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.
headstock: the end of the neck that holds the tuners; sometimes called âpegheadâ or âhead.â. headstock veneer: the laminate covering that is affixed to the peghead. It generally offers an aesthetic match to the fingerboard and bridge, as well as a support for the tension of the strings on the peghead.