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1 GREATEST ROCK GUITAR 65 Essential Riffs from Legendary Songs The included DVD-ROM contains MP3s that demonstrate how each riff should sound. To access these recordings, insert the DVD-ROM into a computer, navigate to Computer or My Computer, right-click on the disc drive icon, and select Open or Explore. (Mac users can simply double-click the disc icon that appears on the desktop.) The MP3s are located in the MP3s folder. In addition to the demonstration MP3s, the DVD-ROM contains our exclusive TNT 2 software for practice you can slow down the MP3 audio, loop sections, change keys, and more. For installation, follow the MP3 instructions at left to explore the disc and double-click on the installer file. Installation may take up to 15 minutes. TNT 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows 7, Vista, XP QuickTime 7 or higher 1.8 GHz processor or faster 1.4 GB hard drive space, 2 GB RAM minimum DVD drive for installation Speakers or headphones Internet access required for updates Macintosh OS 10.4 and higher (Intel only) QuickTime 7 or higher 1.4 GB hard drive space, 2 GB RAM minimum DVD drive for installation Speakers or headphones Internet access required for updates Produced by Alfred Music P.O. Box Van Nuys, CA alfred.com Printed in USA. For all works contained herein: Unauthorized copying, arranging, adapting, recording, or public performance is an infringement of copyright. Infringers are liable under the law. ISBN-10: (Book & DVD-ROM) ISBN-13: (Book & DVD-ROM) Recordings Guitars: Guillermo Gonzalez, Dan Begelman, Aaron Stang, and Jack Allen

2 2 ARTIST INDEX AC/DC Back in Black ARGENT Hold Your Head Up AVERAGE WHITE BAND Pick Up the Pieces THE BEATLES From Me to You...42 She Loves You...77 BLACK SABBATH Paranoid CAKE Short Skirt / Long Jacket CHICAGO 25 or 6 to Beginnings CREED What If With Arms Wide Open SHERYL CROW If It Makes You Happy...47 THE EASYBEATS Friday on My Mind FINGER ELEVEN One Thing Paralyzer FLEETWOOD MAC The Chain PETER FRAMPTON Do You Feel Like We Do NORMAN GREENBAUM Spirit in the Sky GLEN HANSARD AND MARKÉTA IRGLOVÁ Falling Slowly THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE All Along the Watchtower... 9 JOHN BARRY ORCHESTRA James Bond Theme JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES Shakin All Over...78 RICKIE LEE JONES Chuck E s in Love JOURNEY Don t Stop Believin KID ROCK Bawitdaba THE KINKS Lola LED ZEPPELIN Babe I m Gonna Leave You Black Dog Bron-Yr-Aur Kashmir Moby Dick Over the Hills and Far Away Ramble On Stairway to Heaven The Wanton Song Whole Lotta Love...92 PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS Live and Let Die JONI MITCHELL Big Yellow Taxi THE MOODY BLUES The Story in Your Eyes MOTÖRHEAD Ace of Spades... 8 PAPA ROACH Last Resort BOBBY PARKER Watch Your Step PEOPLE IN PLANES If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode) PINK FLOYD Money THE ROLLING STONES Brown Sugar Can t You Hear Me Knocking...24 Jumpin Jack Flash Paint It, Black (I Can t Get No) Satisfaction... 6 You Can t Always Get What You Want RUSH Closer to the Heart Far Cry Limelight The Spirit of Radio BILLY SQUIER Everybody Wants You THE STANDELLS Dirty Water...33 THE SURFARIS Wipe Out T. REX 20th Century Boy... 4 JAMES TAYLOR Copperline...32 GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS Bad to the Bone TOTO Hold the Line THE WHO Pinball Wizard...70 The Seeker WILD CHERRY Play That Funky Music...73 MASON WILLIAMS Classical Gas... 30

4 5 Already an underground institution in his English homeland, T. Rex (led by Mark Bolan, née Mark Feld) roared onto the U.S. scene in 1971 with a hit almost as massive as its flamboyant creator s persona Bang a Gong (Get It On). Two years later, the British prince of glam boogie scored again with 20th Century Boy which has enjoyed a much longer life than its creator thanks to its repeated use in commercials and movies. Bolan was known for playing a variety of guitars but mostly the Gibson Les Paul Custom and Flying V. His amp of choice was a British valve amp made by a short-lived company called Vampower. These amps featured a unique Bite distortion control that contributed to his heavy signature sound, but you can get very close using a modern distortion pedal. Note the ambiguity of where the downbeat is on this riff. You have no real sense of where the one is until the drums settle into a backbeat at measure 7. The verse is simply a four-bar A boogie pattern (alternating between the 5th and 6th of the chord) followed by the intro riff.

5 6 (I CAN T GET NO) SATISFACTION by THE ROLLING STONES Words and Music by MICK JAGGER and KEITH RICHARDS 1965 (Renewed) ABKCO MUSIC, INC., 85 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY All Rights Reserved Consistently voted as the greatest guitar riff of all time, Keith Richards groggily sang this melodic fragment into an early cassette recorder one morning just before falling asleep in a Clearwater, Florida motel. The fuzz-drenched three notes that kick off (I Can t Get No) Satisfaction can legitimately be called the fountainhead of all subsequent rock guitar riffs. Ironically, the guitar riff heard on the record was only intended as a guide for what Richards intended to be a saxophone part, but The Rolling Stones record company rush-released the song before the horns could be added.

25 OR 6 TO 4 by CHICAGO 7 Words and Music by ROBERT LAMM 1970 (Renewed) SPIRIT CATALOG HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l. and LAMMINATIONS MUSIC US, UK and Canadian Rights for SPIRIT CATALOGUE HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l. Controlled and Administered by SPIRIT TWO MUSIC, INC.

6 25 OR 6 TO 4 by CHICAGO 7 Words and Music by ROBERT LAMM 1970 (Renewed) SPIRIT CATALOG HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l. and LAMMINATIONS MUSIC US, UK and Canadian Rights for SPIRIT CATALOGUE HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l. Controlled and Administered by SPIRIT TWO MUSIC, INC. Rights for the Rest of World are Controlled and Administered by SPIRIT SERVICES HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l. on behalf of SPIRIT CATALOGUE HOLDINGS, S.à.r.l. All Rights Reserved The title of Chicago s second Top 10 single, 25 or 6 to 4, refers to the pre-dawn time (25 or 26 minutes to 4 a.m. ) when keyboardist/guitarist/songwriter Robert Lamm was writing a song about the songwriting process. The guitar player on this track was the late, great Terry Kath. Terry was a big man with a big voice and an aggressive playing style. We suggest you attack this riff with all downstrokes.

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