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Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
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Drop-Tuned Riff Writing for Metal Guitar
$19.99
Drop-Tuned Riff Writing for Metal Guitar is your complete guidebook, map and compass to creating your own powerful rock riffery! Learn how to turn single-note ideas into solid riffs, and discover how to apply chords – from simple power chords to advanced structures – to create your own killing arrangements.
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Learn to Write Devastating Drop Tuned Metal Guitar Riffs
If you’re ready to explore the art of riff writing in drop tuning, Metal guitar legend Chris Zoupa is here to set you straight.
Drop-Tuned Riff Writing for Metal Guitar is your complete guidebook, map and compass to creating your own powerful rock riffery! In its hallowed pages, you’ll find Zoupa’s complete approach laid out – step by step – lovingly crafted to sharpen every area of your modern rock rhythm guitar skills.
You’ll discover hundreds of fun, creative and outlandish tools to improve your riff writing, performance, tone, speed and power!
In fact, you’ll be shown how to turn any fragment of an idea into a full-on rock symphony.
Drop Tuned Guitar Wizardry – From Zero to Hero
You’ll start off by consolidating the basics of rock rhythm guitar before quickly moving on to discover the force of metal rhythm guitar. From chugging flat fingered power chords to major and minor triads, you’ll work your way to suspended 2nds and 4ths, as well as other advanced chords like add9, 6 and “dropped voicing chords”.You’ll also discover versatile chord sequences and how to disguise them while adding harmony and texture.
Next, you’ll discover the art of single note riff writing and how to expand these first ideas into complete songs. Along the way you’ll discover how to write in “odd” times like 5/4, 5/8 and 7/8 and really get creative with note placement and texture.
In all, you’ll discover over 130 exciting examples of Drop-Tuned Riff Writing.
- Build perfect time with the heavy metal rhythm primer
- Learn to chug, add basslines, harmonies and more
- Discover essential chords fingered for drop tuned guitar
- Learn to write your own riffs and turn them into full tracks
- Easily play in cutting edge odd times like 5/4, 5/8 and 7/8
- Master chord sequence building and learn how to always pick the perfect sound
- From Exercises to Drop Tuned Riffs
Drop-Tuned Riff Writing for Metal Guitar quickly helps you master the techniques used by today’s virtuoso rhythm guitarists, and presents them all in Chris Zoupa’s hilariously irreverent teaching style that’s loved by millions on YouTube.
Open your ears to over 130 incredible new approaches to writing music for drop tuned guitar. But be warned… you’ll be a different player on the other side!
Buy it now and take your drop tuned guitar playing to a whole new level.
Reasons to Buy From Us
Over 1,000,000 happy customers.
No joke – and not a word of a lie, we’ve sold over a million music tuition methods on Amazon.
Over 10,000 5* Reviews
Our books are consistently the best-selling music titles on Amazon and have received tens of thousands of positive reviews.
Get every example in your book as an audio file – for free!
Reading from your screen is one thing, but learning music is all about hearing it in action. Every book contains a link to download every example and backing track right to your computer
Instant Delivery
Every book is delivered via download and email as soon as you hit buy now.
Learn from legendary musicians
We publish books by the greatest and most influential musicians in the world.
“Whenever I teach students, I ask them about what books they have and they always like the books from Fundamental Changes. You guys have a great reputation! And, of course, I thank you for the opportunity to publish my own book – you did it so well!”
Mike Stern
“I’ve published eight books with Fundamental Changes and each one beautifully teaches a different element of my musical voice on guitar”
Dr Martin Taylor MBE
“The artists you work with, and the quality of your work speaks for itself.”
Tommy Emmanuel
“Wow! You guys work hard and the material you produce is great!”
John Patitucci
“I wish these books had been available when I was learning to play. I can’t recommend them highly enough!”
Ulf Wakenius
“I can’t believe all the great books you’ve published!”
Jennifer Batten
“These books are great! You guys really know your s**t!”
