yngwie malmsteen

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I wouldnt say 'riffs' for Yngwie..

he has his styles.. some people can be told by their riff's, not him though, he can be as heavy as you can imagine, and light and frilly when he wants to be.

i doubt you'll find a Yngwie riff that people will recognise.. except for maybe Disciples of Hell or Devil In Disguise beginnings. If i find any ill post here.

Rising Force is a really cool riff.
Also the intro to Arpeggios from Hell, if you can really call it a riff.

By definition, a riff is a repeated phrase of notes. I don't think you can say that about a lot of what Malmsteen plays. Man am I glad this isn't another YM bashing post. Too many of those here.

I know some of his stuff. I enjoy playing a diminished arpeggio up the fretboard. Just play some A harmonic or melodic monir and you'll nail much of his stuff.