Jul 5, 2019 · The Merriam-Webster definition of "riff" the verb uses "riff" the noun. The M-W definition of the noun boils down (I think) to "a short musical phrase that repeats within a longer piece." Longman's and MacMillan's definitions are easier to understand: "a repeated series of notes in popular or jazz music" & "a short series of notes in jazz or ...

Feb 26, 2021 · "Take it easy and riff" and expression created by the writers. A riff is a repeated musical phrase. To "riff" on something means to take a theme and repeat it, often with small variations. It can also mean "to improvise around a theme". So figuratively it means "to make it up as we go along".

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Oct 14, 2021 · It's a slang phrase, I believe. However, wanting to know something new won't hurt, right? I've seen many people use this phrase, but I still don't get how to use it. I, first, saw this phrase on

Jun 8, 2015 · There is a segment of the main riff that precisely mimics the action of a tremolo arm, but is in reality Edward bending the A-string followed by sliding up to a D followed by an open D string. I labored for years under the misimpression that he was hitting an open D and rocking the tremolo arm, so uncannily does his "legato" run mimic that ...

Mar 6, 2017 · 1935 Hot News Sept. 20/2 If you listen enough, and dig him enough, you will realise that that..riff is the high-spot of the record. 1941 Life 15 Dec. 89 Dig me? 1943 M. Shulman Barefoot Boy 90 Awful fine slush pump, I mean awful fine. You ought to dig that. 1944 C. Calloway Hepsters Dict. Dig v.—(1) Meet. (2) Look, see.

Jan 28, 2017 · From Grace Dent on Television: Harlots, Housewivs and Heroines - a 17th Century History for Girls, BBC4 | The Independent: They branded Diana, and still do, an hysterical, diva-ish and paranoid ...

Aug 28, 2023 · Note that "I could care less" is a US-only corruption. The first few times I heard this I was in my late teens and interpreted it as a deliberate riff on the more common phrase, where the speaker was saying that they did in fact care. It was only when I'd heard it enough times with enough context that I realised my mistake.