Short series of chords (4)

I believe the answer is:

riff

(Other definitions for riff that I've seen before include "Short repeated phrase in popular music or jazz" , "Short repeated phrase (in jazz, etc)" , "Short repeated jazz figure" , "Moroccan - musical phrase" , "Berber - repeated jazz phrase" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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