Ryan's Riffs

Here's the key to making rock songs sound like pop

Does a change in key make the difference?

The majority of rock of rock guitar riffs are written in a minor key.

A simple way to tell the difference between minor and major keys, is that minor typically sounds "sad" and major sounds "happy".

Ryan from 104.7 The LIZARD has taken five famous guitar riffs in a minor key and changed a few notes to make them major.

Can you guess these pop-punk riffs he's playing?

Published 2024-02-13 by Kelowna10 Staff

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