5 Awesome Drop D Riffs | Alice in Chains

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In this week's video, we check out 5 awesome drop D riffs from Alice in Chains!
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  • @bestboy897
    @bestboy897 Жыл бұрын

    I've been listening to a lot of aic these days. Dirt is one of the greatest albums in all of music.

  • @njordan2001

    @njordan2001

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve been stuck on the self-titled album lately. Soooo good.

  • @seanny_mac

    @seanny_mac

    Жыл бұрын

    @@njordan2001 Agree with this and Dirt. SO GOOD!

  • @13ninjakill

    @13ninjakill

    Жыл бұрын

    Id have to say facelift, dirt, and self titled. All amazing in their own ways. But dirt is the dirtiest album ever made.

  • @Jmjm-wl7pd

    @Jmjm-wl7pd

    Жыл бұрын

    Was the first cd I learned by them love it spent a lot of days jamming that on my old port cd player

  • @h0tsex0r

    @h0tsex0r

    Жыл бұрын

    If I recall correctly Dirt has Them Bones Would? Down in a Hole Rooster I mean every one of those is 10/10

  • @MacPac78
    @MacPac78 Жыл бұрын

    A massive YES to a We Die Young lesson.

  • @MustObeyTheRules
    @MustObeyTheRules Жыл бұрын

    “Died” is the best drop D riff from AIC by far.

  • @metalheadbill
    @metalheadbill Жыл бұрын

    Definitely would love a full lesson of We Die Young and any other AIC songs!

  • @mikeschreiber9352

    @mikeschreiber9352

    Жыл бұрын

    Second that.

  • @leemus1966

    @leemus1966

    Жыл бұрын

    Third

  • @MTC312

    @MTC312

    Жыл бұрын

    💯

  • @johnchang82

    @johnchang82

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @restlessyouthproductions
    @restlessyouthproductions Жыл бұрын

    These riffs mean more to me than sweep picking , blazing fast arpeggios ever will. I didn't realize how much Cantrell influenced my own playing until I started re-listening to AIC recently. They were a sound and a band that completely floored me. Jerry's monster tone and dirty blues, Laynes unreal vocals, Mike Starr's huge bass, and Sean Kinney's versatility and might. They were dark, but so vulnerable and human.

  • @csbaucu7761
    @csbaucu7761 Жыл бұрын

    'We Die Young' is my jam. I've been listening to that song for 30 plus years. It never gets old. Best song on that record.

  • @grimtheassassin

    @grimtheassassin

    4 ай бұрын

    First song off Facelift.

  • @dangiampietro6606
    @dangiampietro6606 Жыл бұрын

    Of all the post Staley era drop-tuned songs, "A looking in view" I feel is a truly overlooked gem. TONS of killer riffs, and some of the best "tag team" style vocals between Cantrell and Duvall. Definitely worth revisiting if it didn't capture you the first time.

  • @jeffreycaulfield8220
    @jeffreycaulfield82206 ай бұрын

    That clip of Adam jones playing we die young riff during sound check is so mint that’s always the first thing I play when I go to D , either that or the bottom riff

  • @josephwhite8554
    @josephwhite8554 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely more Alice In Chains please! We Die Young is one of the most badass opening songs on any album...that riff and tone and all of it is on fire. Black Gives Way To Blue is definitely an underappreciated album too. Great video!

  • @Miguel-cg7rd
    @Miguel-cg7rd Жыл бұрын

    This is the kind of video I was waiting for in your channel. Love AiC and It would be fantastic to have a more extended videos of this amazing songs. Thanks for your work

  • @ethanmorris36
    @ethanmorris36 Жыл бұрын

    I find it quite funny how the 6 riffs I've been practicing a lot lately are all on a video from you Greg!! Rain When I Die is one of the best Alice in Chains song in their entire discography!!

  • @thatguyreiji1045
    @thatguyreiji1045 Жыл бұрын

    Would love an Alice in chains song series for sure.

  • @AtifJaleelisvexed
    @AtifJaleelisvexed Жыл бұрын

    How could you miss "Last of My Kind" in the post-Staley era songs?! It's my all time favorite!

  • @dangiampietro6606

    @dangiampietro6606

    Жыл бұрын

    A truly excellent one

  • @Mike93527
    @Mike93527 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome man. 5 badass classics. Love to see a full song tutorial

  • @thiagojesus3554
    @thiagojesus3554 Жыл бұрын

    Them bones and we die young full tutorial, please. Greetings from Brazil!!

  • @jonathanbrown943
    @jonathanbrown943 Жыл бұрын

    Hell yes on full AiC tutorials! 👌

  • @Therankinlife
    @Therankinlife Жыл бұрын

    YESS!! Thank you for another Aic video!

  • @EDGARDOUX1701
    @EDGARDOUX1701 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid!! and a big YES for We Die Young!!!

  • @rockstarterguitar
    @rockstarterguitar6 ай бұрын

    Your tone just made me wee myself. Awesome!

  • @MrStrawberryhurrican
    @MrStrawberryhurrican Жыл бұрын

    Man I love your flow and energy. Makes learning fun. Thank you for the content

  • @axeofcreation

    @axeofcreation

    Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that!

  • @gregorybeise8860
    @gregorybeise8860 Жыл бұрын

    Dude, .”Stoned”riff shows how Cantrell’s time with Dimebag is well set in. Both of those guys were heavy hitters of the simple but bad ass riffs 🤘🏼

  • @MrParkerman6

    @MrParkerman6

    Жыл бұрын

    Dimebag sucked!

  • @marioflash-newjerseyshorer3368
    @marioflash-newjerseyshorer3368 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love ur Drop D tutorials on Tools Adam Jones and AIC’s Jerry Cantrell. It improved my guitar playing and riff writing 10,000 %!!! Keep ‘em coming with full AIC songs!

  • @marioflash-newjerseyshorer3368

    @marioflash-newjerseyshorer3368

    Жыл бұрын

    @text_AxeofCreation Working on my new “Drop D song” inspired by your lessons entitled “Gallop of the Four Horsemen “, when done I’ll LUK and post on my KZread channel. The tool lessons are so well thought out and presented in such a way that it make learning easy and fun! Keep it up!!!!!!!

  • @quebecomega
    @quebecomega Жыл бұрын

    Thank You so much! Best teacher ever!

  • @redhousej
    @redhousej Жыл бұрын

    Yes, We Die Young! Let's go! Great video - thank you!

  • @ricktheexplorer
    @ricktheexplorer Жыл бұрын

    It's hard to contemplate the eternal wisdom Cantrell showed in making this music, since he was in his 20's. Amazing.

  • @LaurenOliviArt
    @LaurenOliviArt7 ай бұрын

    I like the way you explain it!

  • @nickdub0819
    @nickdub0819 Жыл бұрын

    Such a great intro song to a great album! Yes, more We Die Young!

  • @AleandFire
    @AleandFire Жыл бұрын

    This is a goldmine of information

  • @vendeta9393
    @vendeta9393 Жыл бұрын

    Good video and your tone is sick with that drop tuning, very close to Cantrell. And yes, wouldn't mind We Die Young lesson!

  • @andrewkelley3434
    @andrewkelley3434 Жыл бұрын

    Another honorable mention for Drop C#/Db would be Red Planet off of Rainier Fog. Killer track but you can't go wrong with the tracks you chose. Fun video, I'm going to go practice now 🤘🎸

  • @paulm6341
    @paulm6341 Жыл бұрын

    Great to hear some killer AIC riffs. Would love to have a lesson for the whole song please sir !

  • @poli.f.0nia
    @poli.f.0nia Жыл бұрын

    Great video man! Love the casual, down to earth tone, like you're talking to friends about music, which is exactly what you're doing! But most tutorial content on YT doesn't feel like that. Just one comment, that chord on "Them Bones" is not a dominant chord, it's just a Dm7, the notes added to the power chord are just C (the 7th) and F (the third) the third at the top sure does make it sound like something else since it's so bluesy haha.

  • @GabrielRamirez-fk3ww
    @GabrielRamirez-fk3ww Жыл бұрын

    My man.... you forgot the best drop D riff in their Layne era catalog. Sunshine , off of facelift.

  • @RedSparrow149
    @RedSparrow149 Жыл бұрын

    A massive yes to that "We Die Young" lesson

  • @Juliankb39
    @Juliankb39 Жыл бұрын

    Gotta echo the sentiment that an Alice in Chains series would be awesome.

  • @cheetorb
    @cheetorb Жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir!

  • @cembellsteve
    @cembellsteve Жыл бұрын

    ANYTHING WITH AIC IS MUST. SLUDGE FACTORY, ALSO GOOD DROP D THANKS FOR THIS

  • @Metalfreak327
    @Metalfreak327 Жыл бұрын

    Just saw them at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion Woodlands Texas. Kick ass!

  • @antonstefanov2146
    @antonstefanov2146 Жыл бұрын

    Adding chromatic steps inside a minor pentatonic scale can spice it up for solos too

  • @rickbrunet2559
    @rickbrunet2559 Жыл бұрын

    Damn that river is an awesome song!!!

  • @IllbeaMarinetillthedayidie
    @IllbeaMarinetillthedayidie2 ай бұрын

    bangar vid, yo

  • @troyperkins9593
    @troyperkins959311 ай бұрын

    Personally, I’d dig tutorials on all of these songs!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @xXpapercutsXx
    @xXpapercutsXx Жыл бұрын

    Sup duder! Great episode! Try the we die young riff going up to the 6th fret from the opening 2, that sounds more right to me. Cheers!

  • @mr.nervedamage7463

    @mr.nervedamage7463

    Жыл бұрын

    I was going to say the same thing. He was playing it one fret too low, which may have been a tab issue. I learn everything by ear and I could hear that it was a half step off haha.

  • @timothydreadon5661
    @timothydreadon5661 Жыл бұрын

    Definitely want to see the AIC tutorial

  • @nick3718
    @nick3718 Жыл бұрын

    insane tone btw

  • @kingofkingsVAR
    @kingofkingsVAR Жыл бұрын

    Yessss!!! 🤘❤🤘🎸

  • @jteixeira8725
    @jteixeira8725 Жыл бұрын

    Do the entire we die young!!!!! Please 😁

  • @austinmidwest7062
    @austinmidwest7062 Жыл бұрын

    of course, would love some aic stuff

  • @CoolGuyWithShoesOn
    @CoolGuyWithShoesOn Жыл бұрын

    Nice nice nice!!!

  • @mikehabursky6775
    @mikehabursky6775 Жыл бұрын

    Full lesson of all 5 please

  • @Ledzepisbest1
    @Ledzepisbest1 Жыл бұрын

    As a 6th additional one, Died by AiC is absolutely nutty in D.

  • @yoyoz333
    @yoyoz333 Жыл бұрын

    man your tone sounds nice. what amp and settings are you using?

  • @papafauzz
    @papafauzz Жыл бұрын

    awww i was hoping u were gonna play the “put you down” riff

  • @markhendrixson7670
    @markhendrixson7670 Жыл бұрын

    Yes, we die young lesson.👍🤟🤘

  • @lejnbolejn
    @lejnbolejn Жыл бұрын

    The river is DAMMED 😂

  • @BigBoss1982
    @BigBoss1982 Жыл бұрын

    We die young my favorite grunge riff ever.

  • @thomasgilliam3513
    @thomasgilliam3513 Жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @giacomogalli2448
    @giacomogalli24484 ай бұрын

    Awesome video, by the way aren't these all in Drop C#?

  • @sheriewart8100
    @sheriewart8100 Жыл бұрын

    Yes please

  • @coreyh7641
    @coreyh7641 Жыл бұрын

    We die young is sick, but damn that river verse riff always was difficult for me... It's all sick , do em all

  • @ryanreed380
    @ryanreed380 Жыл бұрын

    I see AIC I click

  • @geroffmilan3328
    @geroffmilan3328 Жыл бұрын

    Rain When I Die is what I'd like to see. But also Sickman from Dirt has some amazing riffs to play & learn.

  • @scottbrady2301
    @scottbrady2301 Жыл бұрын

    Can you do a tone video for JC like your adam Jones one.

  • @JonathanSumner1
    @JonathanSumner1 Жыл бұрын

    YES! We die young! PLEASE!!!!!

  • @Vlone684
    @Vlone684 Жыл бұрын

    I remember when I was 4 my mom played Alice In Chains Facelift album Layne Staley was her celebrity crush lol

  • @notsop1
    @notsop1 Жыл бұрын

    Geez, that guitar tone is monstrous. What do you use to get it?

  • @axeofcreation

    @axeofcreation

    Жыл бұрын

    Quad Cortex from NeuralDSP.

  • @notsop1

    @notsop1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@axeofcreation appreciate it.

  • @scotticidal
    @scotticidal Жыл бұрын

    Damn that river is drop C

  • @natepolidoro4565
    @natepolidoro4565 Жыл бұрын

    8:11 Layne Stanley

  • @lawndart188s
    @lawndart188s Жыл бұрын

    How about doing the whole album

  • @curtpozzi5527
    @curtpozzi5527 Жыл бұрын

    Can we get a lesson on "Can't Put You Down"?

  • @TheRealCAPerry
    @TheRealCAPerry Жыл бұрын

    Good to see at least one track from the albums released after Layne passed being covered, but there needs to be far more of it. The riffs from ‘Black Gives Way to Blue’, ‘The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here’, and ‘Rainier Fog’ are just as good as the earlier work, but don’t get the love - odd, given the same guy wrote them. Bring ‘em on, let’s see what can be done with them.

  • @axeofcreation

    @axeofcreation

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree, a part two is definitely in order.

  • @allboutthemojo

    @allboutthemojo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@axeofcreation loved this video. Thank you. So awesome that you picked easy to play but still the coolest Cantrell riffs and there's still so many more in AIC's music. A Toolesque series of full AIC songs would be incredible

  • @jrtilley
    @jrtilley Жыл бұрын

    Dude. Can you please teach us the song Floods by Pantera? I like the way you teach and I need some instruction!

  • @johniadanza4510
    @johniadanza4510 Жыл бұрын

    Yes pls any facelift riffs like this is shred(!!!!¡¡!) I know all the dirt dropped D or Dnb or whatever

  • @johniadanza4510

    @johniadanza4510

    Жыл бұрын

    Dn i meant Dflat

  • @gabrielonification
    @gabrielonification4 ай бұрын

    What you used to reach that tone? it's MASSIVE

  • @sbr38
    @sbr38 Жыл бұрын

    Please please we die young full song, thanks

  • @markhendrixson7670
    @markhendrixson7670 Жыл бұрын

    PS: lessons for all!

  • @napukapu
    @napukapu Жыл бұрын

    00:52 video begins

  • @bdumler42
    @bdumler42 Жыл бұрын

    Rain when I die

  • @pauldodson66
    @pauldodson66 Жыл бұрын

    So the low E string is actually tuned down a whole step and a half total?

  • @tylerbrittan593
    @tylerbrittan593 Жыл бұрын

    Rad, dude! The We Die Young riff is wrong though. It goes from the 2nd fret to the 6th with the little bend. Not the 5th.

  • @skullyferguson1331
    @skullyferguson1331 Жыл бұрын

    Yes all of we die young

  • @itsmechris14
    @itsmechris14 Жыл бұрын

    pretty sloppy brah. damn that river got no justice.

  • @matthewkenney6579
    @matthewkenney6579 Жыл бұрын

    That's C# tuning

  • @jcalzada74
    @jcalzada74 Жыл бұрын

    What tune is.?

  • @NoCoupForYou1776
    @NoCoupForYou1776 Жыл бұрын

    Title: Drop D riffs. Okay first you wanna tune to drop C#...

  • @nick3718
    @nick3718 Жыл бұрын

    what? bro like 60% of aic’s catalogue is in drop c#

  • @thenashvillemasterclass5639
    @thenashvillemasterclass5639 Жыл бұрын

    You can play it with your fingers?🤣🤣🤣

  • @proletariatbourgeoisie9929
    @proletariatbourgeoisie9929 Жыл бұрын

    There's LOTS of nasty post-Layne Drop D riffs tbh. The whole Black Gives Way to Blue and The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here albums are nasty riff factories

  • @CohnmanTheBudbarian
    @CohnmanTheBudbarian Жыл бұрын

    A like comment because I don't wanna break the 666 likes 😁👍

  • @pearljaime2
    @pearljaime2 Жыл бұрын

    Ok. So it's drop Db, not drop D

  • @wreckoningday

    @wreckoningday

    8 күн бұрын

    No, it's drop C#

  • @pearljaime2

    @pearljaime2

    8 күн бұрын

    @@wreckoningday drop C# = drop Db

  • @cecilsproject6796
    @cecilsproject6796 Жыл бұрын

    6th chord is not a D wtf? Ok half step down its all dropdflat?

  • @lukewarmwater5320
    @lukewarmwater5320 Жыл бұрын

    I don't know what you're running everything through but that tone is like a fuckin' crunch wrap bacon burrito to my ears!

  • @johniadanza4510
    @johniadanza4510 Жыл бұрын

    Yes them bones is a shredfest 🔈🟪⬛️⚪️🔴🔴🔴♨️💢♨️⚠️‼️‼️❗️❗️❗️💗💓❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥💔💙💙🖤🖤❣️🤍yes it is worth knowing its also easy!!! That mext riff is the delight the “I feel so alone” one ofc i mean

  • @bdumler42
    @bdumler42 Жыл бұрын

    Yes please

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