(Post to be finished soon... I still have to record and post the two videos playing and explaining the riff, unfortunately due to an small injury I will not be able to post the videos today, my apologies for the delay). Hello everyone, today (with the permission of the administrators) I will bring you the "Riff of the week". The riff belongs to the song Creeping Death by Metallica that is included on the band second album "Ride the Lightning" recorded on 1983, as a little background story Creeping Death is Metallica second most played song live (after Master of Puppets) and the riff we will be learning is one of the most iconic riffs of the band, this riff was written by Kirk Hammet (Metallica lead guitar) when he was only 16 years old, is what we may name a "bridge riff" and is played right after the end of the song main solo. This lesson will include the riff guitar tabs, an mp3 cut from the original song of this riff and also an mp3 cut of the isolated guitar version of the riff too. Also I will record two videos playing and explaining the riff part by part. A few tips for beginners: 1 - To play this riff using an electric guitar you don't need to sound exactly like Metallica, a distortion with a high gain is enough, also you can even play it on an acoustic guitar too. 2 - Metallica style during those years was pure thrash metal that means that all the picking will be downward all the time (that is something that remains through all the rhythm riffs of the song). 3 - I will be working on this post during the day so this will not be the final version of the post. 4 - Don't hesitate to send me a pm if you have any questions that may not be included on the post. 5 - This is not the main riff of the song I choose it because is not as difficult as the main riff, however if this post has a good reception I will make a post of the main riff next week. Let's start by posting the riff cut from the original song and also the same riff but with only the guitars without the voice.

Here's a really easy one to kick it off! It's the main theme for Rooster by Alice in Chains. Just a quick note, if you want to play with the recording, you will have to down your guitar to E♭ standard. That means every string goes down a half step. E♭ A♭ D♭ G♭ B♭ E♭. If you don't care about that, just keep it in regular standard! Looks like everyone is digging @Mike Abalos's new classroom section! That's awesome! Well done Mike! I'll catch you all later this week with a quick lesson on Wednesday and a longer one on Friday! Speaking of which, now that these classrooms are starting to fill up, what is everyone yearning to learn? What are you stuck on? Speak up and speak out! Let me know, and either Mike or myself can target something for you specifically! Have a great week this week, we look forward to hearing from you all! -Ben

Hi thanks for accepting me to the group I definitely have some stories about my past experiences with my guitars and hopefully some helpful tips for everyone rock on and here are some pics of my fist kit guitar

Time for some more guitar! Hey everyone, Ben here, with your beginning of the week howdy! I hope everyone had a great weekend! Here's a quick and easy song tutorial for you today, Wednesday will be a smaller lesson, and Friday we will have the long lesson! Anyone working on something new this week? Something that's challenging them? Need any help with something in particular? Let me know, and I will catch you on Wednesday! -Ben

Hey guys and gals! What's everyone working on this week? Is there something in the classrooms that has piqued your interest? Does anyone have any questions about something they're working on? Lemme know! As always I'll have something fun for you I've made for some of our other social medias down below. Later this week I'll have a quick lesson, that typically goes out in our newsletters, but I'll post it here as well in case you aren't subscribed to our newsletter (you should totally get on that though!). Finally on Friday I'll have a new Classroom video that goes out as well! Of course I'll let everyone know here when each one of these goes out so keep your eyes peeled! Mike will be here too! Don't worry, he hasn't gone anywhere! Hope everyone has a great week this week, and remember to reach out about, well, anything guitar related! I'm always around haha! -Ben Newsletter: https://intermediateguitar.com/newsletter/