Iconic Bass Riffs × × Browse the Lessons Beat It - Michael Jackson - the main riff Black Dog - Led Zeppelin - Intro Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen - THE riff Bring It On Home - Led Zeppelin - Em pent riff Bring It On Home - Led Zeppelin - Em pent riff Up OCTAVE Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne - the riff In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly - the riff James Bond Theme - John Barry - bass riff James Bond Theme - John Barry - bass riff intro Layla - Eric Clapton - The main riff (2 gtr parts combined) Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk Money - Pink Floyd - THE riff Paranoid - Black Sabbath - Intro riff Paranoid - Megadeth version - Main riff Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy - bass riff Radar Love - Golden Earring - intro riff Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy - Bass riff Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones – The riff Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin - Intro Riff YYZ - Rush - Intro riff Bass Riffs With Blue Notes × × Browse the Lessons Aqualung (Jethro Tull) Aqualung - Jethro Tull - bass riff (vid 2) Am Pent Blues Bass Riff w. Blue Note Hit It And Quit It – Funkadelic — The Riff Seek and Destroy - Metallica - Bass riff Seek and Destroy - Metallica - Bass riff 00:56 Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith - bass & power chords @ 3:33 Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones LIVE The Rover - Led Zeppelin - bendy bass riff The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin – b3 Blue Note @ 4:42 Wasting My Time - Jimmy Page – b3 Blue Note riff Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers - bass riff @ 4:31 Who Are You - The Who - bass & chords @ 00:43 Blues Bass Lines × × Browse the Lessons Blues Bass Line w. Scalar Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King Down On The Corner - CCR - bass riff intro Lucille - Little Richard - Blues bass line Mississippi Queen - Mountain - Intro riff Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin - Blues bass riff Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin - Intro Riff My Girl - The Temptations - intro bass riff Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Rock My Plimsoul - Jeff Beck - Intro Riff Rollin' And Tumblin' - Cream - bass and bends Tall Cool One - Robert Plant Melodic / Scalar × × Browse the Lessons Devil Inside - INXS - bass line riff A Passage To Bangkok - Rush - Bass riff intro Another Brick In the Wall - Pink Floyd - Melodic bass riff Back In the Saddle - Aerosmith Believer - 3 Doors Down - bass riff Billie Jean - Michael Jackson - Bass riff intro Black Night - Deep Purple - intro riff Burn - Deep Purple - Bass riff bridge Burn - Deep Purple - bass riff chorus Burn - Deep Purple - Bass riff under organ Burn - Deep Purple - bass riff verse Crazy On You - Heart - Bass melody riff Captain Jack - Billy Joel - Bass riff Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas - Intro riff Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin - Em riff at 3:35 Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson - bass riff Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden - at 1:43 I Want to Take You Higher - Sly and the Family Stone - bass riff In the Flesh - Pink Floyd - Bends mutes melodic riff Life's Been Good Intro Riff Live With Me - Rolling Stones - bass riff Members Only - Nothing But Thieves - riff @ 40secs Middle of the Road - The Pretenders - Bass riff 0:13 Mistreated - Deep Purple - Intro riff My God - Jethro Tull- bass chord riff Nothing Is Easy - Jethro Tull - Intro riff Nothing Without You - Paul Carrack - bass riff Ogre Battle - Queen - Bass riff Pamela - Toto - cool bass riff Pictures of Home - Deep Purple - Intro riff Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani - Bass intro riff Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani - bass riffs 00:12 Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson The Ocean - Led Zeppelin - Bass riff 00:50 The Rover - Led Zeppelin - hammeron riffs start solo Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull - Scale pattern bass riff Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull - similar bass riff Too Late For Love - Def Leppard - double stops and bass riff Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers - bassriff under vox You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi - Verse riff You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars - Bass riff @ 2:13 Bass Riffs with Chromaticism × × Browse the Lessons Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin - Intro riff Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin - riff at 1:31 Death On Two Legs - Queen - bass riff Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas - Bass riff @ 03:02 Dolly Dagger Intro riff Bass Run C G D Bass riff over I II I V in G Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix - bass riff chorus Get It On - Kingdom Come - bass riff Halleluia I Love Her So - Humble Pie - Main riff I Know A Little - Lynyrd Skynyrd - blues bass line Iron Man - Black Sabbath – chromatic bass riff Iron Man - Black Sabbath - bass riff @ 1:14 Iron Man - Black Sabbath - descending bass riff Living Loving Maid - Led Zeppelin - intro riff Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix - verse riff Roadhouse Blues - The Doors - Bass riff Rock This Town - Stray Cats - bass riff 00:31 Siberian Khatru - Yes - Bass riff 00:54 Sunny Afternoon – Kinks - Intro Riff Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream - Intro Riff Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith - bass riff 1:15 Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers - Chorus riff YYZ - Rush - Verse riff Rhythmic × × Browse the Lessons Black Friday - Steely Dan - bass riff thrills Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas - bass riff @ 4:29 Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne - bass riff Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne - powerchords & bass D.O.A. - Van Halen - bass riff intro Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin - B chord riff Demolition Man - The Police - Bass riff Desert Song - Michael Schenker Group - intro riff Don't Mean Nothing - Richard Marx - bass riff Funk #49 - Joe Walsh - Minor pent riff Got The Feeling - Jeff Beck - bass and mutes Had to Cry Today - Blind Faith - bass riff Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis & The News - Intro bass riff I'm Yours and I'm Hers - Johnny Winter - octave bass riff If 6 Was 9 - Jimi Hendrix - bass riff Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin - Main riff Just My Imagination - The Temptations Last Child - Aerosmith - Bass riff intro Let Me Entertain You - Queen - bass riff Limelight - Rush - Chord & bass lines riff Mary Had A Little Lamb - SRV - Intro Riff My Generation - The Chord bass riff verse My Generation - The Who - bass riff My Generation - The Who - chord bass riff @ 1:20 Out On The Tiles - Led Zeppelin - Intro Bass riff Paperback Writer - The Beatles - intro riff Situation - Jeff Beck - Intro riff Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - funky verse riff Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm — Intro (Power Chords) Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix - intro bass riff Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth - Power chord & bass The Rover - Led Zeppelin - bass riff intro The Rover - Led Zeppelin - Rhythmic riff The Rover - Led Zeppelin - rhythmic riff 5:06 Welcome To the DCC - Nothing But Thieves - riff @ 40secs Arpeggio Bass Lines × × Browse the Lessons Goodbye Girl - Squeeze - bass riff How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin - bass riff Invisible Sun - The Police - bass riff chorus Out On The Tiles - Led Zeppelin - Intro bass riff 2 Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple - The verse riff The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police The Ocean - Led Zeppelin - Bass Riff You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars – Arpeggio bass riff The Beatles × × Browse the Lessons Birthday - The Beatles - Blues riff Day Tripper riff Jimi Hendrix version Dig A Pony Intro Riff I Feel Fine - The Beatles - bass riff I Want To Tell You - The Beatles - bass riff It Won't Be Long - The Beatles - bass riff Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles - bass riff You Really Got A Hold On Me - The Beatles - intro bass riff Explore Other Course Categories Music Theory Scales Harmony Rhythm Ear Training Technique Music Styles & Genres Songwriting Rock Riffs & Phrases Improvisation Learn Songs Learn Solos Superstar Results Practice Benefits of Music Study
Beat It - Michael Jackson - the main riff 
