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=== Common Riff Characteristics ===
Funk riffs typically revolve around the root and minor 7th, descending from root to 7th to create contrast and vice versa to relieve. Occasionally using the chromatic scale to walk between them. Here's an example riff:
all notes stacatto
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A--7-x-7---7---x-5---------5---7p5-
E--------------------x-0-----------
One of my favorite funk riffs that really embodies this root-seventh movement is ''House Full of Bullets'' by Joe Satriani.
== PreReqs ==
* [[4th, 5th, and 6th Strings#Rhythm|4th, 5th, and 6th Strings - Rhythm]]
* [[Applying Rhythm to Chords]]