riff

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musical phrase; improvised part of a song

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There are good musicians, and then there are great musicians. A good musician can play a song with good style and form. They can repeat this almost perfectly and make it enjoyable to listen to every time. However, a great musician can do more than this. A great musician is an artist who can take a musical idea and make something new and wonderful out of it each time they play it. They can create unique riffs as well as play the same riff perfectly any time.

A riff is a musical phrase. People can talk about their favorite rock-n-roll riffs. For example, in Led Zeppelin’s famous song Stairway to Heaven, there are many popular guitar riffs. On the other hand, riff can also mean a unique, improvised section of music. A great musician may never play the same riff twice, but they will probably play the same song with slightly different riffs. The singer-songwriter Adele thinks that Bruno Mars is the best musician. She thinks that he can play awesome original music on almost any instrument.

What is your favorite musical riff? Do you know someone who can improvise new musical riffs?

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“I like the guitar riff in Pearl Jam’s latest song. I want to learn how to play it.”

“That was a great riff. Do you think you can play it again?”

“I love listening to Dizzy Gillespie’s classic jazz riffs.”