0 in jazz or popular music, a tune that continues or appears regularly in a piece of music while other parts change or are added:
The song is punctuated by long guitar riffs.
2 in jazz or popular music, to play a short, repeated series of notes :
3 to speak for a long time on a particular subject, especially in a humorous way:
He strutted and riffed on topics from global warming to parenthood.
4 (in popular music) a simple tune that is used as a pattern for creating more complicated musical patterns
After eight bars, two additional riffs - p and g - are layered in to the texture.
Isolated keyboard passages and sprechgesang consorted with icy riffs, dark melodies, and oppressive drums.
He is well recognized for his very rhythm based riffs and leads in his musical compositions.
Many vamp-oriented songwriters begin the creative process by attempting to evoke a mood or feeling while riffing freely on an instrument or scat singing.
In both episodes he performs as himself, answering questions with subtitled guitar riffs.
The riffs are actually memorable, with insane blastbeat drums and an uncanny sense of timing guiding the songs as they charge through one by one.
The songs are either improvisation or other riffs played over loops that were recorded as part of the performance.
Bands may also incorporate guitar solos and even riffs that are influenced by metalcore.
