Drop D Ambient Chords & Melodies

In this week's lesson, we explore using three note per string scale patterns to create ambient style chords and melodies in a drop d tuning.
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[@brianherbst2600]

Sounds very Tool-ish. Love it 🤘🤘

[@MaxNiessl]

I love noodling around like that at night with all the lights of, the cats sleeping on my keyboard and the reverb ringing in the distance. The day could have been busy as hell, but that always brings me back. Great lesson as always, man 🤘

[@axeofcreation]

Thanks Max!

[@Kornholic]

Your recent Mastodon cover was great, man!

[@MaxNiessl]

@@Kornholic Thanks! 🤘

[@sagunnnnnn]

Max you chad

[@mikejenkins4924]

Same, man. Nothing better than playing ambient music in absolute darkness. Until you do it, you'll never get how transcending it can really become.

[@gleb_guitarist]

HOW SICK THAT TONE IS!!!

[@TheElectricBuddha]

The best guitar teacher on the planet. It's not just the technical knowledge, but also inspiration for writing our own music. Thanks, man.

[@axeofcreation]

Much appreciated!

[@daviddarko2665]

DUDE!.......You just opened a door for me! 🙏

[@frantiseksvarc1672]

That beginning is like some kind of gregorian chant. Love it!

[@bucketofnoises7810]

You're a doctor in dropdiology. I really love this channel. Lots of goodies here!

[@gmpsandw]

Damn those tones hit me right in the lizzard brain, makes the hair on my arms stand up, love it grabbing my axe right now! Thanks.

[@ImNotOld_ImVintage]

Until recently I've spent most of my time in standard tuning. About a month ago I just started leaving a guitar in drop D and another in drop C# and started exploring. This lesson really is going to push me forward. Thanks for the awesome lesson!

[@axeofcreation]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jetaimemina]

So, where did you end up 2 years later?

[@denisblack9897]

@@jetaimemina he's too busy recording his own Tool album

[@JimiJamJars]

I’m late but…this is one of the absolute best guitar lessons on KZbin. So useful and instantly applicable.

[@axeofcreation]

Glad you think so!

[@Nick-ej3qe]

Thank you so much for this lesson Greg. You took me out of my months long rut and allowed me to play the nicest melodies I've ever played in a long time!

[@axeofcreation]

Rock on!

[@izeshmikurac]

The beginning of the intro sounds very Tool No quarter like, so... I LOVE IT. As Max Niessl pointed out, just noodling late at night, with droning D or whatever... Best thing ever. Loved the video!

[@chrispierce11]

I’m so amazed by this. Music theory like this can be so interesting when explained and explored this way. Each note compliments each other in complex ways in this tuning. I’ve gotta try this out.

[@XDlosDominicans]

man that reverb and straight edge twangy-ness of the strings is just addictive

[@s0ndm4n81]

This is some great stuff Love this approach 👍👍

[@NorthernNegatives]

Love how you explain stuff. Sounds awesome!

[@stormrider8166]

Sounds awesome! Great video

[@EisensteinPrime]

This is just what I needed!

[@storkatfuneral]

I Love that introduction ! Wow !

[@greglurker7038]

Incredible instruction. Love your tool tutorials and these scale lessons bring out the creativity in my play. Many thanx!

[@sebastianostrovsky969]

Discovered your channel and can't believe it exists. Your teaching style fits me perfectly. I love everything I learn from you. Thanks for all you do

[@viper2134]

Wow man these sounds are fantastic !

[@earlyblackmz]

Golly, that sounds terrific!

[@chefmarv6499]

I didn't know Greg was a ghost writer for Tool! 🤘

[@axeofcreation]

ha!

[@Kristian-br5ui]

Amazing video as always Axe

[@axeofcreation]

Thanks again!

[@Romanuno]

cool sounds!!! great explanation!!!

[@softhands3394]

This is the greatest guitar lesson I've come across in a long time and genuinely stumbled upon. Thank you, I always wanted to come close to sounding like this and being able to play it on the fly for when I'm in my "ambient" moods. Adding a lead or filter tone will really make these scales explode in their versatility

[@axeofcreation]

Awesome, thank you!

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

This channel is the Truth💎💡

[@6maxgrinder549]

Greg. I love this stuff. Videos about creating simple riffs using scale fragments!

[@strangebeave]

Sounds so cool!

[@sheriewart8100]

Thanks Greg, this is such a good lesson and sounds😄

[@nakleh]

Great video, man. Thank you.

[@wm45]

Thank you, this has already helped me a lot.

[@luke90mann]

Love your lessons I can get lost for days playing around with this!!

[@stormshadow2k]

Great stuff! Thank you ever so much!

[@mungokitty68]

One of your best. Thank you, mate.

[@doccrayon138]

The sound......... Awsome my Dude! Echo Hard! "Doc"

[@sahamal_savu]

Great video my man, thanks again!

[@J_Ambrus_Films]

Absolutely 100% perfection.

[@rossthiffairyan]

These videos are awesome bro!

[@Qartoffeln1]

I do play stuff like that after a couple hours of guitar exercises, escales and harder rock and it feels like a meditation after hardcore training. Using reverb and delays help a lot in getting into this kind of “trascendence” mode. This one of yours gave me some more inspiration. Thanks man.

[@andy420bb]

Love it. Great job. Became a Patron after this video in particular. Just what I'm looking for as a guitar player. Thank you.

[@samuelleevallongo9752]

Love ur channel bro good explanation without repeating

[@raguseum11]

love it, thanks

[@jimmiejohnson6280]

Thank you

[@sirwyattt]

This is EXACTLY the video I was looking for. Thanks man.

[@brianosbment2343]

This is a very cool lesson! I usually play in standard tuning,but I'm going to try some of this stuff.

[@2000jpangburn]

Great sound!

[@joelcaron1943]

I came back to this video just for that opening lead riff you played

[@justinhewison6277]

Very nice job at explaining what you're doing! 😎👊 thanks man, this video really helped me out.

[@davidhoxit4274]

Seems the sound is that of excellence...great tutorial!

[@axeofcreation]

Thanks so much!

[@robmlisanti]

Love that Guitar...beautiful

[@Kevin-uz6sv]

Just what I needed, thank you🍻

[@axeofcreation]

You’re welcome 😊

[@stevennagy650]

Very professional well done 👍

[@invisiblegraveyard4742]

Greg, thanks for this! I'm always looking to expand my songwriting away from the boring power chord stuff. I have a love for Drop D. I like how you explain why you do what you're doing on the guitar instead of just playing stuff. Understanding the when, why and how gives us the understanding to come up with our own stuff!

[@axeofcreation]

Rock on!

[@hanspeter67]

Thanks to the algorithm that i find your channel...Such nice lessons for drop tuning! Greetings from germany

[@xKaNgErOo1]

The drop D king

[@shayindinho3188]

good job man

[@adolfoagudelo8462]

wow good video! thanks!

[@ishtashunkaluzahon9946]

Bro your awesome I don't comment much but your on point , explain things well with out being pretentious,your a class act bro thanks again.

[@davidhoxit4274]

Drop D my fave!

[@c0unt1ng5heep4]

Kept hearing 7empest! Like loads!

[@charlykorn5978]

Awesome!!🎼🎵🎸👍💪

[@poloniumsugarcube611]

Thanks man you are the best teacher for drop D .gracias 👊😘

[@charlykorn5978]

Terrible armonía hermano!!! Estudiaré este modo!!!

[@johnsheetz7983]

Nice stuff

[@robertwells4461]

Awesome

[@ningzhang6683]

love it

[@jpthemusicenjoyer]

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve started learning guitar during this quarantine and I want to try and start to come up with my own ideas, especially using drop D (my tool bias 😂)

[@alchemysticgoldmind4164]

Man these ideas are outstanding..tearing hair to write..have not been this inspired in 2 yrs

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Unique lesson 👍

[@seanstevens4635]

Woof love this ...

[@kevinp_25]

Still love this video. Should do one in Drop D tuning but in the A Major context.

[@MarcusMoji]

Damn mate I learnt loads from such quite simple ideas. Thanks 😀

[@axeofcreation]

That's what it's all about!

[@chiefrebelangel]

Bathory - Shores In Flames as well as Tool vibes here, awesome video man!

[@dekadenser]

Apart from the obvious Tool-sound in there at 7:40 there's a lot of ISIS-feels to it! Great video

[@MNToor]

Please release the full song ! Ive been repeating the intro ever since

[@PickaBass]

It would be interesting a video doing the same thing on bass

[@jaredt3985]

Awesome vid man. I pretty much only use drop tunings these days for these very reasons, biggest one being the big open chords you can get. Been using DADGAD a lot lately and I love it so much, it’s so versatile.

[@axeofcreation]

Thank you!

[@sahamal_savu]

DADGAD is fun as hell to play in, I keep one of my acoustics tuned to it at all times :)

[@dennisbutler8393]

Awesome video bro! Thanks for all your educational videos. Love your channel! Keep up the good work bro. P.S. love all your Kiesel guitars. Been trying to save up to get me one.

[@axeofcreation]

Nice, let me know what you get! And them know why you're there

[@rogercardenas111]

Overlooked American made guitars in my opinion. Kiesel/Carvin guitars

[@EVH5150iii]

You got some adam Jones action going on!

[@verytallmidget]

Really enjoyed this one! Defffffffff not influenced by Adam Jones or anything......lol! Thanks for sharing

[@daHammer5]

Do you have any videos where we can just listen to you play ambient melodies

[@MuhFknReptar]

This tone is fucking mental 🔥🔥🔥

[@tenthousandquills1774]

Awesome lesson dude....I think I accidentally learned Chop Suey though lol

[@PalashMitraTheJokerof13th]

wid this tone your strat would be awesome

[@wookieschnitzel7595]

Check out Loneliness by Wintersun. Some gorgeous melody and dissonance going on there.

[@denniemay11]

Never thought Dan Auerbach would be teaching me Tool.

[@eriklothbrok3715]

Great video… Reminds me of Tool 🔧

[@denisblack9897]

first time i feel like i need an audio interface after 15 years of playing guitar and bass

[@morrison30]

Beautifully played, mr. axe. Man i love that drop d tuning. Hope you do more Tool covers in the future, anything off of new album would be much appreciated.

[@axeofcreation]

I've made a lesson for every song off the new album.

[@caseywhittaker1309]

Love the video! Can I ask the model of that Guitar? It is gorgeous!

[@DaRkLoRdX97]

This sounds sooo tool that even youtube recommendations on the right side are tool videos

[@mattnobrega6621]

Sounds like dark ambient space rock

[@sergiorivera9650]

Hii, great lesson and tone! Are you using a stock mic section in nolly and a preset or preset made for you?

[@axeofcreation]

Stock Mic. I want to say the preset is Ambient Wash? Slightly tweaked the preset to fit the mood.

[@scottbrown9789]

Please send this music to MJK. He will do the rest 😁

[@TheGlitterMovement]

The Glitter Movement finds this comment ridiculous, unreasonable, and unrealistic. Such flights of fancy should be kept private so we don't needlessly suffer the deranged insensibilities of lesser beings. J/K. Post whatever you want. We're not your dad.

[@heroicrockstar]

I've come here from tool the pot video from 9 years ago 🤘, camera and mic is better 😅

[@BBGuitars]

Hit open D using a freeze type delay and noodle the same over the top, lordy!

[@axeofcreation]

Soon! Just grabbed the Boss DD500 for the new rig.

[@BBGuitars]

@@axeofcreation used to run twin delays when I had mine, one delay with the c button set to hold the note, the second delay doing which ever delay. After a while the held note begins to do some weird slow droned out pulses and its so musical on its own!

[@str8rockerma]

Sounds Like Marcos Curiel From P.O.D. What Effect Is That? Thanks In Advance