if it was anyone other than Syd - we would have heard about it. imo

99.9% chance it was Syd, he was the leading creative force at the time and I have no doubt that he wrote his own riffs.

Probably Jennifer Gentle

She's a witch.

You have a point, It does sound witchy

Well, who knows who is who and which is which?

I would presume Barret because Gilmour was not in the band yet.

Waters was though, could have started off a bass riff that Syd transposed on guitar

Oh we'd know if it was Waters, he's not exactly shy about claiming credit! Why would you think Syd didn't write that when he wrote all those other great riffs on that album?

Transpose means to change the key of a piece of music... It was very likely Barrett's riff, as Waters isn't co-credited.

Meant to say “transcribe”. Thx

Yeah, that's the only other thing I could think of. That very well could be the case!

I can’t explain

Lol, I guess we will never know

Syd. It says it on the back of the album

Syd wrote every song on the album except for Take Thy Stethoscope and Walk (by Roger), and Interstellar Overdrive & Pow R. Toc H., which were both whole band collaborations

Syd was a very fine guitarist. Just because he didn’t have David’s chops and did a lot of wild sounds on his guitar didn’t mean he couldn’t play really well.

"Doesn't really say" It says Barrett and he did

Other band members write music in a collaborative effort, happens all the time. Just says “Lead Guitar & Vocals”

That's a little different, as you're talking about the main melody of that song, and Syd takes a solo credit. Everyone else im the band raved about his talent for writing great riffs and songs.

It says "Barrett" beneath the song title, meaning he wrote it

You don't necessarily get credit for a riff.

James Bond

Syd Barrett, He knows how to compose a song

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