Talk:Riff
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[edit] Audio examples
Someone should get some different audio examples in Ogg Vorbis format instead of MP3. --Keenan Pepper 05:23, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
- I don't see the reason for Wikipedia to have this policy, really. Most people don't have software that support .OGG format, and since soundclips are for demonstrating, the sound quality doesn't matter much. /Hugoflug 16:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other meanings
- Riffing is also the term used on Mystery Science Theater 3000 for the character's heckling a movie scene.
I removed the above section as it is explained twice earlier in the article that
- The musical use of the term derives from its use in comedy where a riff is a short clever remark ([1]) on a subject. Thus riffing on a melody or progression as one would riff on a subject. and
- In comedy, "riff" refers to the process of extending a singular thought, idea or inspiration into a "bit", or "routine"
Hyacinth 11:20, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Usage
- A riff is traditionally the intro to the song and sometimes the most famous part of the song. It is otherwise referred to as a musical hook, used to hook the listener into listening to the song by playing a catchy musical pattern. A great many rock songs, and nearly all heavy metal music, are formed from a structure of guitar riffs. In many funk songs, the whole song may be based on just one or two riffs.
I removed the above. See Hook (music). Hyacinth 11:20, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Links
The links for "clocks" and "talk" by cold play are wrong. Anna 07:38, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed
I removed the following Hyacinth 06:19, 1 April 2006 (UTC):
[edit] Technology
Resource Interchange File Format is a tagged file structure for diffrent kinds of multimedia files.
[edit] Iron Man
I know this is stupid, but isn't the sheet music for "Iron Man" wrong? If the music were played as it's written, at the same tempo of the recorded song, the song would be annoyingly slow. The notes are actually half the value written. Does anyone know where we can find sheet music that reflects this?
[edit] List of musicians
Somebody removed Kurt Cobain from that list. While I was tempted to simplily re-add him, because of songs like Come As You Are and Lithium, I wondered about the usefulness of that list. Who decides if someone is "especially known for their riffs"? Unless an objective criterion is found about which people belong to that list (and I'm quite skeptic about the possibility of finding such a criterion), I think that list is useless, and it should be either removed, or trimmed to a few examples. --Army1987 12:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
- Indeed. Every time the list is trimmed, it starts reaccumulating new additions all over again. --Jacj 23:36, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
This topic is obviously debatable, but I can't see why Synyster Gates is on this list alongside legends such as Jimi Hendrix and Ritchie Blackmore. I had to remove it. Maybe someone else can trim it more? --69.183.163.97 18:11, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Synyster Gates is a lead guitarist, not a rhythm guitarist.
Angus Young is also a lead guitarist. The rhythm guitarist that would belong on the list would be Malcolm Young.
