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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

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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

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My New Favorite Guitar Picks

August 30, 2022February 15, 2022 by Devin

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We just wanted to post a quick video to show you the new Woodtone Picks that I helped design. Long story short, I prototyped and sampled a ton of different pick shapes, and finally settled on three triangle shapes that felt very comfortable to grip. These new Woodtone Picks are made of an upgraded celluloid plastic and we put a ton of effort into making sure the edges of the picks are super smooth for better tone and less pick scraping noise.

We’re extremely happy with how the picks turned out! I use them as my go-to guitar pick and I’d put them up against any of the other high-dollar picks on the market. I like all of the sizes, but my personal favorites are the .96mm Small Triangle and .96mm Medium Triangle picks. If y’all have any questions about them, just let me know!

Here’s a link to the new picks if you want to check them out:
https://woodtonestrings.com/shop/?_sft_product_cat=guitar-picks

Fingerstyle Guitar Inspired by Colter Wall

April 23, 2022November 3, 2020 by Devin

Lesson ID: A0191

In this guitar lesson, we’ll work on some bluesy country fingerstyle guitar that’s inspired the song “The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie” written by Colter Wall. First you’ll learn the main chord progression that we’ll use to practice this type of fingerstyle guitar, and then we’ll work through a nice fingerstyle intro riff and a short instrumental break. During most of this guitar lesson, we’ll use a thumb pick to play an alternating bass line while we use our pointer and middle fingers to play a treble melody line in between the alternating bass notes. Also, be sure to follow Colter Wall on YouTube and you can find more of Colter’s music on his website.