The "Soken" Riff

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Published on October 27, 2021 12:20:43 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2LWRc7r-X4

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I've found something I affectionately call "The Soken Riff".

It's a repeated 1-to-2 bar phrase starting on a song's key-note (leading from a grace note a step below) & ending in a chromatic motion back up to the tonic.

It's EVERYWHERE in the FFXIV soundtrack.

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