Drop D Delta Blues Lesson

Diego Budicin

Drop D Delta Blues

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- Diego Budicin10th October 2022
  QUOTE (Tlabella @ Oct 10 2022, 02:22 PM)
  Hey Dog. You're barking up my alley. That was great. I'm originally from Indianola, Mississippi. My grandparents lived in Ruleville. This is where delta blues started.
  
  Hey! That's cool, good to know that! Thanks for commenting!
- Tlabella10th October 2022
  Hey Dog. You're barking up my alley. That was great. I'm originally from Indianola, Mississippi. My grandparents lived in Ruleville. This is where delta blues started.
- Diego Budicin9th October 2022
  QUOTE (Manu RASSE @ Oct 8 2022, 08:58 AM)
  Hi Diego
  It's fantastic Delta blues......
  I listen to it once more so it’s good
  
  Thanks a lot Manu!!! So happy that you like it
- Manu RASSE8th October 2022
  Hi Diego
  It's fantastic Delta blues......
  I listen to it once more so it’s good
- Diego Budicin7th October 2022
  QUOTE (Monica Gheorghevici @ Oct 7 2022, 03:30 PM)
  Great lesson and awesome playing!!!
  
  Thanks Mon!!!
- Monica Gheorghevici7th October 2022
  Great lesson and awesome playing!!!
- Diego Budicin7th October 2022
  QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Oct 7 2022, 02:16 PM)
  Absolutely lovin the uptempo delta vibes Diego! Makes me want to speed up my acoustic journey!!
  
  Thanks a lot, Master Kris! It's great to read your feedback, really honored that this inspires you somehow!
- Kristofer Dahl7th October 2022
  Absolutely lovin the uptempo delta vibes Diego! Makes me want to speed up my acoustic journey!!

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- Tags: Strumming, Acoustic, Delta blues, Groove, Drop D, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rick Emmett, Nick Johnston, Eric Clapton, D minor
Hey guys!

In this lesson, we will play a drop D Delta Blues etude. The most important aspect of it is to develop groove and rhythmical control. The lowest string is tuned in D.

Guitar : Martin DX1AE

Equipment : Kemper + Neumann TLM 103 Microphone + Apollo Twin Duo

Tempo : 110 bpm

Time Signature : 4/4

Chord progression

|| Dm | % | % | Csus2 Dm |

||: Dm :|| 12x

||: G5 F5 | Dm :|| 3X

| G5 F5 | A5 ||

Key signature : Dm

Techniques used :

- Hammer On/Pull Off
- Strumming
- Legato
- Alternate Picking
- Bending

Have fun and stay tuned for the next lesson! ;)

D Pentatonic scale:

D Blues Scale:

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