The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

[Mooncat84]

For anybody who's spending their quarantine time thinking about picking up or learning guitar for the first time, or even anyone who just wants to learn an all-time classic riff - this is one of the easiest yet best sounding riffs ever! Just don't play it in a guitar store

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0N9oajvTs0&t=9s

 

[Clint 55]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

Floyd the barber is even simpler. Lol!

 

[dave74]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

I'd rather hear someone stumbling over ironman.

 

[LLL]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

Try the solo. Far more difficult than what may seem, what with Ritchie's unique phrasing.

 

[Mincer]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

One of my students is learning the solo. It isn't that easy, but rarely is any Blackmore solo.

 

[Mooncat84]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

Yeah his solos are definitely surprisingly difficult, not to mention awesome sounding! He's got his own thing going on.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

I love deep purple and Blackmore and all (big fan of the Rod Evans and early Ian Gillian days), but I think learning and practicing this riff during a pandemic lockdown just might increase the murder rate.

 

[Mincer]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

I love deep purple and Blackmore and all (big fan of the Rod Evans and early Ian Gillian days), but I think learning and practicing this riff during a pandemic lockdown just might increase the murder rate.

I dig every era of Deep Purple, too. And I can agree with this. I'd rather they work on Wring That Neck, or Lay Down, Stay Down.

 

[greekdude]

Re: The Ultimate Beginner's Riff - Smoke on the Water!

Lord was the absolute mastermind of Deep Purple. 3rd record (Fool, April, Why didn't rosemary, chasing shadows, etc just great melodies, orchetsration, execution) was a masterpiece, hands down. Blackmore positioned himself as guitar God, but personally I find very few lines of his that are hard to play : a lick from "child in time" comes to mind.