Arpeggio

"More than 40 years after the release of Van Halen, the opening riff in “Ain’t Talkin’ ’Bout Love” - an arpeggiated Am-F-G5 passage played with palm-muted downstrokes - is still a favorite among beginning and intermediate pickers."

"In the ’80s, Peter Buck’s clean, chime-y arpeggios defined the sound of alt-rock to come."