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Drop D Lessons

Mix and Matchable Drop D Country Guitar Tricks

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Lesson ID: A0233

In this mini guitar lesson video, I’ll teach you how to sound country on your acoustic guitar when playing rhythm.

I teach several guitar riffs and chord embellishments in Drop D tuning, step-by-step, along with examples of how to mix and match them to develop and practice your country improvising skills.

We’ll throw in hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, and slides to add that classic country sound to your rhythm guitar playing.

Then we’ll wrap it up by putting everything together using a D-G-A chord progression.

In general, my goal is not just to teach you licks and songs to memorize, but to help you build the foundation and repertoire you need to improvise on your own.

If you like this lesson, check out my Drop D Country Guitar Riffs lesson for more tricks to spice up your country guitar playing, or check out one of my courses:

PRO TIP: Use the A/B Looper tool to select any segment and play it on repeat.

Bluesy Country Drop D Fingerstyle Riff

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Lesson ID: A0217

In this fingerstyle guitar lesson, you’ll learn a really fun bluesy country drop D guitar riff. First, we’ll play through the riff slowly with tablature on the screen. After that, we have a full breakdown of the riff with extra guitar playing tips that you won’t want to miss.

In the later portion of this lesson, we’ll talk about fun ways to add dynamics to your fingerstyle so your playing sounds more interesting. We’ll also cover some really valuable improvising ideas that will help you get creative as you’re practicing with this lesson’s backing track.

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Muddy Drop D Riff

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Lesson ID: A0213

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a “muddy” country guitar riff. To play this riff, you’ll need to tune your guitar to drop D tuning (DADGBE), and check out the pick direction symbols in the TAB as you’re learning the riff.

The guitar in this video is a PRS SE P20 acoustic with a tobacco sunburst finish. Definitely worth checking out this guitar if you’re looking for a nice parlor acoustic. I love the tone and it’s super lightweight and fun to play.

If you like the tone of the strings on this guitar, they’re the new Woodtone nickel-infused acoustic guitar strings!

Hope y’all enjoy the lesson! 🤘🤠🤘

Video Start Time Lesson Topic
00:00 min Listen to the Drop D Riff
00:23 min Playthrough with Tablature
01:31 min Full Breakdown of the Riff
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Fingerstyle Delta Blues in Double Drop D Tuning

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Lesson ID: A0207

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a 12 bar fingerstyle delta blues progression in double drop D tuning (DADGBD). This progression is best played at a slow speed and it has a really nice bluesy sound. We’ll work through the tablature two bars at a time until we cover all 12 bars. At the end, practice the 12 bar blues progression with me.

Pay close attention to my thumb that plucks the bass note line. The thumb plucks the bass note on each quarter note count and we’ll play various melody notes in between the bass line with our pointer and middle fingers. Overall, this is a great lesson for working on fingerstyle blues guitar.

The tablature download is available below the lesson video.

Video Start TimeLesson Topic
00:00 minListen to the delta blues progression
00:46 minLine 1 – Bars 1 & 2
01:39 minLine 1 – Bars 3 & 4
02:33 minLine 2 – Bars 5 & 6
03:26 minLine 2 – Bars 7 & 8
04:17 minLine 3 – Bars 9 & 10
05:08 minLine 3 – Bars 11 & 12
06:05 minPractice all 12 bars with me
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