Period/Style: Minoan. Location: Crete, Greece. Material: fragment of a fresco. Function: The walls of Minoan palaces and houses, both on Crete and the island of Thera, were painted with frescoes showing various aspects of Minoan life and images taken from nature.
guitar riffs. A riff is a cluster or sequence of notes or chords. A riff is used in a song. It can be repeated over and over again, but it may only be heard once, say for instance, in a lead guitar solo. Riffs can be minor decorative elements or they can be the basis of a song.
Riff Raff (rapper), from Texas. Riff Raff (band), a UK progressive rock band. Riff Raff, a band formed by Billy Bragg. Riff Raff (Argentine magazine), heavy metal magazine from Argentina. Riff Raff (British magazine), a London-based monthly rock magazine. Riff Raff (album), by Dave Edmunds.