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Bluesy Country Drop D Fingerstyle Riff

February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by Devin

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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.

Learn the Riff

Video Start Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Listen to the guitar riff
00:38 min	Lick played at a slow tempo with TAB
01:46 min	Full Breakdown with Extra Fingerstyle Tips
11:06 min	Fingerstyle Technique Discussion
13:49 min	Guitar Riff Improvising Tips

Backing Track

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Guitar Riff Tablature

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Muddy Drop D Riff

January 10, 2024July 22, 2022 by Devin

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

Drop D Riff Tablature

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Fingerstyle Delta Blues in Double Drop D Tuning

April 23, 2022April 5, 2022 by Devin

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 Time	Lesson Topic
00:00 min	Listen to the delta blues progression
00:46 min	Line 1 – Bars 1 & 2
01:39 min	Line 1 – Bars 3 & 4
02:33 min	Line 2 – Bars 5 & 6
03:26 min	Line 2 – Bars 7 & 8
04:17 min	Line 3 – Bars 9 & 10
05:08 min	Line 3 – Bars 11 & 12
06:05 min	Practice all 12 bars with me

Guitar Lesson TAB

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Outlaw Country Drop D Riffs and Strumming

April 23, 2022January 7, 2022 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0202

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn a few country guitar riffs in the style of Charlie Daniels. We’ll also use the chord progressions from “Long Haired Country Boy” by Charlie Daniels to practice some country strumming patterns and chord embellishments. Overall, this is a great lesson for developing that outlaw country sound on acoustic guitar.

Important Note: Everything that we cover in this lesson will be in Drop D Tuning D-A-D-G-B-E.