Essential Riffs
Learn 37 classic rock and metal riffs, one at a time
Essential Riffs is an online guitar course that teaches 37 well-known rock and metal riffs, taught by Steve Stine. Each riff gets its own video lesson, from "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Day Tripper" to "Hangar 18" and "Painkiller". The riffs come from bands such as Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and Van Halen. The course has 38 video lessons, an introduction plus one per riff, about 2.5 hours in total, and a 28-page PDF book.
What Essential Riffs is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In this video, he introduces the course and the riffs you'll learn.
Course intro: Introduction · 1:33
Is Essential Riffs right for you?
- Players who want fun, familiar material. Each lesson teaches one well-known rock or metal riff.
- Rock and metal fans. The list covers bands like Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Metallica and Megadeth.
- Anyone stuck in a practice rut. Each lesson covers a single riff, most in under six minutes.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Play classic rock riffs like "Whole Lotta Love" and "Heartbreaker" by Led Zeppelin
- Play metal riffs such as "Master of Puppets", "The Trooper" and "Painkiller"
- Play the intros to "More Than a Feeling" and "You Shook Me All Night Long"
- Play hard rock riffs from AC/DC, Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne and Guns N' Roses
- Play Metallica and Megadeth riffs like "Jump in the Fire" and "Hangar 18"
- Learn 37 riffs, each in its own lesson
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
37 classic rock and metal riffs
An introduction, then one lesson per riff, including "No More Mr. Nice Guy", "Photograph", "Carry On Wayward Son", "Black Sabbath", "2 Minutes to Midnight", "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", "Mississippi Queen", "Limelight", "Sweet Child O' Mine", "Slow Ride", "Highway to Hell" and "Live Wire".
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 28-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"The lessons are easy to learn. You'll progress quite well. Do it."
David P.United States
"You're gonna be surprised. You're gonna learn a lot very quickly."
Timothy C.Canada
"I think the really positive thing about GuitarZoom is the structure of the lessons."
David C.United States
"Steve does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
David T.United States
"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
Daryll O.India
"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
Paul C.Canada
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