Classic Beginner Riffs
to impress your friends and dismay your enemies
Part 1
August 31, 2025
Video Index
5:10 Rob teaches strategies to learn difficult music
8:13 Rob teaches the Smoke on the Water Riff
21:25 How do you pick both strings at the same time?
23:21 Is there more than one way to pick strings?
25:09 How do you mute the other strings?
31:08 Which is better-a thin or a thick pick?
38:05 Rob teaches the Already Gone Riff
52:45 Rob teaches the Lester Flat Run
Part 2
September 7, 2025
Video Index
0:54 Rob teaches strategies to learn difficult music
6:55 Rob teaches the Boogie Woogie Blues Riff
33:32 Rob teaches the Satisfaction Riff
43:51 Rob teaches the Sunshine of Your Love Riff
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Thanks to everyone who showed up today. Great questions, great enthusiasm, great vibes. What’d you get out of the workshop? Let me know!