Who is the riff king?

One simply can't speak about riffs without mentioning Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. As the greatest riff machine in electric guitar history, Iommi has written dozens of metal's most legendary, impactful and unforgettable riffs.
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What is the most famous riff?

The Best Guitar Riffs of All Time Collection
  • "My Girl" - The Temptations.
  • "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple.
  • "Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie.
  • "Mannish Boy" - Muddy Waters.
  • "When I Come Around" - Green Day.
  • "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" - The Rolling Stones.
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Who has the best guitar riff?

18: Cream: Sunshine Of Your Love (1967)
  • 6: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (1968) ...
  • 5: The Kinks: You Really Got Me (1964) ...
  • 4: David Bowie: Rebel Rebel (1974) ...
  • 3: Neil Young And Crazy Horse: Cinnamon Girl (1969) ...
  • 2: Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Love (1969) ...
  • 1: Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water (1972)
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What is the most famous guitar riff ever?

The greatest riff of all time belongs to Led Zeppelin for the song “Whole Lotta Love.” It's hard to argue that, but here's what they say about it. “The guitar figure took just 2.7 seconds to play, but it immediately projected music into another decade.
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What is the riff in a song?

A 'riff' is a succession of notes played on guitar to create the main melody of a song.
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Who invented the riff?

The Early Guitar Riffs

Several musicians transformed rock 'n' roll in the late 1950s with growing tempos and complex rhythm and blues. Some of the musical pioneers who created the very first guitar riffs include Chuck Berry, Link Wray, and Dave Davies.
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Who was the best guitarist in the 70s?

This is a list of '70s guitarists - the greatest rock guitar players of the 1970s - voted on by people who live and breathe classic rock.
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The Greatest Rock Guitarists of the 1970s
  1. Jimmy Page. Photo: Kevin Winter / Getty Images. ...
  2. Eric Clapton. ...
  3. David Gilmour. ...
  4. Eddie Van Halen. ...
  5. Brian May. ...
  6. Duane Allman. ...
  7. Jeff Beck. ...
  8. Ritchie Blackmore.
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Who is the riff master?

One simply can't speak about riffs without mentioning Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi. As the greatest riff machine in electric guitar history, Iommi has written dozens of metal's most legendary, impactful and unforgettable riffs.
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Who is the greatest guitarist of all?

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  • 8: Mark Knopfler. ...
  • 7: Eddie Van Halen. ...
  • 6: Brian May. ...
  • 5: Chuck Berry. ...
  • 4: Eric Clapton. ...
  • 3: David Gilmour. ...
  • 2: Jimi Hendrix. ...
  • 1: Jimmy Page.
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What's the hardest guitar riff?

Here Are the Hardest Guitar Solos Ever
  1. Through the Fire and Flames by DragonForce (Herman Li) ...
  2. Dissimulation by Born of Osiris (Jason Richardson) ...
  3. Aviator Feat by Polyphia (Jason Richardson) ...
  4. Spanish Fly by Eddie Van Halen. ...
  5. In the Name of God by Dream Theater (John Petrucci) ...
  6. Domination by Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
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What's the hardest guitar solo ever?

  • Intervals – Libra.
  • Megadeth – Tornado of Souls. ...
  • Plini - Electric Sunrise. ...
  • Unprocessed - Prototype. ...
  • Born of Osiris - Follow the Signs. ...
  • Pantera – Domination. ...
  • Metallica - One. ...
  • Born of Osiris - Dissimulation. "As soon as the, in my opinion, strongest Born Of Osiris album came out, I tried to learn the solo and failed. ...
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What is the greatest guitar solo of all time?

1. "Stairway to Heaven" — Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin (1971) Since its release in 1971, "Stairway to Heaven" has topped numerous lists as the best rock song and best guitar solo of all time, and it's primarily thanks to the masterful architecture of Jimmy Page's guitar solo.
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Who was the greatest rock guitarist?

Jimi Hendrix has been voted the Greatest Guitarist Of All Time by readers of the Louder website. Over 70,000 votes were cast in the poll, with Hendrix topping a list of 50 guitarists, followed by Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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Who is best female guitarist?

6 Best Female Guitarists of All Time
  • 1 Mother Maybelle Carter.
  • 2 Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
  • 3 Lita Ford.
  • 4 Nancy Wilson.
  • 5 Sharon Isbin.
  • 6 Yvette Young.
  • 7 Finding your inspiration in history.
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Who does Eric Clapton think is the best guitarist?

However, the greatest, according to Eric Clapton, the bonafide guitar god, is Albert Lee. The guitarist has worked with some big names, including Emmylou Harris and The Everly Brothers. Considering Clapton's appraisal, we all should be listening to Lee: “He's the greatest guitarist in the world.
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Who did Jimi Hendrix think was the best guitar player?

Douglas asked Hendrix: “What's it was like to be the best rock guitarist in the world?” Jimi then beautifully responded, “I don't know, you'll have to ask Rory Gallagher”. For that reason alone, he could easily be considered Jimi's all-time favourite.
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Who is the top 10 guitarist of all time?

Table Of Contents
  • Jimi Hendrix.
  • Jimmy Page.
  • Eddie Van Halen.
  • Slash.
  • Eric Clapton.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan.
  • David Gilmour.
  • Angus Young.
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Who was the best guitarist in the Eagles?

When one speaks of the Eagles and guitarists the first that comes to mind is Don Felder, with his double-necked Gibson EDS-1275, and Joe Walsh, with his Telecaster, exchanging solos and harmonies on Hotel California, but few among the general public are aware that neither of them were the original guitarists in the ...
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Who is the best guitar player in the 60s?

Top 10 Blues Rock Guitarists of the 1960s
  • Buddy Guy. ...
  • Michael Bloomfield. ...
  • Henry Vestine. ...
  • Peter Green. ...
  • Eric Clapton. ...
  • Freddie King. ...
  • Keith Richards. ...
  • Jimi Hendrix.
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Who played the first guitar riff?

The earliest rock guitar solos, as exemplified by popular recordings of Duane Eddy and Link Wray in the late 1950s, were relatively simple instrumental melodies.
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What is the Forbidden riff?

The forbidden riff is essentially any overplayed song that has been (jokingly) banned from being played in guitar stores. The list is comprised of many well-known, but easy-to-learn riffs and licks that guitar store employees are subjected to hearing butchered on a daily basis.
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What is riff short for?

Some sources explain riff as an abbreviation for "rhythmic figure" or "refrain".
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Who is the fastest guitar player ever?

The world's fastest guitar player Sergei Putyatov demonstrated his skills by playing 330 notes in 10 seconds in the Crimean city of Yevpatoria on Friday. Sergei Putyatov set the world record by playing 27 notes per second in May 2011, outdoing Russian and Brazilian artists Victor Zinchuk and Tiago Della Vega.
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Who is the best metal guitarist of all time?

The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time
  • Randy Rhoads. ...
  • Eric Clapton. ...
  • Ritchie Blackmore. ...
  • Dimebag Darrell. ...
  • Eddie Van Halen. ...
  • Jimmy Page. ...
  • Tony Iommi. ...
  • Jimi Hendrix. While there were a lot of great guitarists emerging in the '60s, there was none more innovative than Jimi Hendrix.
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