10 Classic Riffs Every Guitarist Should Know

Jack Black in School Of Rock affectionately mocked this classic, another which is actually much easier to play than you would think. It is also one of the most consistently incorrectly played songs, where in fact guitarists actually make it harder for themselves.

The assumption is often that Richie Blackmore is playing power chords or even full barre chords, in reality he is just playing pairs of notes, and letting the underlying bass line suggest the tonality as he spells out the first half of the ubiquitous blues scale found in so much rock music.