HOW TO WRITE DROP TUNED RIFFS

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How to write heavy rif in drop tunings!

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[doctoribanez]

I just start with then add a few others lol. I dig your riff man.

[JanXD]

I think videos like this (simple explanations and not too much different stuff cramped into one lesson) help a lot with writer's block, even if it's nothing new to you, for some reason.

[pscnyc]

Great lesson to get young guitarists to stop overthinking.

[LicksoftheLegend]

I am legit stealing your relation of major as epic rather than happy. I love that and its so true man.

[jetaimemina]

Just a quick thought. At 7:15 the riff he plays is not in D Aeolian, or the natural minor scale (which is what most people think of when they 🤔 "minor scale"), but in E Phrygian. To put it simpler, we clearly hear that the riff "revolves" around, or hinges so to say, on the note E, which is the 2nd fret, and not around the open D. This is often a source of confusion when riffs and melodies sometimes just don't seem to fit, even though thy both supposedly utilize the same minor scale. It is true that both use the same exact sequence of notes 0-2-3-5-7-8-10-12-14-15-etc., but they have their "home", also known as root, on different frets: fret 0 /open string for D minor (aka Aeolian), fret 2 for E Phrygian, fret 3 for G major (aka Ionian), and so on and so forth. Drop tunings really help us see such enigmatic concepts as The 7 Modes of Guitar in a different light :)

[AndreasGrellmann]

I feel like this is what I've been doing subconsciously whenever I've been writing riffs, but I've never really thought about it until this video. Thanks Ray, rad lesson.

[jnikz]

My theory is 2nd and 3rd notes in a key are minors and the 4th and 5th would be the resolve which is the last chord of the progression. So for a key of D major, i would always start at D then pick any note for 2nd and 3rd chords and end on either G or A. Some examples are D-Em-F#m-A, D-C#-Em-G, D-Em-F#m-G. The combos are endless as long you follow the theory.

[MarvelMetalhead]

This has BY FAR been more enlightening to me than any guitar videos I've watched yet and I owe all my education to YOUTUBE. So you have defintiley helped me out brother thank you!

[waynegerard]

Dude, your vibe is so awesome. I rarely see joy and joy from metal/rock players (Eddie was the most joyous rock player I'd seen)...keep doing your thing!

[allenmitchell]

I been following Ray for a minute but I never realized he was such a riff giant.

[Rocktalk]

it is always cool to see how other musicians write and create there songs and riffs.

[apaleguy]

I used to really think that Rhythm section needed to have like 6 - 10 different chords, I look at a lot of drop tuning tabs both official and on songster (which is pretty accurate) and seeing people just use 0 - 12 and then only using about maybe sometimes 3 or 4 chords really opened my eyes up.

I appreciate this video, just got myself a G5260 Baritone and man that thing just roars.

[SerienChiller]

thats why I love YT so much.. just watching for entertainment but learned a new fact

[DeadPunk_]

i definitely see what you mean by major epic, minor heavy, thats kinda how i go by it too, i just played by ear before you explained exactly what the scales were though, very helpful!

[brandonbirkbeck]

Definitely my favourite my guitarist on youtube make my days way better💯👍

[MarciRayn]

I find my self using the open, first, third, fifth, and sixth frets on the low string for Drop C#. I do some pedal riff octave play, occasionally adding a tritone to the higher octave Do note. IDK what key it's in, but it sounds cool, and I feel compelled to play in it everytime I play in drop C# tuning. And no matter what tuning I play in I add random chromatics to spice it up.

[thunder]

Thanks for the breakdown. As a guitarist of arouind 2 years, theory scares me

[deweyoogwey]

Sometimes I just do some air guitar picking and imagine the riffs on my head. Then plug in the guitar and play it out loud. Doesn’t have to sound good at first but with long hours of playing and improvisation, the tone will get there.

[GrimSolz]

Sick helpful tutorial. The riff you played around the 9 minute mark sounded like lamb of god

[AskingAzazel]

Thank you for this video Ray. Definitely learned something from it as I typically over think my playing. Going to try to apply the same tactics you use when playing to try and write something of my own. Even if it doesn’t work for me, it was still something new to try and experiment with.