

You can either play along with the actual song or download the Guitar Pro file for the song from a Guitar TAB website. What makes this one of the best Muse riffs is the feeling you get when you play it properly. It’s unlike any of the other riffs in this lesson. Once you memorize the order of the notes and you feel comfortable with the rhythm, you will start to get into a groove. If you play along with the song, you’ll start to understand why it’s such a great guitar riff. If you don’t get this feeling that I’m talking about when you play this riff, take it as a sign that you need to keep practicing. Supermassive Black Hole was the lead single from Muse’s 2006 album, Black Holes and Revelations. Supermassive Black Hole is a great song for a beginner to learn due to the simple rhythm and riffs used throughout the song. The riff I want to highlight here is the iconic opening guitar riff. It’s a great riff to learn to help you work on your timing. Being able to start and stop each of the open string notes at the right time is crucial to playing the riff properly.
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How to Play This RiffĪpart from the flurry of notes at the very end, the rest of this riff is very easy to learn.Īll you’re doing is alternating between the open E string and the 10th fret.īut getting this riff to sound good will take some practice. The first thing to do is to memorize the pattern. Listen to the song a few times and get used to the way the riff stops and starts. With the bends on the 10th fret, you only need to slightly bend the string. A quarter bend should sound half-way between the 10th and 11th fret pitches.
