Riff Sentence Examples

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  • It thus forms the entrepot for the commerce of the Riff district and its hinterland.

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  • It was built on a sharp and punchy guitar riff making for a bright and immediately likeable song.

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  • Jones ' guitar lines switch from delicate arpeggio one minute to towering riff the next.

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  • I've used a light, catchy chord riff on organ.

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  • First track ' Eight Mile Queue ' powerfully kicks in with a monster riff entwined with a groovy bassline and casio keyboard rock drums.

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  • The song begins with the fade-in of a chugging guitar riff.

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  • A sudden, grinding needle-sharp metal riff ushers the song in.

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  • The sure and steady, funky riff and fate beat casts it's spell and you succumb.

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  • The single has a great guitar riff which goes all the way through the song.

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  • In particular, one track, On The Run; a monster synth riff with aircraft noises and wicked filter sweeps.

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  • The sure and steady, funky riff and fate beat casts it 's spell and you succumb.

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  • It 's more kind of pop with a catchy simple tune and the odd bluesy riff.

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  • Even non-fans will, at some point, attempt the distinctive opening riff of Sweet Home Alabama that is almost a rite of passage for those looking to study serious rock guitar playing.

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  • Probably Lynyrd Skynyrd's most famous song, the opening riff to this piece is unmistakable, having a kind of tumbling quality as it skips from phrase to phrase.

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  • Featuring a dropped D tuning, this riff is heavy, dark and full of groove.

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  • Van Halen uses the long, dark introduction to build tension to a near breaking point before they kick into the famous Oh, Pretty Woman riff.

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  • Simple, solid, bluesy and heavy, the opening riff of this classic just oozes rock and roll attitude.

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  • Originally released in 1972 on the album Machine Head, the four chord distorted guitar riff follows a basic blues scale and is eventually doubled by a heavily distorted Hammond organ playing the same line as the guitar.

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  • Guitare Tab - A simple, clean and well-designed guitar tab site, Guitare Tab has a complete version of Smoke on the Water that included the verses, chorus, opening riff and even the guitar solo.

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  • Ed King claims that he got the inspiration from a riff from fellow Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington one night at a band rehearsal.

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  • I've been to open mic nights where I see these bass players that are brilliant technically but they fall apart when they try to play even a simple blues riff.

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  • In 1992, Eric Clapton played on MTV's Unplugged, creating "Layla's" acoustic version that was slower and got rid of the piano riff from the original.

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  • From the album Little Queen, the song is famous for its opening guitar riff, which many have said is influenced by Led Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand.

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  • In fact, some theories suggest that the song lifted the riff directly from Led Zeppelin's track.

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  • Chances are that you've already heard the opening riff hundreds of times over the years.

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  • It remains one of the most successful metal songs ever in terms of sales and crossover success, and it's instantly recognizable riff seems to make even non-metal fans want to get up and rock out.

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  • This song is all about the riff, and no, that isn't The White Stripes selling out by using a bass guitar.

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  • A cranked up riff with almost angelic singing over the top gives a nice counterpoint.

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  • O ' Sailor's discordant piano riff sounds suitably creepy, but it might easily have sounded cartoonish.

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  • Coupled with stage fave a la pub rock and Hey Joe riff - Go Buddy Go.

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  • One major factor scientists have clearly overlooked in this Bristol-based foursome 's case is the ability to harness the power of the riff.

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  • To get you started, the opening riff is just 9th to 7th fret on the low E string.

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  • I particularly liked the interplay between Petrucci's solid riff mid-section and Rudess ' Hammond organ improvisation in the gaps between the riffs.

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  • Too keep us riff raff out of his hair of course.

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  • Sometimes electronics of old time synthesizer pushes lead guitars into outer space and riff ever revolving begins again.

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  • Her first, " Nothing There ", had a lovely descending riff on the guitar coupled with a very strong vocal.

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  • A neat little jazzy riff caught my attention in this well delivered piece.

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  • A simple song with a great piano riff, the whole band sounding like we were going to war.

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  • Featured on the Vaultage 79 album, the song has a nifty sax riff and Darris carries it all off with a shrug.

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  • The chorus took the song up a notch moving from a reggae riff to a thicker strumming pattern.

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  • To riff on the idea of what you might do with a traditional cake, try making a flower cascade down the side of a cupcake display or placing fresh flowers in between each tier of a stand.

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  • This layered approach to the recording is responsible for the riff's leaden sound.

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  • The information below will take you to where you need to be to get your riff on!

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  • There is a YouTube video of the band playing the song to get you in the mood, followed by the guitar chord chart for the song and the tabs for the song's signature opening riff.

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  • They claimed that the melody for 'Stutter' was taken from Wire's 'I Am The Fly', and 'Connection' stole the keyboard riff from 'Three Girl Rhumba'.

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  • The similar "galloping" sound of the riff is enough for some people to invite comparisons between the two.

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  • A Moorish custom-house is placed on the Spanish border beyond the fort of Santa Isabel, and is the only authorized centre of trade on the Riff coast between Tetuan and the Algerian frontier.

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  • In 1908 two companies, under the protection of El Roghi, a chieftain then ruling the Riff region, started mining lead and iron some 15 m.

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  • I hope you have a killer riff in mind coz da words ain't doin ' it for me.

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  • It's more kind of pop with a catchy simple tune and the odd bluesy riff.

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  • Sadly, the mix on both is pretty lightweight, crying out for a Manchester sized bass riff to hang its coat on.

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  • Magical riff at breakneck speed with Stiv 's trademark rasping sneering vocals overlaid on top.

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  • As the song progresses the washed out repetitive organ riff is augmented by heavily delayed and sporadically panned lead guitar.

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  • Whether a riff off of the classic "There once was a girl from Nantucket" or perhaps a rhyme for your sweetheart's name, the limerick has been a treasured form of lewd expression for decades.

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  • The trouble, long brewing, broke out in July, with the attack by the Riff tribesmen upon the workmen engaged on the railway being built to connect Melilla with the mines in the hills, held by Spanish concessionaires.

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