 2008 at 06:14pm A good gutar riff is in TOO DRUNK TO FUCK (Dead Kennedys) It´s quite awesome..!
spill_no_sick Falling In Love With The Board Age: 30 Gender: - Posts: 8588	January 10th, 2008 at 07:52pm Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce Whore Meet Liar - Psyopus 'tis only a joke (unless you're an incredible musician) everyone loves Paranoid Android by Radiohead though it's pretty easy, but I taught myself, so I don't know if the tabs are anygood
Meski Addict Age: 31 Gender: Male Posts: 14856	January 11th, 2008 at 08:13am One - Metallica is pretty good, the beggining though.
Jay Tee Had A Life Before GSB Age: 35 Gender: Male Posts: 26777	January 17th, 2008 at 07:15pm Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters is easy but fucking great fun to play.
Hitchcock Starlet Addict Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 12622	July 26th, 2008 at 09:37am Whiskey In The Jar. Fun to play,even though I like Thin Lizzy version more than Metallica. The Passenger by Iggy Pop is also quite easy to start with. By The Way by RHCP is also one of my favourite songs to play. It has that tricky part though but you can learn it quickly. Then there's Knocking On Heaven's Door and Sweet Home Alabama by Guns n Roses. I agree it's always good to know some classic rock songs.
MyNameIsKatie Geek Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 412	August 30th, 2008 at 01:54am well i like to play that bass part from warning.. but i play like soo many green day songs that i can just randomly play anything
Mareh King For A Couple Of Days Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 4222	September 11th, 2008 at 07:08am Holiday is a fun song if you're able to manage the sorta complex chord changes at the beginning.

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