In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn an acoustic blues in Drop D tuning, along with some general tips for playing blues in this tuning. This sounds great on acoustic or electric guitar (especially with a little overdrive and tremolo), and is a solo composition (no jam track needed). … [Read more...]
Drop D, Heavy Blues Guitar Lesson (With No Accompaniment) – EP190
This week's guitar lesson is a slow and heavy sounding blues that's played fingerstyle in Drop D Tuning. I'll show you how to play this composition note for note and will also show you how easy it is to improvise in this style (giving a few examples). Also, this lesson works really well on acoustic or electric guitar. … [Read more...]
Drop D Tuning – Original Fingerstyle Composition – EP085
In this week's guitar lesson, learn how to play an original fingerstyle composition in drop D tuning. I'll show you how to easily tune your guitar to Drop D and will discuss some of the advantages to this tuning. I'll also show you how you can take this simple rhythm and expand upon it, creating your own compositions. This lesson is great for anyone, beginner - advanced, it also works well on acoustic or electric guitar. … [Read more...]
EP036 – Drop D tuning rhythm and 3 solos in the key of D
In this guitar lesson you'll learn how to play a blues, rock rhythm (with a hint of country) in drop d tuning. In addition, I've included 3 mini double-string solos in the key of D that has repeatable licks in both major and minor pentatonic scales. You can practice interchanging these licks / solos with the jam track, and ultimately transpose them into other keys to play with other songs. … [Read more...]
