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Jared James Nichols teaches you the wild drop D blues stomp he wrote with Tyler Bryant

I wrote this song with my good friend Tyler Bryant, and it grew out of a jam session, as many songs do. It’s played in the ...

Eddie Van Halen used it, Jimmy Page loved it, and all of your heavy metal heroes have tried it – drop D made drop-dead simple

Many guitarists have favored drop D to add thickness to their riffs. The list would include Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Kurt Cobain, Kim Thayil, Jerry Cantrell, Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello, Adam ...