This post follows on from ‘Riffs part 1 – I can’t teach you how to write a good riff’
If you’ve got another intrument handling the bassline, you might be able to try this: Take one note from your first chord, one from your second chord etc, and find an interesting way of joining them together.
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In my last newsletter (which you can recieve by entering your email into the ‘join the mailing list’ box on the right of the screen) I asked if anyone else on my mailing list was taking part in the 50/90 songwriting challenge.
One of the people who emailed in reply was Jeff Charreaux of the [...]
I almost lied when I started this article. The original headline was going to be ‘how to write a good riff’.
I wish I could teach you that, but the fact is I can’t. Writing a good riff requires inspiration, coming up with something musically unique. That can’t be taught. But I can teach you the [...]
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