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Key: D

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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Outlaw Country Drop D Riffs and Strumming

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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.

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Strumming & Chords

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Gear Used in This Lesson

Country Series Low Tension / Acoustic Guitar Strings
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How to Play Happy Birthday on Guitar

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Lesson ID: A0200

In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play “Happy Birthday” on guitar. This bday arrangement combines picking and strumming, and it has a little bit of a country feel to it. You can download the Happy Birthday Tablature below the lesson video for free. Thanks for watching!

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Fishin’ Creek Blues

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Lesson ID: A0198

In this guitar lesson, we’ll take a look at a flatpicking arrangement in the style of “Fishin’ Creek Blues” by Dan Crary. As you learn this tune, you’ll see how Dan Crary uses some unusual note combinations in his flatpicking. Try to commit some of his licks to memory and use them when you’re improvising over other songs in the key of D. Overall this is a great lesson for working on pick control and letting notes ring out to create nice overtones that will smooth out your playing.

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