Video is one of the best ways to learn to play guitar riffs. Learning guitar riffs is the first step and will give you a basic understanding of notes and how to move your hands on the guitar. When you have conquered a few different riffs, you will be ready to move on to playing complete songs. There will only be bigger and better things from there.

The few steps I will give you will help you to learn to play guitar riffs from a learn to play guitar riffs video and help you with general guitar skills at the same time.

The best things about video

One of the best things about a learn to play guitar riffs video is that you can stop, pause, play and rewind when ever you need to and you don’t have to ask people to repeat themselves as you’re the only one in the classroom. Video is good also because you can make sure you have mastered one thing before you move on to the next one and you never have to worry about getting behind.

Getting off on the right track

This step can make or break your attempt to learn from a learn to play guitar riffs video. If you expect too much from yourself at the beginning you will become very tired of it quickly. There is nothing more frustrating then loving something you’re not very good at, so take your time and don’t get too far out ahead of yourself. If you follow these steps in order, it will be much easier then you might think.

Selecting your guitar

Choosing your first guitar can be hard and there is generally no section or lesson about this subject on most learn to play guitar riffs video. To be honest most cheap guitars are just as good as the most expensive so when you first starting off you don’t need anything too special. Try out several different styles and shapes in the store first and see what feels right and what is the most comfortable. Remember you will have to hold it up for very long periods of time and if it feels wrong now it will feel a lot worse when you have been holding it up for a couple of hours.

Learn to play guitar riffs videos are the next best thing to a real teacher. So take your time and absorb everything you can!

Selecting the right video

This is not that hard as there are a lot of choices and most of them are the right one. Just about all learn to play guitar riffs videos will help you. Price does not matter and either does a name, just because it has famous persons name on it does not mean it will be better or worst than any of the others on the shelf. Pick one that sounds right and I am sure you will be happy with it.

Matt Artinger Interview

by Rick Landers.
On our way to the Martin Guitar Company in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, Modern Guitars took a detour down a country road near Emmaus, to find the one-man shop of custom luthier, Matt Artinger. Matt met us in his driveway before leading us to his shop where he has staged his fine woods, inlay, tools, forms, clamps, glues, and other necessities that allow him to design and craft his exceptional guitars. Matt’s one of those easy going guys with an abundance of spirited enthusiasm and good humor, that makes you feel at home. Another thing we liked about him is, the guy absolutely loves guitars. His guitar building journey started out in his parents’ basement. Today, more than a decade later, Artinger’s built his own custom home, complete with a lower level area to house his very impressive shop. Artinger guitars are as much about music as they are about artistic intent. The craftsmanship is without equal, the designs a mix of tradition and subtle elegance, and the tonal qualities precise and balanced. Before Matt reached the ripe old age of 30, the Martin Guitar Company worked with him to introduce the Special Edition Martin OMC Artinger 1 model, as well as to collaborate on other projects, including several “one-off” guitars for NAMM shows…

Marc Canter Interview

by Rick Landers.
Author Marc Canter’s new book, Reckless Road: Guns N’ Roses and the Making of Appetite for Destruction, digs into the history of GNR from the inside. Canter’s been a friend of the group’s lead guitarist, Slash, since they were kids and documented GNR’s explosive rise to fame in photographs, during the ’80s. In Reckless Road, Canter, with Jason Porath, poured over a few hundred photos and interviewed friends, family and music associates of GNR to present a vivid and candid account of the famed rock band’s conception and the making of their debut album, Appetite for Destruction, released in 1987. In 2008, the album went 18X Platinum with over 28 million world-wide sales. Guns N’ Roses could trigger some ferocious rock ‘n’ roll, but just as easily slip into softer, sweet melodies. The wrecking crew of Izzy Stradlin, Steven Adler, Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, and Slash, knew they wanted a life of rock havoc before they reached their teens. Fueled by the music of Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Kiss and Queen, the five young rockers would lock and load, assaulting the world with their top selling debut album…

Peter Frampton Interview

by Steven Rosen.
Peter Frampton’s musical odyssey has been graced with a series of pop hits and world-wide recognition. His career milestones have progressed from that of a mere guitar hero to a cultural icon. He has been referenced in everything from Wayne’s World to The Simpson’s. Frampton’s acting credits include: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band as Billy Shears; Baa Baa Black Sheep as Peter Buckley; and Reg in the coming-of-age rock movie, Almost Famous. If you live in the States, it’s a safe bet that you’ve seen Peter recently in a Geico car insurance commercial, where he plays a black Les Paul plugged into a Marshall stack, and humorously sings his lines using his signature Framptone talkbox. Still, Frampton has never pushed to get into the limelight. Most often, he’s more comfortable retreating from it so he can focus on his first love, music…

Randy Bachman Interview

by Rick Landers.
Before Randy Bachman’s show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, this past summer, Modern Guitars dropped by backstage for a brief chat. Randy and crew were relaxed and easy going giving me an opportunity to ask him a few questions about his guitars and music, as well as Vinyl Tap, his coast-to-coast radio program that’s broadcast across his native Canada. Resting next to a wall was Bachman’s gold top Gibson Les Paul, his axe of choice and one that he said nailed the Guess Who sound, better than any other guitar he’d played for years. The LP’s a sub-eight pounder that he can play night after night without irritating the rotator cuff that he had repaired in 2007. But, it was clear that Randy loved the guitar and its gritty crunch…

Yngwie Malmsteen Interview (2008)

by Matthew Mills.
During the 1980s, guitarists were stunned by the innovative riffs of a new herd of guitarists, including those with their pedal to the metal playing that entailed ripping fretboards to shreds. But, no single guitarist of the time had more shock impact on the guitar world than the Swedish sweep accelerator, Yngwie Malmsteen.

In late 1982, Mike Varney, owner of Shrapnel Records, brought the demon shredder over to the U.S., touting Yngwie’s amazing grip on sweep picking arpeggios and high velocity harmonic minor scale runs. Having listened to a tape Yngwie had given him, Varney pushed to have Malmsteen play solos with the group Steeler. The guitarist eventually left Steeler and moved in with the group Alcatrazz. It didn’t take him long to roll out on his own to record 12 studio albums and two live albums that serve as inspiration to guitarists who aspire to not only shred, but to play the guitar with turbocharged melodic intent…

Slash Interview

by Rick Landers.
Slash…the name alone conspires to attract and enthrall a cult following of guitarists and fans. Add the nonchalant tilt of a black top hat, a skull and bones talisman, a classic Les Paul, exotic good looks and voodoo charm with monster music talent and you’ve mixed the cauldron with a roll of the dice to conjure a rock god. Oh, okay, so during our interview I suggested he joined the “soccer mom” league, not with disrespect, but to highlight the tectonic life altering shift he’s experienced from that of a singularly focused rock star to husband and father. Life changes and Slash [Saul Hudson] is now the father of two boys, London Emilio and Cash Anthony, and married to the lovely Perla Ferrar. His paternal love shone bright in his recent autobiography Slash, and it seems he’s handling the father-rock god balance with finesse…

Wayne Henderson Inteview

by Rick Landers.
Modern Guitars had the good fortune to catch master bluegrass guitarist and guitar builder Wayne Henderson while at a gig in Maryland. Henderson has played all around the globe and getting an opportunity to see him in an intimate setting was something we didn’t want to miss. Bluegrass and guitar lovers sat quietly in a church, while Wayne and his long-time partner, Helen White, pulled out their instruments for a delightful set of bluegrass. Henderson guitars are superbly and painstakingly built by hand in Rugby, Virginia, a speck of a town in southern Virginia with a population of 7. Wayne’s lived in the Appalachian region his entire life, but his his guitars are considered masterpieces throughout the world. Guitar players lavish praise on their craftsmanship and tonal qualities and ache over the ten year wait to own one. Wayne’s guitar building craftsmanship gained worldwide interest in 2005 when Allen St. John’s book, Clapton’s Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument, was published…

John Petrucci Interview

by Brian D. Holland.
Guitarist John Petrucci calls it fate that he and bassist John Myung happened to run into drummer Mike Portnoy at Boston’s Berklee College of Music in the mid ’80s. Though the convergence led to the formation of Majesty, the name was eventually changed to Dream Theater because of legal issues. Enduring the typical yet untimely inconveniences that many rock bands go through, creative differences leading to member changes in particular, these three have sustained that common bond for almost twenty-four years. Add into the picture Canadian vocalist James LaBrie, who joined in 1991 for the recording of Images and Words, and Julliard-trained keyboardist Jordan Rudess, who replaced Derek Sherinian in 1999, and it’s the Dream Theater brew of excellence that fans have come to respect and adore…

Greg Howe Interview

by Mark Rabuffo.
Mention the name Greg Howe to an aficionado of contemporary electric guitar music and aural visions of smooth legato runs, wah-laden solos and funky, syncopated rhythms will run through his or her head. Greg has garnered a well-deserved reputation as a guitar virtuoso with one of the most recognizable voices in the instrumental electric guitar pantheon. Greg has been making records since 1988 after Mike Varney heard the Howe demo submitted for Varney’s Spotlight column in Guitar Player magazine. The album, Greg Howe, featured drummer Atma Anur and bass phenom Billy Sheehan, and marked the beginning of a long and fruitful solo career. Greg has also lent his guitar prowess to well-known pop superstars such as Michael Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, *NSYNC and Justin Timberlake. Howe’s most recent CD, Sound Proof, on Varney’s Shrapnel/Tone Center label, features a new band and further cements his position as one of the electric guitar’s most unique voices. I spoke to Greg on July 6, 2008, about Sound Proof and a number of….

Steve Lukather Interview

by Matt Baamonde.
Steve Lukather has been called “the best musician on the planet.” Though most often associated with the Grammy-award-winning band Toto, Lukather’s association with Toto is simply the tip of his massive career iceberg. Over the past 30 years he has amassed credits on over 1,000 albums in every genre as a session guitarist, arranger, singer and composer, and has worked with a spectrum of artists that ranges from Miles Davis to Chet Atkins. Simply put, Lukather’s discography is mind blowing. Quincy Jones’ favorite guitarist, “Luke” has contributed to so many classic albums and tracks his name should be household fare. On June 5, 2008, Steve made it official, “The fact is, yes, I have left Toto. There is no more Toto. I just can’t do it anymore and, at 50 years old, I wanted to start over and give it one last try on my own. Honestly, I have just had enough. This is not a break. It is over…”

Judy Collins Interview

by Rick Landers.
Modern Guitars met with Judy Collins at the Willard International Hotel in Washington, D.C., the day of her show at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. As one would guess, the artist that prompted the writing of “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” has a captivating gaze and an elegance and intellect that have been nurtured by her life’s journey. Many of us know that Judy was among the early folk artists during the ‘60s who thrived on the rich camaraderie among musicians, poets and street artists in Greenwich Village. Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs and Jim McGuinn all roamed the local clubs to find their voices and hone their performances in that era where folkies and beatniks found their roots in traditionalism and strength in avant-garde expression. But, to Judy Collins, they were not only fellow artists, but friends. And today, the bond remains among those early folk revivalists who are now well known artists that the world has enjoyed and honored, over many decades…

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