Yes; if it is recorded or notated, it is automatically protected by copyright.
A "guitar riff" is a short section that a guitar musician has produced.
Yes, yes it is. :guitar riff: \m/
Like I Love You.
um you pick up a guitar and play the riff, you can find it on songsterr.com
Try Black Sabbath's NIB (main riff), Iron Man (main riff), Black Sabbath (opening riff) Candlemass' Solitude (main riff, second riff) Deep Purple's Space Truckin' (main riff, chorus riff), Black Night (all) Dio's Holy Diver (opening riff) Danzig's Twist of Cain (opening riff; it's easy but fast)
A musical riff would be automatically protected by copyright as soon as it is fixed in a tangible medium (i.e., notated or recorded).
Guitar lessons are offered at the Riff Factory.
A guitar "run" is a series of quick single notes played by the guitarist, also sometimes called a lick, or a riff.
Chalk Outline
It is similar to the opening guitar riff from Ozzy Osbourne's, "Crazy Train".
A riff is a term used mostly in Rock N Roll. A riff is basically a short repetitive guitar part in a song that becomes the theme. I Can't Get No Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones and Back In Black by AC/DC have the two most famous guitar riffs in rock.
Smoke on the water is a great beginners riff. 0-3-5---0-3-6-5---0-3-5---3-0