Top 10 guitar riffs and licks.

[BTO]

Robert Johnson
Muddy Waters (Hubert Sumlin)
Howlin' Wolf
The Three Kings...BB, Freddie and Albert
The Other Three Kings...Clapton, Page, Beck
Bloomfield
Peter Green
Hendrix

Those should keep you busy for a while.

 

[Sirnothingness]

First couple of measures, and repeatedly thereafter, iirc.

Are you sure you know what a riff is? I wouldnt consider that a riff or a lick.

What the hell do I know?

 

[rayc]

RIFF = OSTINATO.
Repeat as necessary.
Necessary to repeat.
Common misconception #145 in a series of 12,345: Chord progression = riff.

 

[apl]

Are you sure you know what a riff is? I wouldnt consider that a riff or a lick.

What the hell do I know?

It was a joke. If I'd've had the song available I would have answered...

0:16, 0:42, 1:02...

 

[apl]

RIFF = OSTINATO.
Repeat as necessary.
Necessary to repeat.
Common misconception #145 in a series of 12,345: Chord progression = riff.

Yeah.

What's OSTINATO?

 

[apl]

21st Century Schizoid Man.

 

[rayc]

OSTINATO = Artists & people with artistic affectations from Austin Texas.
OR
Ostinato = a short musical phrase or melody that is repeated over and over, usually at the same pitch (as in RIFF)

 

[apl]

Thanks.

Gershwin.