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.
In this Blister In The Sun guitar lesson, I will show you how to play this instantly recognizable riff along with all the other sections of the song. The lesson starts by learning that classic opening acoustic guitar riff. The riff is quite easy to play and probably won't take you very long to master.