Music fans 投票（する） on best guitar riff of all time, placing above Prince's Purple Rain in second and 悲惨な 海峡s' 攻撃する，衝突する 暴君s of Swing in third

  • The guitar riff in Guns N' Roses' 甘い Child O' 地雷 was 投票（する）d in first place

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It's an 即時に recognisable 序幕 to one of the 広大な／多数の／重要な 激しく揺する 国家s.

So perhaps it will come as no surprise that the guitar riff in Guns N' Roses' 甘い Child O' 地雷 has now been 投票（する）d the most iconic of all time.

And 削除する, who wrote the riff to the 禁止（する）d's 1988 攻撃する，衝突する, has been 指名するd the fifth greatest guitarist of all time, with Queen's Brian May taking the 最高の，を越す 位置／汚点／見つけ出す.

Prince's Purple Rain was 投票（する）d as having the second greatest riff, with the one in 悲惨な 海峡s' 暴君s of Swing coming third.

の中で the riffs from more modern tunes that were in the 最高の，を越す 40 were those featured in Sam Fender's Seventeen Going Under, Pharrell Williams' Happy and 北極の Monkeys' Do I Wanna Know. The 調査する of 2,000 music fans 設立する an 圧倒的な 83 per cent preferred music with guitars in it. While 81 per cent said a memorable guitar riff was 決定的な to a good 激しく揺する 跡をつける.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards rocks the house, as singer Mick Jagger belts out a favourite during their concert in Munich, on June 6, 2003

Rolling 石／投石するs guitarist Keith Richards 激しく揺するs the house, as singer Mick Jagger belts out a favourite during their concert in Munich, on June 6, 2003

Jimi Hendrix performs live on stage playing a black Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Royal Albert Hall in London on? February 24, 1969

Jimi Hendrix 成し遂げるs live on 行う／開催する／段階 playing a 黒人／ボイコット Fender Stratocaster guitar with The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the 王室の Albert Hall in London on? February 24, 1969

Prince performs on October 11, 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris

Prince 成し遂げるs on October 11, 2009 at the Grand Palais in Paris

Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits performs in aid of The Prince's Trust at the Hurlingham Club on September 9, 2009 in London, England

示す Knopfler from 悲惨な 海峡s 成し遂げるs in 援助（する） of The Prince's 信用 at the Hurlingham Club on September 9, 2009 in London, England

The 1970s was the 'golden age' of the riff, によれば 30 per cent of music fans, while 21 per cent felt the Eighties saw the 解放（する） of the best ones.

Worryingly, just over half think the riff is dying out, with 74 per cent 説 that is a bad thing. But there is hope yet ? with 65 per cent still 主張するing the guitar is one of the coolest 器具s you can play.

The 調査する was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d by Sky Arts ahead of its new series Greatest Guitar Riffs, which features 激しく揺する guitar legends Andy Summers, Tony Iommi and Nancy Wilson.

A 広報担当者 for the show said: 'It's the ultimate 空気／公表する guitar play 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）. Whether it's the late, 広大な／多数の／重要な Jimi Hendrix, stalwarts such as アイロンをかける Maiden and Led Zeppelin or the new artists coming through, 激しく揺する 'n' roll will never die.'

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