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    Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:39
        You should suggest some guitarists (or other musicians)who you think are top-riff creators. From names, which would appear more times, we can create a voting competition for a single champion. You should also add some riffs you like from that person.
    

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    I suggest Tony Iommi with riffs like Iron Man, Sabbath bloody sabbath, Paranoid, Sabbra cadabra, Lord of THis world, Into the void,...
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Blackmore and Iommi, the riff meisters!!
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Jimmy Page, no contest: -
 
Whole Lotta Love
Custard Pie
Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
 
Need I go on?
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Points: 10063 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2006 at 10:58
Riff you say?:
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Dave Mustaine
 

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Michael Romeo. I'd have to list most Symphony X songs ... I guess that Symphony X - V: The New Mythology suite contains the best ones. Evolution, Fallen, ... riff heaven. And in The Odyssey (the epic) he plays two or three amazingly long riffs.

John Petrucci: Pull Me Under, Learning to Live, Take the Time, Erotomania, 6:00, ... the list goes on and on and on.

James Hetfield - No comment necessary.

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James Hetfield
Steve Howe
Tony Iommi
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
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I think we need to define the word "riff" ... I never thought of Jimi Hendrix as a riff-oriented guitarist.
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Blackmore, Page, Tony Iommi - i read somewhere that he has a huge collection of riffs on tape - a "rifflopaedia"LOL
 
 
 
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I think we need to define the word "riff" ... I never thought of Jimi Hendrix as a riff-oriented guitarist.
 
 
i would say it was "a sequence of notes repeated during a piece of music, or song, forming a framework for the song to be built around"......???Confused
 
 
 
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Points: 1678 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:49
Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

I think we need to define the word "riff" ... I never thought of Jimi Hendrix as a riff-oriented guitarist.

 

 

i would say it was "a sequence of notes repeated during a piece of music, or song, forming a framework for the song to be built around"......???[IMG]height=17 alt=Confused src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley5.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

 

 

 

    

it doesn't have to be notes but chords as well...

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a band with some of the greatest riffs of all time are VdGG (the song "Sleepwalkers" alone has enough great riffs to make a whole album from). and since Hammill writes most of the music for VdGG, he is the big riff creator. and indeed we find a lot of great riffs on his soloalbums too


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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Jimmy Page, no contest: -
 
Whole Lotta Love
Custard Pie
Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
 
Need I go on?
 
Page could make a better riff off the spot than most guitarist. Big smile
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Points: 21156 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2006 at 01:55
Ok ... the wikipedia page makes sense: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riff

Apparently they're not 100% sure either ... but I'd say that not every repeating pattern or chord progression is a riff. It should have a rhythm (guitar) character - if it has a lead (guitar) character then I'd rather call it a lick. And it should not be based on complex chord voicings - it's more a melody than a chord progression.

But you're free to use any other definition!Wink
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Points: 1777 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2006 at 06:51
I'm a big Page / Zepplin fan as well but when you read sites like this
You may question exactly how original Page is/was.
I doubt whether he is the sole guitarist to 'borrow' riffs but the author of the above site seems to have a unhealthy dislike for both Page and Zepplin.

Regardless of any plagiarism my vote would go to Tony Iommi, btw.
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Points: 18292 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2006 at 13:13
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C'mom people!

Why hasn't anybody mentioned the greatest riff Masters of all time:

AC/DC's ANGUS and MALCOM YOUNG!!!!!

- For those about to rock;
- Highway to Hell;
- Hell's Bells;
- Whole lotta Rosie;
- TNT;
- Beatin' around the Bush;
- Everything else...

They created the greatest pure and harsh Rock and Roll riffs ever, and when you think they are done with it, they come with a lot more!

And by the way, their riffs are always simple and easy to play and they tend to stick to your mind forever...


Edited by Mumakil - September 25 2006 at 13:43
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