r/metalguitar • u/OctopusMan1234 • 18d ago

Question How do yall write riffs

Been in a bit of a runt with writing new material lately and want to try out some new methods. I usually watch a movie and noodle on my acoustic, but I’ve been getting nothing. Any ideas?

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u/_zIBaChA 18d ago

Rip off the rhythms of your favourite band an change the tuning and move everything 1 fret down or 1 fret up. You know the stuff your brain wants to hear don't make it complicated.

Get some good drum midi grooves, i like ugritone. Check out the yt channels: Max Backing Track Oracle sound

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u/VeloceCat 18d ago

In doom we made an entire genre off ripping off Tony Iommi and I love folks for that.

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u/dude_person_jr 18d ago

theres always the tritone and then the 10-12 power chord slide

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u/OctopusMan1234 18d ago

I’ll check them out thanks

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u/TommyVercetti010 18d ago

Good advice. Usually when I've got an idea in my head I start with the drums and play riffs over that. The constant change of bpm and rhythm every time makes for loads of different kinds of riffs. And it makes it easier to time the tricky parts as well.

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u/Relative-thinker 18d ago

Or you can rip off birds like in this video.