I recently saw a list that ranked the greatest guitar riffs of alltime. Stairway to Heaven and Sweet Child O' Mine were both on that list; and they're both songs I like. Exactly what part of those songs constitutes the riff?
2007-03-21 08:16:30 · 8 answers · asked by BlakWriter 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Series of notes that are played together as a segment, and often played repeatedly.
So for sweet child o mine, it would be the beginning where Slash goes up and down on notes. Notice how it's mostly the same notes over and over? That's a riff.
How about the beginning of Enter Sandman? The most known part that keeps repeating, that's a riff.
AC/CD is a band that's full of riffs. Back in black, girls got the rhythm, etc...
2007-03-21 10:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by JC 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Usually, the "riff" is the -as has been posted- part of the song that you remember the most, and that you can sing when you think of the song, Usually, it is the music that opens the song.
Examples:
Stairway to Heaven... when you hear the title, the first thing people normally think of is the arpeggio at the very beginning... another part is the jamm near the end, right before the line "And as we wind on down the road."
Enter Sandman... The opening notes INSTANTLY tell you what the song is.
Friends In Low Places... the part that the acoustic plays that causes everyone to go nuts.. THAT is the riff.
2007-03-21 08:31:39 · answer #2 · answered by Bradly S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
normally it is a solo part of the song, what is the part every guitar player thinks of when they hear stairway to heavon that one part is the riff. So pretty much all it is is a part of the song. if you have any questions go to my profile and send me a message and then i can send you some of my bands riff that i wrote
2007-03-21 08:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by TMF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is like the hook of the song, so the major part that stands out. So in sweet child of mine, what he leads in with, that tune is the main riff of the song.
Technically I think anything can be considered a riff, like a song is made up of different ones, but in this case I think they are talking about the main melody of the song.
2007-03-21 08:25:36 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A riff, ostinato or loop is a repeated pattern of notes
2014-07-14 08:47:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a riff is an ostinato figure: a repeated chord progression, pattern or melodic figure, often played by the rhythm section instruments, that forms the basis or accompaniment of a musical composition
more info at this site
2007-03-21 08:32:30 · answer #6 · answered by lilpinay 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Seven Nation Army- The White Stripes perhaps?
2016-03-17 00:12:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the solo or when the guitar really stands out against the rest
2007-03-21 08:28:27 · answer #8 · answered by Aly Bug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋