Riffs
How to Create and Play Great Guitar Riffs
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-87930-993-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
724 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87930-993-0 (9780879309930)
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Person
Rikky Rooksby (Oxford, England) is an author, guitar teacher, songwriter, and music journalist. He is the author of many books, including Backbeat's bestselling How to Write Songs series, of which Riffs is a part.