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Jam Session 103l with Dm F5 A5

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 103l:

• Like yesterday, we're in Dropped-D tuning for both guitar (D A D G B E) and bass (D A D G).
• We've added effects to the bass, to give it some heavy fuzz-like distortion.
• We actually used a distortion, followed by auto-wah/envelope filter (with the treble up) to approximate the fuzz.
• We played with the 6/8 fast-waltz mentality (one two three FOUR two three), but 12/8 slow-blues swing could also work in this case.
  

Here's the bass groove tabbed out in 6/8:

    Dm 

G |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A |-5--5--5--8--5-------|-5--5--5--8--5------|-5--5--5--8--5-------|
D |----------------0----|----------------0---|----------------0----|

    F5       A5 

G |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D |-3--3--3--7--7--7----|--------------------|---------------------|

12/8 (twelve eighth notes per measure) would also work:

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Jam Session 103k with D5 G5 F#5 D5 A5 G5

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 103k:

• We're in Dropped-D tuning
• Guitar (low to high):  D A D G B E
• Bass (low to high):  D A D G
• This week is full of distortion sounds, so crank up your amp and/or step on some pedals!
  

Guitar tab:

    D5   G5 F#5 D5 A5 G5  Open Low D with Octaves

e |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G |---------------------|-7/-9/11/12/14/16/17|/19------------------|
D |-0-----5\4-0-----7\5-|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x|--x------------------|
A |-0-----5\4-0-----7\5-|-5/-7/-9/10/12/14/15|/17------------------|
D |-0-0-0-5\4-0-0-0-7\5-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0|--0------------------|

Bass tab:

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D Notes Around the Fretboard, Part Two

If you didn't fill in yesterday's blanks (italicized) in Standard Tuning:

00 E A D G B E
01 F Bb Eb G# C F
02 F# B E A C# F#
03 G C F Bb D G
04 G# C# F# B Eb G#
05 A D G C E A
06 Bb Eb G# C# F Bb
07 B E A D F# B
08 C F Bb Eb G C
09 C# F# B E G# C#
10 D G C F A D
11 Eb G# C# F# Bb Eb
12 E A D G B E
13 F Bb Eb G# C F
14 F# B E A C# F#
15 G C F Bb D G
16 G# C# F# B Eb G#
17 A D G C E A
18 Bb Eb G# C# F Bb
19 B E A D F# B
20 C F Bb Eb G C
21 C# F# B E G# C#
22 D G C F A D

Now try this for Dropped D Tuning:

00 D A D G B E
01
02
03 F C F Bb D G
04
05 G D G C E A
06
07 A E A D F# B
08
09
10 C G C F A D
11
12 D A D G B E
13
14
15 F C F Bb D G
16
17 G D G C E A
18
19 A E A D F# B
20
21
22 C G C F A D

And for Open D Tuning (with fewer hints):

00 D A D F# A D
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12 D A D F# A D
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

Dropped D Tuning

You can riff with power chords more...let's say..."efficiently" with dropped D tuning. You essentially dropped the Low E string (two half-steps) down to Low D. The note on the 7th fret of the Low E (now Low D) string should match the open A string. Here are some tips in dropped D:

1. Fret the Low D, A, and D strings on the same fret to make a root-fifth-root power chord.

2. You can reach notes previously more difficult to reach when fretting a chord that uses the Low D string. (Listen to the Foo Fighters' song "Everlong" for an example.)

3. You can use the Low D as a drone/pedal note. (Listen to the Smashing Pumpkins' song "Silverf**k" for an example.)

4. You can strum an open D chord using all six strings in dropped D tuning.

5. Remember that the note that used to make the string a Low E string is now on the second fret of the Low D string.

Have fun with this tuning, and may it be a "gateway technique" for more adventurous use of the guitar.