Rock Guitar
Rock is the broadest guitar genre. It covers everything from the melodic songwriting of The Beatles to the arena anthems of Queen and the blues-infused riffs of Led Zeppelin. If a song has a guitar, drums and attitude, it probably fits here.
This is a great starting point if you're not sure what to learn next. Rock songs range from beginner-friendly open chords to challenging solos, and they teach you rhythm, dynamics and feel in ways that more technical genres sometimes skip.
Ask Carl 1
Billy Idol 5
Bruce Springsteen 3
Bryan Adams 4
Can't Find My Way Home 1
Dire Straits 4
Eddie Money 2
Electric Light Orchestra 2
Fleetwood Mac 4
Foreigner 4
George Harrison 2
Gerry Rafferty 1
Huey Lewis and The News 1
Jimmy Buffett 1
John Fogerty 1
John Mellencamp 2
Journey 9
- 1 Any Way You Want It TAB 1980
- 2 Don't Stop Believin' TAB 1981
- 3 Lights TAB 1978
- 4 Open Arms TAB 1981
- 5 Separate Ways TAB 1983
- 6 Wheel in the Sky TAB 1978
- 7 When You Love a Woman LESSON 1996
- 8 Who's Crying Now TAB 1981
- 9 Who's Crying Now Guitar Solo Lesson - Neal Schon LESSON 1981
Kenny Loggins 1
Lenny Kravitz 2
Living Colour 1
Maggie May 1
No Doubt 1
Paul McCartney 3
Peter Frampton 1
Peter Gabriel 1
Phil Collins 2
Queen 18
- 1 Another One Bites the Dust LESSON 1980
- 2 Crazy Little Thing Called Love COVER 1980
- 3 Don't Stop Me Now TAB 1978
- 4 Fat Bottomed Girls LESSON 1978
- 5 Hammer To Fall TAB 1984
- 6 I Want It All LESSON 1989
- 7 I Want To Break Free LESSON 1984
- 8 Keep Yourself Alive TAB 1973
- 9 Killer Queen LESSON 1974
- 10 Love of My Life LESSON 1975
- 11 Radio Ga Ga TAB 1984
- 12 Somebody to Love TAB 1976
- 13 The Show Must Go On TAB 1991
- 14 These Are The Days of Our Lives TAB 1991
- 15 Under Pressure TAB 1981
- 16 We Are the Champions COVER 1977
- 17 We Will Rock You LESSON 1977
- 18 You're My Best Friend TAB 1975
REO Speedwagon 3
Ritchie Valens 1
Robert Plant 1
Rod Stewart 1
Roy Orbison 1
Sammy Hagar 1
Spinal Tap 1
Steve Miller Band 2
Stray Cats 1
Supertramp 2
Surftones 1
Ten Years After 1
Tenacious D 1
The Beatles 31
- 1 All You Need Is Love TAB 1967
- 2 Because LESSON 1969
- 3 Can't Buy Me Love TAB 1964
- 4 Come Together LESSON 1969
- 5 Day Tripper TAB 1965
- 6 Dear Prudence LESSON 1968
- 7 Dig a Pony LESSON 1970
- 8 Don't Let Me Down TAB 1969
- 9 Get Back TAB 1970
- 10 Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight TAB 1969
- 11 Hey Jude TAB 1968
- 12 I Am The Walrus TAB 1967
- 13 I Feel Fine TAB 1964
- 14 I Me Mine LESSON 1970
- 15 I Want You (She's So Heavy) TAB 1969
- 16 I Will LESSON 1968
- 17 Julia Acoustic TAB 1968
- 18 Mother Nature's Son TAB 1968
- 19 Norwegian Wood TAB 1965
- 20 Now And Then LESSON 2023
- 21 Octopus's Garden TAB 1969
- 22 Penny Lane TAB 1967
- 23 Something TAB 1969
- 24 Strawberry Fields Forever TAB 1967
- 25 The Fool On The Hill TAB 1967
- 26 This Boy TAB 1963
- 27 Twist and Shout LESSON 1963
- 28 Two of Us LESSON 1970
- 29 We Can Work It Out TAB 1965
- 30 While My Guitar Gently Weeps TAB 1968
- 31 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away TAB 1965
The Black Crowes 2
The Doobie Brothers 3
The Eagles 1
The Hollies 2
The J. Geils Band 1
The Killers 1
The Kingsmen 1
The Moody Blues 1
The Outfield 1
The Police 4
The Pretenders 1
The Rolling Stones 11
- 1 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction TAB 1965
- 2 Angie LESSON 1973
- 3 Brown Sugar TAB 1971
- 4 Get Off of My Cloud LESSON 1965
- 5 Gimme Shelter TAB 1969
- 6 Paint It Black TAB 1966
- 7 Ruby Tuesday TAB 1967
- 8 Start Me Up TAB 1981
- 9 Sympathy For The Devil TAB 1968
- 10 Wild Horses TAB 1971
- 11 You Can't Always Get What You Want TAB 1969
The Romantics 1
The Tragically Hip 1
The Troggs 1
The Who 3
Tom Petty 8
Trans-Siberian Orchestra 3
U2 7
Ugly Kid Joe 1
Van Morrison 1
Wicked Game 1
38 Special 1
Why Rock Guitar Matters
Rock guitar is where most players develop their core skills: strumming patterns, barre chords, pentatonic soloing, bending, vibrato and dynamics. The genre rewards feel over speed and musical taste over raw technique. A well-placed bend in a Beatles song can be more powerful than a hundred shred notes.
The range is enormous. Smoke on the Water is one of the first riffs every guitarist learns. Stairway to Heaven takes you from fingerpicked arpeggios to a blazing solo. Bohemian Rhapsody covers half a dozen styles in six minutes.
If you want to focus on a specific era, browse 60s rock for the British Invasion sound, 70s rock for the golden age, or 90s rock for alternative and grunge. You can also explore related genres like Blues Rock or Classic Rock.