Riffs: How to Create and Play Great Guitar Riffs [With CD (Audio)] (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780879309930)

Rikky Rooksby's revised and updated bestseller explores more than 200 classic riffs, from Cream and Led Zeppelin, through Nirvana and Soundgarden, to Metallica, U2, and the White Stripes. The first half of the book analyzes classic rock riffs and reveals the stories behind their creation. Easy-to-read text describes and explains each riff, supported by illustrations and a CD of audio examples. The book's second section shows how to construct great riffs and why they work. Readers learn how to shape a melody, integrate a guitar riff with the rest of a song, enhance a riff with effects, and work with intervals and scales to build riffs.

Author: Rikky Rooksby
ISBN-10: 0879309938
ISBN-13: 9780879309930
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d