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30: What I Wish I Knew Sooner about Playing Guitar · The Guitarjet Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Guitar Jet Podcast, where you'll skyrocket your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of theory, techniques, and fundamentals for guitar. Hey, it's Miles,
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  Speaker 1: and as a guitarist, here's something I wish I knew
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  Speaker 1: sooner about playing the guitar. That is, I wish I
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  Speaker 1: knew about drop D tuning sooner. Drop D made it
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  Speaker 1: easy to pick up my guitar and play awesome rock
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  Speaker 1: and metal riffs. And here are five fun drop D riffs.
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  Speaker 1: Number one, is 46 and 2 by Tool, number 2,
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  Speaker 1: Everlong by the Foo Fighters, number 3, Moby Dick by
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  Speaker 1: Led Zeppelin, 4, Backcountry by Avenged Sevenfold, and 5, Killing
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  Speaker 1: in the Name by Rage Against the Machine. Learning about
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  Speaker 1: Drop D is an easy win, and of course, any
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  Speaker 1: easy win can make it easier and more exciting to
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  Speaker 1: keep learning and practicing the guitar. So, go out there,
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  Speaker 1: and learn some drop D riffs, and also learn how
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  Speaker 1: to play the minor pentatonic scale on a single string,
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  Speaker 1: and that way you can play it on the low
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  Speaker 1: D string and the D string that's one octave higher,
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  Speaker 1: two strings down, and you can write lots of fun
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  Speaker 1: riffs just using the D minor pentatonic scale in the
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  Speaker 1: drop D tuning. Anyways, that's it for today's episode. Subscribe
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  Speaker 1: to the podcast and tell a friend about it who
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  Speaker 1: plays guitar or wants to learn more about guitar. And
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  Speaker 1: of course, I hope you have a fantastic day. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you so much for listening.