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What's your all time favourite riff you love to play even if you don't play the whole song?

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right now?

Outside Woman Blues
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Couldn't Stand The Weather - SRV

First time I heard it I had to learn it - great riff in my opinion

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Little Wing :x

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6 Reply by cathysiler (edited by cathysiler 2008-07-15 13:04:29)

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Riffs were the topic of Joe's Sirius show today, check it out for his "essential" list!  Cathy

     http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtop … 582#p72582

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That depends on your definition of a riff.

Bridge to Better Days
What's Going Down - KWS

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Never in my life - Mountain
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Black Dog - Led Zep
Bridge to Better Days - YKW

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That riff during the break down of Cliffs of Dover when Eric flies down D major pentatonic over the G major chord. I love that sound, playing a fifth over whatever chord to get that tonal shift.

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Little Wing or Another Kind Of Love

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opener to

FUNK #49

deeeeoooooooooowwwwwwww dit dit deeeeeeeeeeerrrrrdaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww

do dit do dit do dit do dit do deeeeeeeoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh

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Guitgator wrote:

opener to

FUNK #49

deeeeoooooooooowwwwwwww dit dit deeeeeeeeeeerrrrrdaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww

do dit do dit do dit do dit do deeeeeeeoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh

wow thats quite the accurate transcription there haha

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kwsjb1238 wrote:
Guitgator wrote:

opener to

FUNK #49

deeeeoooooooooowwwwwwww dit dit deeeeeeeeeeerrrrrdaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwww

do dit do dit do dit do dit do deeeeeeeoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh

wow thats quite the accurate transcription there haha

I think there is an extra "dit do" in there at the end, but I could be wrong. smile

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gotta Love the "doodlers" out there....


Favorite song to "doodle" sounds like a a different thread all together.
THE ACE OF SPADES!!!
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the intro riff to "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'?"

it's gotta be one of the coolest riffs of all time.

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The riff im playing at the moment is Into The Void by Black Sabbath.  I'm road testing a Laney with my SG detuned at the moment and just can't help churning out those Tony Iommi riffs.

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C'mon guys where's Smoke On The Water??
We know that's the riff you all really play!

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