View Single Post
Old 05-12-2010, 03:26 AM  
DamianJ
Too lazy to set a custom title
 
DamianJ's Avatar
 
Industry Role:
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: A magical land
Posts: 15,808
A riff is not a solo. A riff is a guitar hook (usually only a few notes) that makes the song work. A solo is played in the middle of a song and is (usually) little more than the guitarist masturbating.

Cream had some great riffs. Sunshine of your love, Cocaine, etc.

Smoke on the Water has to win though. imho. First riff I played on the guitar!
DamianJ is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote