Drop Tuned Triads

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal

Excerpt: Hi all! For this tutorial we'll be covering drop tuned major and minor voicings. Although I am using a 7 string in this tutorial you can use a 6, 7, or 8 string guitar as long as you are in a traditional drop tuning.  In these examples we will only be using the lowest 3 strings, in my case these strings are tuned A - E - A. If you are in drop D it would...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal

Excerpt: Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings.  The first is our root inversion in C major. C - G - E 1 - 5 - 3 The second voicing is our 1st inversion. E - C - G 3 - 1 - 5 The third voicing is our 2nd inversion. G - E - C 5 - 3 - 1 The arpeggios are the 2nd part of this...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Chords Style: Metal

Excerpt: Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings.  The first is our root inversion in C minor. C - G - Eb 1 - 5 - b3 The second voicing is our 1st inversion. Eb - C - G b3 - 1 - 5 The third voicing is our 2nd inversion. G - Eb - C 5 - b3 - 1 The arpeggios are the 2nd part o...

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

Excerpt: For practice purposes, I've included an etude to go along with this tutorial. This etude will help with memorizing the new voicings and it also displays how one might use the material when composing. Enjoy!

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Instructor: Mike Salow Level: Beginner Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Use this backing track to play along with the previous etude! Enjoy!

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