Play This Riff for 1 min. and See Why it's so Much FUN!

[@creativeguitarstudio]

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[@322doug]

ok ill check it out … thanks

[@notapplicable6274]

creativeguitarstudio so that’s what I’ve been noodling with! Thank you🙏🔑✌️

[@laurencemcintire4806]

Are

[@edpfaff4479]

This excellent guitar teacher promotes creativity, another great video lesson. Thank you!

[@motafov]

this teacher not only plays proficiently, he articulates concepts so damn eloquently !!! master rhetorician with a easy-listening radio announcer's voice (case in point: "the focus right now is just on making some nice music with what gets created as a result of knowing this information...")

[@ericramey6503]

Master “what”?

[@michaelesgro9506]

What an amazing teacher this man is!!! I have been playing for just over 40 years and this was the best 15 minute lesson I have ever seen or heard.

[@billwilkat5585]

I've been playing guitar for 59 years and this is the first time I've come across somebody discussing this drone method--good on you! These are the kind of things that make some songs so awesome and are often done by excellent guitar players (think bands like the Eagles, etc.). I've messed with it often over the years and now I'll do it some more--thanks for posting this!

[@GraphiteBlimp27]

You know, I never really see guitar player youtube channels saying something as clear as “play this, it’s FUN!” ... kind of a breath of fresh air. I will add this to my lick library, friend :)

[@PBean-yr5ok]

Same here

[@donaldkumler5149]

100%

[@henrymick9648]

True! I think it's because guitarists are all psychos.

[@mattwhite8904]

Couldn't endorse this enough! I discovered this in my 20s. I had enormous fun and wrote so much music. It is highly addictive. Once you think you've mastered this, change your tunings. Then we're really smoking the good stuff.

[@ianbennett992]

Wonderful tuition delivered in a friendly and approachable manner. I was really getting fed up with scales practice !

[@fradoline]

Once again Andrew you have made a difference in my ever growing need to learn something fun and easy to play. I am not sure where it’s going to lead me, in my scale melodies,and improvisation,but I have to thank you for this awesome lesson.

[@williamdraper1679]

DUDE! I've started doing the spider walk exercise you recommended in another video. I'm not even a week into it and my fingers are doing stuff I never could before. HIGHLY recommend doing the spider walk. No b.s. - really works.

[@forgotmyname4971]

"Cuts Like A Knife" and "She Sells Sanctuary" use the open D sting and the fretted G.

[@lukesterification]

Forgot Myname she sells sanctuary is a great song!!! 🤘

[@keithledbetter1541]

Billy Duffy uses that D drone quite a bit....

[@gav6808]

Ah yes the Cult they were a good 90s band.

[@alexanderlaing4563]

Thanks again

[@ricksandino7921]

Andrew has a great delivery of instructions and emphasizes and reinforces that the idea of having fun is key as with any new endeavor. As we play more, we sometimes how difficult how chording is initially and progressing to Barre chords is equally difficult at first but receptive practice is a must and scales is imperative warm up,regardless to length of play. Great job!

[@daviderickson8699]

I've watched a lot of yours and other videos trying to find ways to up my stagnant skill level. This is THE one that has me excited enough to practice it every day since I've seen it. It's the one exercise that really sounds like music! I feel like I'm composing tracks for a sequel to Napolean Dynamite when I mess around with this stuff. I'm also working on getting comfortable with a pick (taught myself and played without one for decades) and this is really helping my precision there as well. Love it!

[@dufusbug]

Ditto that David... I, like you am only self taught and have always seemed to enjoy playing fingerstyle before, I always seem to gravitate to playing fingerstyle with very little chord strumming etc... this tutorial sure breathes MUCH NEEDED fresh air into how I play. Best of luck to you :)

[@GregThorneKTM500NB]

The droning effect is so similar to open tuning, right away I heard "The Tea Party" stuff Jeff Martin did, without the open tuned 12 string. Great lesson, thank you!

[@melstreet1364]

Greg ZRX e

[@rickthomas2873]

I always start my practice with a half hour of drone playing.Great video Andrew.

[@trapperbeaver6588]

Excellent demeanor. You have a fantastic humility in sharing your expert knowledge. Thank you!

[@paulphelps370]

I just recently began focusing on sharpening my fingerstyle and hybrid picking skills. This gives me a whole new and interesting element to incorporate. Thank you

[@mikepollack8277]

I really enjoy the way you teach. I stay and listen even if I already know the material!

[@edquick7288]

I wish I had a teacher I could find like you where I live. Your videos have helped me greatly. Thank you for sharing your talents.

[@4fretfingers528]

Andrew, like a good wine, you get better and better over time. Your choice of lesson topics and presentation is musically commendable. This lesson for example integrates so many important concepts and gives you an opportunity to practice them is crazy! I have spent so much time on learning and relearning some of these concepts, many times because I did not have material such as yours connecting the dots at the right time. For all you aspiring guitarists out there, save yourself some time and frustration and listen to Andrew :-)

[@rumandbass]

I've been doing this for several years. Didn't know it was a thing. Probably natural for people who just mess around and stumble upon interesting harmonies.

[@maxamaniac]

~ #MeToo 😅😅 ~

[@daviddisbrow1567]

You're really an incredible teacher you explain and show in a fashion that is easy to pick up!! Thank you!

[@creativeguitarstudio]

Wow, thank you! Really appreciate your kind words!!

[@BradOut-bd5wp]

Great work sir. Food for thought and range.

[@ianrichardson3968]

This is the first way i learned to actually play something. Many many sets of strings ago..I started by playing the open A and fingering the 4th string using Major intervals but centred on the 12th fret. So D string would be D Major. Then switching to open low E and fretting the A string. And the first tune was..Frere jacques...I did say many string sets have been binned. As a result i still play that today sometimes just for fun. And other tunes we all know. And i use these melodies in solos as well. Not frere jacques...but then again... Great lesson especially for beginners as you can play something so easily and learn Major and minor scales along the neck ..and then modes as you say. Add in double stops and triads. So much easier than struggling learning open chords and getting fed up. Also good as a start to ear training and timing. If you figure out those simple little songs we all know from childhood.You pretty much know the timing any way. Happy birthday..who doesn't know that? Slides, hammer ons can be added in, even a little bend and vibrato. About the easiest way to play something on a guitar really, but useful to know. First time i've seen anyone do this on a youtube channel. Awesome...

[@WhereTheBASShasNoName]

I personally love doing drones in DADGAD. Absolutely gorgeous sounding.

[@Atimo133]

Saved it for someday Thanks!

[@mark.e.p]

Page?

[@mikegaurnier]

I had already run across this idea, and frequently played the E major scale along the high E while using the low E as a drone. But I completely missed that this was a whole world of guitar style. This may be the "secret" I've been looking for. Thanks so much.

[@TripleTransAm]

This sounds exactly like what I was looking for to inspire me to noodle around a bit more and just be creative with new melodies and sound textures. I have ZERO musical training and have learned everything by ear (and filled in the knowledge after the fact) so this looks like it might be a good gateway to figuring out some of the modes.

[@bossbluff3577]

Easily one of the best MUSIC lessons I’ve ever seen. THANK YOU! An amazing palate of musical elements and ideas we can learn, build on and use to play expressive original music. THIS is what drives my interest in greater theory mastery. This is accessible to true beginners and advanced players. So excellent!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@psteeg3551]

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary uses droning riffs as well, great stuff

[@creativeguitarstudio]

Yes, you got it! The Cult are using it in that song!

[@maritescadiz8141]

Your very profeasional in handling guitar you kook great.

[@jeffreyharris3433]

I like to drone the open high E and/or B strings while noodling around on the G. My main inspiration was learning the theme from "The Last Of Us" and now its one of my favorite things to mess around with.

[@kevmcd72]

Good new info for my guitar learning journey. Thank you.

[@daspinaki7]

Not just to practice but i'm dam sure of your's lesson coz u r 4m GIT..& U always give us something that no body can give expect GIT..in 1992 My dream was to join there but i can't due to finance & passport.Now i am very happy that you provide that lesson directly,honestly..very grateful to u that i've started my playing again..lots of love & hugs from India..happy new year sir.🙏

[@denizerdal1951]

Thank you so much Andrew!

[@paulj0557tonehead]

That opening riff totally brings *Deep Purple's Child In Time* to mind. I'VE WRITTEN DOZENS OF SONGS, OF MANY GUITAR STYLES USING A VERY SIMPLE, BUT EXTREMELY OPEN TO COMPLEXITY, GUITAR TUNING. (below at *) At first it lends to drone playing but...so much more. I went to GIT , Class of Fall 1984- Fall 1985. The last class in the old actors studio above the Wax Museum on Hollywood Blvd (Hollywood,CA). Paul Gilbert was a fellow classmate. I feel lucky to have gone to GIT Musicians Institute in that original old building. It was less clinical...more like 'FAME🎶!' But there were trade-offs compared to the new location around the corner. I had some friends that went in '85-'86 '86-87'. They got new amps! 😢 If you are considering moving to Hollywood and going to MI do it! I know these are hard times and the first year since like the 1940's that Los Angeles isn't growing due to a mass exodus, but believe me, Hollywood was nasty in the 1980's too. But it was also NOT nasty. Bite the bullet, and try to make friends, but avoid the party crowd, avoid cults, but maybe find a church even if you're agnostic...I grew up in Christian Science ( not Scientology) and for my first year in L.A. I went to the domed CS church at La Brea and Hollywood blvd.. Looking at Google maps it appears it was still there in Sept.2008 was still The Fifth Church of Christ Scientists, but in 2009 they put tacky bricks on it and in ugly plain lettering MOSAIC (ironic) ...it must be some other church now. Perhaps it was inevitable In 1984-85 I was the only student in the Sunday school. I was still 18. I actually didn't really have any friends for my first two years in L.A, but I had so much fun exploring that huge place. So much to see and do. My 3rd year I met a couple in my Apt complex into metal and through them I met my best friend Tony. We used to love going past the clubs on the Sunset Strip and jamming Slayer...they were such glam posers it would piss them off. Great times. I met Innis Cosby (William Cosby jr.) on a bus and he took me to Quiet Riot's Carlos Cavaso's house (mansion). Innis and Carlos hit it off at the Peewee Herman Big Top movie premier. Innis was 17 shy, and he figured since I looked 'metal' enough it could help break the ice...but I was shy too. No matter, Carlos was the coolest sweetest guy on the planet. When I found out that Innis was murdered it really shook me up. Such a beautiful soul who helped the wrong person. * A great (preferably) acoustic tuning- GDDG with D & high E removed is a variant on open G tuning, but since there is no B you can go major or minor at will with minimal fret fingering. It is excellent for creating vocal melodies over. For my vocal essence (all Keys have personalities) I simply tune the GDDG down a half step (one fret) to F# C# C# F# Notice: F#'s are 1 octave apart Both C#'s are Unison , but one string is _wound_ and the other is _not wound_ . This gives a 'chorus ensemble' effect which when you really explore this tuning you begin to discover it sounds like more than even 6 strings! This due to the fact that you have a big fat 4 string 5th strumming down, and a big fat 4 string 5th strumming up. You can actually access more chord variety than a normal guitar in terms of quick access. Try it, and don't get stuck in a rut...add a vocal melody. Remember, with the vocal melody you are impacting whats happening on the guitar. Suddenly less becomes more. Suddenly you have music!!

[@kenjones5138]

Great Lesson! I know beginners will love it. I learned this in the 60's, Jimmy Page used it, Les Paul and so did Paul McCartney to name a few Lots of us old guitar players use it a lot. These drone chords and scales are essential and a whole lot of fun. Great way to become a master of the fret board without all the bs that goes with it. And you can get the sound that gets the chic's. Sorry, showing my age here a little.

[@jorgedoering6952]

Great guitar player, great teacher and very useful info... too much to swallow but excellent material, thanks a lot and GOD bless you.

[@mcbrat26]

This was a very eye opening lesson. Created a new path of creativity for my guitar playing. Thank you.

[@creativeguitarstudio]

You're very welcome!

[@_R0BB_]

drone riffs are the most RELAXING riffs to play

[@creativeguitarstudio]

They Definitely are !!

[@bradleyhohner8775]

This is great information that doesn't get near enough attention. Lotsa fun and beneficial too!! Thanks.

[@camgreer]

Thanks for the insights Andrew. I assure you, I spent more than a minute on this because it is really fun. A lot of this was stuff I was already doing for years, I just wasn't thinking about it modally.

[@michaelwirtzfeld7847]

Clear. Concise. Fantastic! Thank you.

[@Rick1198s]

Wow, thanks Andrew, I'm now knocking out some lovely melodies with this fairly simple technique. Even the wife approves, AND it works fine on acoustic OR electric.

[@michaelmunger5999]

Amazing lesson. I normally play by ear, it was the only way I could learn, but I wanted to advance my level, i got tired of trying to learn the same thing. But with this, its teaching me in a way I can understand and following along.

[@boboliver3054]

Most guitar lessons on You Tube are nothing more that a self promotion of the guitarist and they really have no interest if you learn anything or not. It's all about patting themselves on the back. This guy breaks it down so anyone can understand it. Nice video.

[@jimallen4328]

Very cool lesson! Thank you Andrew. You are a blessing. This will help me in so many ways but I especially because it helps me to see the notes laterally on the neck. I recently started practicing this drone idea on my own, but this is an eye opener. Again, thank you!

[@michaelduncan2936]

MAN THIS BLUE MY MIND AS NOW IV GOTTEN MY SPEED UP .....JUST WHAT I NEEDED

[@flouisbailey]

As a beginner at 70 years this is great

[@thebluesrockers]

Great Job on that Alan Parson's Project jam. I was waiting for someone to start singing, what goes up, must go down.. lol awesome tune.

[@donaldkumler5149]

Just found this tonight, and subscribed. Really great stuff for someone who played when he was 14, and now starting over again at 54.

[@petersimon985]

Hello, Very nice to hear Thanks for putting this together

[@YTCrossover]

Thanks also from here. Love the idea of combination modes with fretboard-knowledge over to 'have fun and be creative'. Also very cool: perfect to train vibrations and slides meanwhile. I think also tapping can be a thing here, if we speed up after skill-progression. ☺️

[@creativeguitarstudio]

My pleasure!

[@pietersixstring1531]

I'm a "beginner", this is so simple and so much fun. In an instant, finding a scale on a guitar (rather than on a "dry" diagram) became much clearer. And it creates such clear tones, not always a beginner's forte :) And... your ear picks it up straight away if make a mistake.

[@StoicTrader-]

How long have you been playing? I'm trying to keep up but having trouble, been playing 3 weeks.

[@avvvqvvv99]

@@StoicTrader- It's completely normal to have trouble keeping up at 3 weeks. How often are you practicing? What are you practicing? What do you want to achieve?

[@StoicTrader-]

@@avvvqvvv99 ok thanks for the reassurance. I'm picking my guitar up for hours every single day working on my chord progressions and scales / pentatonic scales. I'll also do spider walk exercises throughout the day starting on the 12th fret high e string and working my way all the way down and then continuing on the second string all the way to the low e string. Next I'm finding easy songs to play. I was watching andy guitar yesterday because he had a tenacious d tribute lesson but my hammer ons sounded so quiet compared to his. I have full calluses after 3 weeks so I no longer have to stop playing after 10 minutes to take a break. My goal is to be able to pick up my guitar and just noodle around improvising around the neck so I can entertain my family around the campfire. Sadly i still can't properly change chords smoothly without little readjustments even though I'm practicing them a ton. At first I felt like I was improving every day and now it feels like im stuck at the same point I was a week ago. I am getting better at being able to space my fingers 1 per fret which was absolutely impossible in the beginning because my fingers just couldn't stretch but now after having a sore hand and strengthening those muscles I'm getting better at it. One last thing is that I have two guitars, one is a cheap mitchell acoustic but it has a 1.75 nut and I like the string spacing on it, but I also have a takamine accoustic which is much more quality instrument but the nut length is more narrow so I dont like how cramped my fingers feel on it but its 10 times better than the mitchell so I want to use the takamine but I just dont like the spacing on it as much as the mitchell. So I'm fighting the cramped neck just because the instrument sounds and feels so much better.

[@avvvqvvv99]

@@StoicTrader- You're doing everything right, you have nothing to worry about. Just put more focus in practicing the things you want to achieve (hammer-ons, chords changes, improv) by doing those things more often. And you certainly can already entertain your family, just play simple songs that you and them can sing along to. In relation to the guitars, use the cheap one to practice more "technical" exercises and the Takamine to practice more "musical" exercises.

[@StoicTrader-]

@@avvvqvvv99 excellent advice thanks a ton.

[@JC-cp1lr]

Love the vibe and tone of this exercise

[@kevbee8325]

She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult is a great song for fretting the G string and the occasional B while plucking the open D with the odd open G chord thrown in... thanks, great video!!

[@DanielRodriguez-eh1qd]

I tend to use the pattern a bit in my writing. One of our bands songs plays that pattern specifically during the verses. It’s fun with pull offs with some heavy reverb on the neck humbuckers.

[@shashanksherkar392]

Again a very good simple video. I play thrash and rock rhythm and lead guitar at intermediate level. For solos or even rhythm with single notes and open E, I like to have a scale played on 2 strings which help in jumping from one note to another and very nice sliding and vibratos.

[@GregBanksMusic]

This IS AMAZING INFORMATION!!

[@popcultureresources4239]

I loved this video! it just opened another door on my Guitar playing journey. I have been working on my scales lately and this is great for bridging

[@barbarasandoval2231]

Great video. Learned a few things. Thank You

[@mikestroudiscool]

Perfect Video, Best One Yet, Thanks again

[@creativeguitarstudio]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@malcolmobrien916]

Thanks a lot, Andy. Very informative post. Keep it coming!

[@Tac-0]

I just bought an guitar and this was very interesting! im going to try this tomorrow!

[@carlosrelampago2279]

Bravo. I've been doing this Over 20 years cause remains me the citar sound. Bravo 👏👏🤘🤘

[@markusgarvey]

I found the droning D and playing the G when I first started playing by accident..I do this thing with it where it sound like a Sitar...I would get lost in it for hrs. Jerry Garcia used to ride the G around a lot. As a matter of fact, I think I will play it now that you mention it.

[@lloydrobeau5126]

As soon as you started I heard sitar !!

[@NoDoSwLa]

This is a very valuable channel. Thx for the input

[@milesfifer171]

This is really helpful stuff, when I started to learn guitar i came across this by accident and actually used bits of it in my playing. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@playstationracer67-acc]

For someone just starting out on the guitar learning path, this is a really cool video with an easy to play sequence. Beats trying to ring out chords and scales all of the time. Thank you for posting this video.

[@HeavensArcherOFFICIAL]

I used a drone effect on an Open B tuning on one of my Symphonic Metal songs (Open B is tuned as B, F#, B, F#, B, e) it is fun especially if you came up with a beautiful melody. For those wanting to hear my song I mentioned, check out my one man band Aegis For Aeons and the song The Kingdom of Divine Salvation.

[@phillipholt6005]

I love this routine. My strat has a humbecker and two single coils!

[@MrBarrynicholas]

Phillip Holt Never heard of those pick ups!

[@phillipholt6005]

Why do you say I've never heard of the pickups? If I don't know what I'm talking about I don't say anything or I ask questions!

[@MrBarrynicholas]

Phillip Holt It was a joke.....Humbecker? They are called Humbucker

[@phillipholt6005]

Ok Barry that went over my head! Reason I commented because my Original Squire Strat HSS has a fender humbecker and 2 single coils. I get no hum on any amp I've tried! That's a awesome good thing!😀 Phillip Austin.

[@victorwilburn8588]

Nice video. This stuff is very natural for just messing around. I remember very early in my guitar journey (which is now decades long but still early in terms of skill :)) playing around with moving chord shapes up and down with a drone (e.g. the D shape or simple double-stops just like what is shown here). I had a vague idea that something modal was going on without really knowing what that meant. Now I know how it ties in. :) Thanks!

[@prcc]

Love the Howe Sound shirt in the introduction. Greetings from Vancouver!

[@ericwilliams7374]

Love watching your videos! Has definitely helped my playing!! Just goes to show you can always learn more on guitar!! Even though our styles are extremely different. I'm a big huge metal head, but I still love these videos. I incorporate a lot of stuff like this into my writing style. Makes for some extremely interesting metal songs!!!

[@scottstevens5481]

Andrew, I hope you are well… I see this is from 3 years ago… One of my favorites you have offered. I had watched this a while back…I went searching for this to watch again…but I was searching for the word “Drone”… maybe add that into the Title somewhere? Very fun video!!!

[@briane.paulson]

Best Guitar Teacher on KZbin.

[@slamcakes]

Nice shirt! I'm watching from Squamish BC now. Great lesson and so much fun! This really opens a door for my playing and you explain it all so well. Thank you!!

[@tulsienterprisesltd.3944]

Newton!!!

[@boseifrit5480]

Pushit by TOOL uses a open string drone. So does Forty six and 2 AND Schism

[@lightnintrucker]

I definitely enjoyed this one. And I will definitely be usin' this concept in one of my future posts

[@swampdog1592]

This just immediately made scale theory finally click! Thanks man!

[@kjd9634]

I really enjoyed that, thanks.

[@vladimirsobolev5282]

Very Good Lesson! Thanks!

[@Peck_Bull]

Man, you are an awesome guitar teacher. 🤝🍻

[@kennethgambone6127]

Y s great chord's to dab around with,it gives it that 70's kind of feeling

[@kimrapley3721]

This helps me, thank you. I do this naturally sometimes but never thought about the relationship between the notes and taking advantage of the shapes I already know. Incidentally, the first position of the major pentatonic is another one to play with and not work so hard to fill in chords when improvising. A handful of chords right at your finger tips without moving position. Same thing applies to the second position of the minor pentatonic as they are the same pattern and the theory extends to minor keys. Obviously there are chords at your finger tips in any scale position but I find it easy to reach for the fill in chords I want in the first position major or second position minor. It’s always nice to find new ways to use what you already know. Great channel.

[@gregerlach]

What a great teacher. Clear and concise. Thank you. Greetings from England.

[@bluegrassmagee8697]

Super Fun Stuff! Thank You

[@evamalmberg]

Great lesson! Love from Sweden 💕🇸🇪

[@evamalmberg]

I just donated 10 CAD so I can get your guitarbook. You are a great teacher, Andrew.

[@migueladdison8854]

I see your tutorial is so good my brother andrew, i interest to try try

[@claytonvarney8612]

This is really helpful! Thank you so much! You really have a delightful way of approaching the guitar that is refreshing and releasing! God bless you!

[@nidgeontour257]

What a brilliant lesson! Shows you how knowing a bit of theory can send your playing stratospheric!! 😎🎸🤘

[@gregorytoddsmith9744]

Many years of playing. Never played that particular riff. Open D definitely but not that particular approach. Nice!! Here I go......😉🎶🎵

[@erichperigaultmonte4105]

Thank you very impresif regards from Bonaire Dutch Caribbean

[@MrPunkrocker247]

Nice job, you explain the theory side very well... coming from a guy who lacks the theory based knowledge lol subscribed! This channel seems like something that will help me improve my playing. Thanks!

[@eddiedelrizzo7308]

Thank you for all your posts they are very informative and they are great to learn how to play 💪

[@robdcollector2808]

..this looked pretty cool and will try this..thanks for.the lesson.

[@felaxa2008]

Easy and fun to do! Thank you very much!

[@johnhoulahan1597]

Wow, I had no idea this was so simple and great sounding. Thanks so much

[@Fabrockators]

Thank you Andrew for another great video. This is a very good way to practice by yourself without a loop pedal, backing track or other musicians.

[@creativeguitarstudio]

Yup, it sure is... ~ Andrew

[@rocketscientist14]

I used to do this kind of stuff every morning I would wake up and start playing. I have no musical schooling background & do not know how to read music or anything lol. I’m glad I was enjoying this lesson without even knowing it was a lesson 😂

[@shelisasimmonds817]

Can't wait to try it!