A riff is an example of ostinato, a short, repeated musical phrase.

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Riff, RIFF, The 'Riff, or Riffs may also refer to:

• Riff (dinosaur), on Barney & Friends, a supporting character from 2006 to 2018.
• Riff, a character in Allegra’s Window
• Riff (Sluggy Freelance)
• Riff, the leader of the Jets in West Side Story
• Riff Randle, protagonist of the Ramones film Rock 'n' Roll High School
• The Riffs, a gang in the film The Warriors

• Riff (American band), a 1980s/1990s rhythm and blues vocal group
• Riff (Argentine band) a hard rock band
• Riffs (Status Quo album), 2003
• Riffs (Jimmy Lyons album)
• "The Riff" (Lordi song), 2013
• The Riffs, American band
• "Riff", a song by Sander van Doorn from Supernaturalistic
• "The Riff Song", a musical number from The Desert Song

• MSTing or riffing, a form of humorous media commentary
• The Riff, an Australian music video television show
• Riff: Everyday Shooter, a 2007 video game
• WRIF, "The Riff", a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, US

• RIF (disambiguation)
• Rif, a region of Morocco
• Riffian people, a Berber people of the Rif

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