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Drop D Country Guitar Riffs

Lesson 17 – Rhythm Fill Riffs and Lead Guitar Course
Lesson ID: A0149

In this country guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play six intermediate country guitar riffs in drop D. We’ll also have three easier drop D riffs for the newer country pickers. I’ll play the drop D licks with tablature and give you a full breakdown along with some helpful music theory tips. After you learn the licks, practice along with our jam track and also test them out over “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde” by Travis Tritt.

Lesson Overview

Six Intermediate Riffs

Intermediate Riff 1

Intermediate Riff 2

Intermediate Riff 3

Intermediate Riff 4

Intermediate Riff 5

Intermediate Riff 6

Three Easy Riffs

Easy Riff 1

Easy Riff 2

Easy Riff 3

Using the Riffs

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Jam Track

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Travis Tritt

Practice with Travis Tritt

Once you get these drop D country guitar riffs up to speed, try to play them over the song “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde” by Travis Tritt using the embedded player from Spotify. The chord progression is similar to our jam track progression, but just a bit quicker. We’d highly recommend using Spotify for online radio. If you don’t have a Spotify account, click here to sign up free with your Facebook account or with an e-mail address. Also, check out Travis Tritt on iTunes. He’s got a ton of other great songs to choose from.

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C White
C White(@g)
3 years ago
Reply to  Devin

A lot of fun Devin!
Love the drop D riffs.

Alton
Alton(@alton)
6 years ago

Great lesson, as always. Super useful stuff.

Alan
Alan(@alan)
6 years ago

Excellent lesson, Devin. Really want to master these riffs. Your low drop d country tone is addicting. Cant put the guitar down!

John
John(@johnmyhandymangmail-com)
6 years ago

sounded cool the intro, looking forward and I like it a lot already before starting this!

Tanner
Tanner(@tanner)
6 years ago

Very nice! Can’t wait to trying this.

frankdevincenzo
frankdevincenzo(@frankdevincenzogmail-com)
5 years ago

I’m having too much fun working with these lessons Devin. Move to NJ so we can play together all the time! This site you have makes me want to play, and be better than I was before. That’s the best compliment I can give you.

naskorhan
naskorhan(@naskorhanlive-com)
5 years ago

Great lesson Devin do you have anymore drop D lessons?

naskorhan
naskorhan(@naskorhanlive-com)
5 years ago

Hope the comment came through.

naskorhan
naskorhan(@naskorhanlive-com)
5 years ago

This is the sound I want to master I hope you have more lessons in the drop D.

naskorhan
naskorhan(@naskorhanlive-com)
5 years ago

I hope you have more of these lessons this is one of my favorites.

Jocelyn Beauregard
Jocelyn Beauregard(@jocelyn)
5 years ago

Quality teaching….thanks!

naskorhan
naskorhan(@naskorhanlive-com)
5 years ago

These licks really sound cool hope you have more lessons in the drop D tuning. Thanks again Devin.

naskorhan
naskorhan(@naskorhanlive-com)
5 years ago

I have started with the easy riffs and moved up to the intermediate riffs within a few days of practice awesome lesson.

cassarta11
cassarta11(@cassarta11gmail-com)
5 years ago

nice dirty country drops

cassarta11
cassarta11(@cassarta11gmail-com)
5 years ago

i love those riffs … every lessons got their worth

Marc Rigau
Marc Rigau(@mrigau)
4 years ago

This is too good

C White
C White(@g)
3 years ago

Hey Devin,
Do you have anymore Drop-D lessons like this?
I play this one every day haha.

Juergen
Juergen(@jurgoon)
3 years ago

Hello Devin,

I`m a new member and like this lesson.
Hope you will give us more drop d lessons:-)

Howdy from Germany
Jürgen

Laffa
Laffa(@bstrings)
2 years ago

MORE OF THIS PLEASE