Riff e lick (chitarra)

Riff facili

Anzitutto definiamo che cos'è un riff. Un riff altro non è che il tema di un brano, la frase principale di un brano che viene ripetuta. Andremo a vedere in questa sezione una serie di riff famosi che sarà interessante poter suonare.

Aerosmith

Walk this way

              x2                    x2          A5
 e--------------|------|--------------|------------||
 B--------------|------|--------------|------------||
 G--------------|------|--------------|---------2--||
 D--------------|------|--------------|---------2--||
 A------------2-|------|------------2-|------------||
 E--0--1--2-----|---0--|--0--1--2-----|--3--0------||

Avicii

Wake me up

 e--------------------10----|--------------10--|-10--10--12--10--12---14-s-12--10--|
 B-12--12--10--12--------12-|--10-12--10-------|-----------------------------------|
 G--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
 D--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
 A--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
 E--------------------------|------------------|-----------------------------------|

Ben E. King

Stand by me

 Intro:
 e------------------------|------------------------------------------------------||
 B------------------------|------------------------------------------------------||
 G------------------------|------------------------------------------------------||
 D------------------------|------------------------------------------------------||
 A-5-5--0-4-5-5-----------|--0-2-2--0-2-2--0---------0-0--4-5-5---0-4-5-5-||
 E------------------------|------------------3-3--0------------------------------||

 melodia all'interno della canzone (quasi uguale)
 e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-0-4-5-5---0-4-5-5---5-4-2-2--0-2-2--2-0--------2-0-0--0-4-5-5---0-4-5-5-----
 E-----------------------------------------3-3--3------------------------------

Bill Haley

Rock around the clock

 e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B---5-5-5--5-5-5--7-5-5--5-5-5--8-5-5--7-5-5--5-5-5--0-0-0------------|
 G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Billy Idol

Rebel Yell

  e-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
  B-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
  G---------------------------|---------------------------|
  D---------------------------|---------------------------|
  A---------------------------|---------------------------|
  E---------------------------|---------------------------|

  |---------------------------|---------------------------||
  |---------------------------|---------------------------||
  |---------------------------|---------------------------||
  |----------------------7--9-|----------------------7--9-||
  |------------9--9-----------|------------9--9-----------||
  |--7------------------------|--7------------------------||
  tutto x 2

Boston

More than a feeling

Intro x 3 (clean):

     Dsus4          D          Cadd9        G/B         G (con mignolo)
  e|------------3-----2-----------------------------------------||
  B|------3--------3-----3-------------3---------3--------3-----||
  G|---------2--------------0-------0----------0----------------||
  D|---0--------------------------------------------------------||
  A|-----------------------------3----------2-------------------||
  E|----------------------------------------------------3-------||

PRE-CHORUS RIFF:

  e--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  B-12b-r-12---12b-r-12---10-----12b-r-12---10h12----10----------------------||
  G---------------------------------------------------------12b--------------||
  D--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  A--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
  E--------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Accordi usati

• 
  REsus4
• 
  RE
• 
  DOadd9
• 
  SOL/SI
• 
  SOL

Bob Marley

No woman no cry

 
RIFF 1	    C  G   Am F    RIFF 2       C         C
e -----------0--3---0--1---	      --0---------0------------
B -----------1--3---1--1---	      --1---------1------------
G -----------0--0---2--2---	      --0---------0------------
D -----------2--0---2--3---	      --2--3-2-0--2------------
A ----0-2----3--2---0------	      --3---------3----0-2-----
E --3-----3-----3----------	      ---------------3---------

Redemption song

Intro riff:

 
e-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|
B-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|
G-----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------|-----------|
D---------------2-0-----|----------0-----|-------------------------------2--0------|-----------0--|-----------|
A----0-2----3--------2--|----0--2-----2--|--3--2--0---------0--2------3---------2--|----0--2------|--3--2--0--|
E-3------3--------------|-3--------------|------------3--3---------3---------------|--3-----------|----------3|

Stir it up

 
e---------------------|------------|-----------||
B---------------------|------------|-----------||
G---------------------|------------|-----------||
D---------------------|------------|--7--6--9--||
A-------4----4h5---4--|---5--4--7--|-----------||
E---5-----------------|------------|-----------||

Bon Jovi

I'll be there for you

Intro: 
e-------------------------------------------------||
B-1-s-3—-3-----3-s-5--5-----5-s-8-—8—----8-s-7—-7-||
G-------------------------------------------------||
D-------------------------------------------------||
A-------------------------------------------------||
E-------------------------------------------------||  x2

Cyndi Lauper

True colors

 
e--3-----------------------3-------3---------------------3-------3-|
B----------0-------1-----------------------0-------1---------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------0---------1-------------------------------0-------1-------|
|------------------------2---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|3---------------------3-------3-----------------------3-------3-|
|------0---------1---------------------0-------1-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------||
|------0-------1------------||
|------------------------2--||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||

Deep Purple

Smoke on the water

 
  G5  Bb5 C5   G5    Bb5 C#5 C5      G5 Bb5  C5  Bb5   G5
e----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||
B----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------||
G-----3---5------|---3---6-s-5-----|-----3---5----3-|---------------||
D-5---3---5----5-|---3---6-s-5-----|-5---3---5----3-|---5-(5)-------||
A-5---1---3----5-|---1---4-s-3-----|-5---1---3----1-|---5-(5)-------||
E-3------------3-|-----------------|-3--------------|---3-(3)-------||

oppure altra versione per principianti:

e---------|--------------|-------------------||
B---------|--------------|-------------------||
G---------|--------------|-------------------||
D---------|--------------|-------------------||
A---------|--------------|-------------------||
E-0--3--5-|--0--3--6--5--|--0--3--5--3--0----||

Accordi usati:

• 
  SOL5
• 
  SIb5
• 
  DO5

File audio

Guns & Roses

Sweet Child O'Mine

Qui di seguito le prime note di uno dei riff più conosciuti della storia del Rock: l'intro di Sweet Child O'Mine dei Guns N Roses.

Da tenere presente che Slash suona con la chitarra accordata mezzo tono sotto rispetto alla classica accordatura. Per suonare alla stessa tonalità dell'originale si potrà procedere accordando la chitarra come Slash o in alternativa, basterà suonare tutto il riff mezzo tono sotto, ovvero iniziare sul tasto 11 anziché al 12.

Questo non è riff facilissimo per i principianti ma può risultare un ottimo esercizio (il riff nacque proprio come un esercizio!).

Tecnica:

Mano destra: Pennata alternata.

Mano sinistra:Slash in questo riff non usa il dito mignolo (come lui spesso usa fare). Tecnicamente sarebbe però opportuno usare tutte e quattro le dita della mano sinistra, compreso il mignolo.

         
E|-----------------15------14------------------------15------14--------------|
B|----15------------------------------------15-------------------------------|
G|--------14--12------14------14-----------14--12------14----14--------------|
D|--12------------------------------------12---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      
E|-------------------15------14------------------------15------14------------|
B|----15------------------------------------15-------------------------------|
G|--------14--12------14------14-----------14--12------14----14--------------|
D|--14------------------------------------14---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
E|--------------------15------14-----------------------------15------14------|
B|-------15----------------------------------------15------------------------|
G|---12-----14--12------14------14------12-----14--12------14----14----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Joan Jett

I love rock n'roll

 
   E5  E5     E5  E5         A5   A5     B5 B5        E5 E5    E5  E5         A5 A5     B5 B5     E5  E5
e--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------2---2------4--4------|--------------------------2---2------4--4------------|
D---2---2-----2---2-----------2---2------4--4------|--2---2----2---2----------2---2------4--4------2---2-|
A---2---2-----2---2-----------0---0------2--2------|--2---2----2---2----------0---0------2--2------2---2-|
E---0---0-----0---0-----3b----------------------3b-|--0---0----0---0-----3b------------------------0---0-|


   E5  E5
e-------------------------------||
B-------------------------------||
G-------------------------------||
D---2---2--------2p0------------||
A---2---2-------------2-2p0-----||
E---0---0--------------------3--||

Accordi usati

• 
  MI5
• 
  LA5
• 
  SI5

Johnny Cash

I Walk the line

 
               Amaj↓                    Dmaj↓                   Amaj↓               Emaj↓               
e------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
B------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
G------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D------------------------|-------------0--------|--0------------------|-------------------|
A------------0-----------|---0--2--4------------|------4--2--0--------|--0----------------|
E--0--2--4---------------|----------------------|---------------------|-----4--2--0-------| 

                  B7↓                     Emaj↓
e---------------------|-------------------------||
B---------------------|-------------------------||
G---------------------|-------------------------||
D---------------------|-------------------------||
A------------2--------|--2--0-------------------||
E--0--2--0------------|---------4--2--0---------||

Accordi usati

• 
  LA
• 
  RE
• 
  MI
• 
  SI7

Personal Jesus

Riff 1:
  E5 (mantenerlo sempre)  
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|  tutto x 6
D|-2-------2---2-----2--|
A|-2-------2---------2--|
E|-0---3-p-0-----3-p-0--|


G  D/F#;   Riff 1 ; G  D/F#  Am  C ; Riff 1;

Riff 2:
   A5  (mantenerlo sempre) 
e---------------------------|
B---------------------------|
G--2--------2---2------2----|
D--2--------2----------2----|
A--0----3-p-0------3-p-0----|
E---------------------------|

G  D/F#  Am C ; Riff 1;

F# open       F open
reach out and touch faith...

Accordi usati

• 
  MI5
• 
  SOL
• 
  REadd9/FA#
• 
  LAm
• 
  DO
• 
  LA5
• 
  FA# aperto
• 
  FA aperto

Inxs

Need you tonight

     ↓   ↓    ↓          ↓↑↓     ↑↓↑           ↓
     DO  DO   DO         FA x 3     x3        
e|---8----8----8---------11------10------------8-----------|
B|---8----8----8---------8-------9-------------8-----------|
G|---9----9----9---------8-------8-------------8-----------|
D|--10---10---10---------8-------8-------------8-----------|
A|--10---10---10-------------------------------------------|
E|---8----8----8-------------------------------------------|

tutto x 2
e|-----------------|------------------------||
B|-----------------|------------------------||
G|--5--5---7--8--7-|----5--7--8--7----------||
D|-----------------|------------------------||
A|-----------------|------------------------||
E|-----------------|------------------------||


Questa la linea più di basso, diciamo.
                
e|------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------||
B|------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------||
G|------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------||
D|------------------|----------------|--3-3--pausa---1--3-----|----------------|--3-3--pausa---1--3--||
A|-3---pausa---1--3-|--3--pausa-1--3-|------------------------|--3--pausa-1--3-|---------------------||
E|------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------|---------------------||

Accordi usati

• 
  DO

Led Zeppelin

Whole lotta love

Con palm muting.

 e-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
 B-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
 G----------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5-----------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5--------||
 D----------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5-----------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5--------||
 A----------------7--7-7-5--7-7-7-----------------7--7-7-7--7-7-7--------||
 E-5s7----5s7-----0--0-0-0--0-0-0--5s7----5s7-----0--0-0-0--0-0-0--------||

Lo squalo

e--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E-2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3---|

Marilyn Manson

Sweet dreams

Con distorsione

e-----------------------------|----------------------------||
B-----------------------------|----------------------------||
G-----------------------------|----------------------------||
D---------5------6-------5----|----------------------------||
A---3-3-------3------3------3-|-------6-s-8--------5-s-6---||
E-----------------------------|--4-4----------3-3----------||

Matchbox 20

3 AM

e-----------------------||
B-----------------------||
G-----------------------||
D-----------0-h-2--0----||
A---0-h-2---------------||
E-----------------------||

Metallica

The unforgiven

e----------|------------|----------|--------|-----------------------||
B----------|------------|----------|--------|-----------------------||
G--2--4--5-|---5h4---2--|--2--4--5-|---5--2-|--2-4-5-----5-5h4------||
D----------|------------|----------|--------|-----------------------||
A----------|------------|----------|--------|-----------------------||
E----------|------------|----------|--------|-----------------------||

Michael Jackson

Thriller

    e|--------------------|-----------------------|  
    B|--------------------|-----------------------|  
    G|--------------------|--------------------6--|  
    D|---------2--4-------|--6-6---6-4-6--x3------|  
    A|--2-4-----------4-4-|-----------------------|
    E|--------------------|-----------------------|

Nirvana

Come as you are

Sarebbe un tono sotto, ma se non si vuole cambiare l'accordatura facciamola in accordatura standard direttamente.

e----------------|-------------------------------------||
B----------------|-------------------------------------||
G----------------|-------------------------------------||
D----------------|-------------------------------------||
A----------------|--0-----0------------2-------2-------||
E------0-0-1---2-|-----2-----2---2-1-0---0-0-----0--1--|| e poi d.c.

Passenger

Let her go

Intro:
e-------0---------------------------|----------0-------------------------0-------|
B---3-------3---1---------1------1--|------3-------3---1---------1-----------3---|
G-------------------0-2-------2-----|---------------------0-2---------2----------|
D-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|


e----------0-------------------------3---0---|--------3--3----0------|
B------3-------3---1---------1---------------|---1---------------1---|
G---------------------0-2---------2----------|-----------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
A--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|-----------------------|

Pink Floyd

Wish you were here

 
Intro:

  G                Em7↓↓↓↑           G↓↓↓↑    
e----------------|-3-----------------|-3------|
B----------------|-3-----------------|-3------|
G----------------|-0----------0------|-0------|
D-----------0--2-|-2--------2----2—0-|-0------|      x 2
A------0h2-------|-2-----------------|-2------|     
E—3--------------|-0-----------------|-3------|

  G                Em7↓↓↓↑                 A7sus4↓↓↓↑                   Em7↓↓↓↑     G↓
e-----------------|-3--------------------|-3---------------------------------------|-3---||
B-----------------|-3--------------------|-3---------------------------------------|-3---||
G-----------------|-0--------------------|-2---------------------------------------|-0---||
D-----------0--2--|-2--------2--0--------|-2-------------2--0----------------------|-0---||
A------0h2--------|-2---------------2--0-|-0--------------------2--0---------------|-2---||
E-3---------------|-0--------------------|-0---------------------------------------|-3---||

Accordi usati

• 
  SOL
• 
  Mim7
• 
  LA7sus4

Queen

Another one bites the dust

e-----------|-------------------|--------------||
B-----------|-------------------|--------------||
G-----------|-------------------|--------------||
D-----------|-------------------|--------------||
A-----------|-------------------|--------------||
E---0--0--0-|--0-0-0-0----3-0-5-|-5-3--(d.c.)--||

Under pressure

e-----------------------------------||
B-----------------------------------||
G-----------------------------------||
D-----------------------------------||
A-----------------------------------||
E----5---5---5----5--5--5---0-------||

Red hot chili peppers

Californication

e----------------------|----------------------------||
B-------------0----1---|----------------------------||
G----------------------|----------------0----2------||
D-------2--------------|----------------------------||
A--0-------------------|--------3-------------------||
E----------------------|---1------------------------|| x 4

Roch Voisine

Hélène

  Em             G               C             D               
e----a------a--|----a------a--|----a------a--|-a------a-----a||
B------m-------|------m-------|------m-------|------m-----m--||
G---------i----|---------i----|---------i----|----i-----i----||
D--------------|--------------|--------------|-p-------------||
A--------------|--------------|-p------------|---------------||
E-p------------|-p------------|--------------|---------------||

Rolling Stones

Satisfaction

   
    Tutto x 4                  
e-------------------------------------------------------||
B-------------------------------------------------------||
G-------------------------------------------------------||
D-------------------------------------------------------||
A--2--2------2--4--5--------5--5--4--4----(d.c.)--------||
E-------------------------------------------------------||

File audio del riff

Roy Orbison

Pretty woman

      x 2                     
e------------------|----------------------------||
B------------------|----------------------------||
G------------------|----------------------------||
D---------------0--|---------------0---4--2--0--||
A------------2-----|------------2---------------||
E---0--0--4--------|---0--0--4------------------||

Top gun

Il tema di top gun

   
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----8-8-6-5-6-5-----------5---5-6-5---3s5-3--------------------|
G---5---------------7-7-5-7---7--------5-------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B------8-8-6-5-6-5------------5---5-6-5---8----------------------|
G---/5----------------7-7-5-7---7--------5-----------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|

e----------------------------------------------------------------|
B------14-14-12-11-12-11-----------------11---11-12-11---9s11-9--|
G---11-----------------------13-13-11-13----13-----------11------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------||
B-------14-14-12-11-12-11---------------11---11-12-11---14------||
G---/11-----------------------13-13-11-13---13-----------11-----||
D---------------------------------------------------------------||
A---------------------------------------------------------------||
E---------------------------------------------------------------||

White stripes

Seven nation army

 
e----------------------------||
B----------------------------||
G----------------------------||
D----------------------------||
A----------3-----------------||
E--5---5-------5---3--1---0--||

Who

Baba O'riley

 
e----------------------------||
B---------------3--3---------||
G--------2--2---------2--2---||
D--0--0----------------------||
A----------------------------||
E----------------------------||