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  • 1. What is a riff?
  • 2. Over to you
  1. Google SongMaker

Section 4: Melody

What makes a tune catchy?

PreviousSection 3: HarmonyNextChallenge yourself

Last updated 4 years ago

1. What is a riff?

Watch the video below to learn about riffs and how to develop a brilliant one.

2. Over to you

🕑 up to 20 minutes

  1. Choose one of the riff starters below. Open it in Song Maker.

  2. You cannot change the riff itself, only what comes after.

  3. Use the ideas from my video to develop this into a catchy riff.

  4. Click Save in Song Maker. Copy the link and paste it into the Song Maker channel on Teams.

See my for more ideas.

Challenge yourself page
Riff Starter 1
Riff Starter 2
Riff Starter 3
Each class has a Song Maker channel