ive thought of some chords for a song but i just carnt get any ideas for a riff to use, it would be appreciated if someone gave me tips to get me started?
The chords are D,C,F,B flat
Well you just need to experiment and try different things with the chord progression to make a riff. If you tell me the chords ill just quickly show you an example of how you could turn them in to a riff.
A simple trick i do is that i record whatever i have, be it just a few chords, and then i set it on loop and jam over it.
If i'm lucky, then i will eventually find a melody that i can use either over the chords, or later in the song, and out of that melody riffs and more ideas might come.
I know, it's easier said than done But small things like just jamming over a few chords can be good for the inspiration.
As mentioned above try recording the progression and jamming over in search for a cool riff that would go along...It will happen with time trust me..Also try singing it first and than playing..
I also like the jamming approach. I just grab my guitar and start to play around, sometimes some nice ideas come easy, some times not a single nice idea shows up, you can't force creativity.
add to this four chords a section with
C- A - C - A
in 4/4 what is in my head is
4/4 |D-C|F-Bb||D-C|F-Bb|
4/4 |C|A|C|F#m-Fmaj7|
Here's a midi
Have you just started writing songs, and just don't know what to do to make a cool riff? The jamming over the basic chord progression is cool, and it will probably yield some nice melodies, but your problem is coming up with riffs and rhythms right?
A little more detail on your problem will help us help you a lot. Maybe see if my lesson plan on rock/metal songwriting helps http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=15072&st=40
What feel doya want to create? Like a rock ballad? A bluesy thing? Metal ? Go from that. I'd start with bashing the chord, then a lick in the pentatonic skale I never rlly thought about it really.
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