RIFFIPEDIA
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Technique

Thumping riffs

Thumping riffs: hitting the low strings with the side of the picking thumb, bass-slap style, for the percussive pop heard all over modern djent. Most are in Drop E on 8-string guitars. Each one has tab and video — slow it down and loop it.

  1. HALT - Color Revolution - Chorus & Main — Drop E riff by MichaelIntermediateHALT - Color Revolution - Chorus & MainPatronsMichaelDrop E, 8-string
  2. Halt - Allswell - Slap — F# standard (8-string) riff by MichaelIntermediateHalt - Allswell - SlapMichaelF# standard (8-string), 8-string
  3. Halt - Color Revolution - Thump Breakdown — Drop E riff by MichaelIntermediateHalt - Color Revolution - Thump BreakdownMichaelDrop E, 8-string