Originally Posted by: CSchlegelIf you can post you riffs (audio or tab) I can give you some specific examples to try!

Thanks for the explanation. I've got two examples for you in Tab. I'd like a few pointers about how to approach improvising over them.

Example 1: Verse Riff from a song written by a band I jammed with last Summer

Time signature: 3/4, swung 8th Notes
e|-------------------||
B|-------------------||
G|-------------------||
D|-2~~-2-4---2-4---2-||
A|-3p0-0-0---0-0---0-||
E|-------------------||


Example 2: Main Riff of a work in progress. I usually play this tuned down a half-step, but it works just fine in Standard Tuning. I'm not quite sure what Key it is in... I just like how it sounds.

Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E
e|---------------|----------------||
B|---------------|----------------||
G|-4---2---------|----------------||
D|-4---2---4---2-|----------------||
A|---------4---2-|-4---4-4-2---2-2||
E|---------------|-4---4-4-2---2-2||
Q=Quarter Note
E=Eighth Note


I hope you can get an idea of how it sounds. If not let me know and I'll try and make a quick phone-recording of the two riffs.