Drop C Metal Riffing Lesson

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- Kristofer Dahl28th May 2010
  Awesome first lesson Lale - super tight riffing! Welcome again!
  
  Lale's intro thread can be found here.
- ZakkWylde28th May 2010
  Great! I need at least a low 56 string for drop C though^^
- Keep_Rocking28th May 2010
  Very cool heavy riffing man!
  Welcome!
- Ivan Milenkovic28th May 2010
  Great first lesson Lale!
  
  If I may add: the lesson tabs and guitar pro file can also work for other drop tunings. This means that looking at guitar pro and tabs (and even transponing without changing the fretting in GP) and playing in drop D can work as well.
- Sergio Dorado28th May 2010
  Great first lesson, Lale! Awesome ideas
- Piotr Kaczor28th May 2010
  Killer riffing, Lale! Welcome!
- Adrian Figallo28th May 2010
  very nice lesson lale, welcome!
- Lale Nikic28th May 2010
  thanx a lot guys you're very kind!! cheers
- Bogdan Radovic28th May 2010
  Great lesson Lale! Very brutal and tight!
- Stephane Lucarelli28th May 2010
  Great riffin' Lale, welcome once again !
- Daniel Realpe28th May 2010
  tight! great tone
- thefireball28th May 2010
  DANG!! That was so awesome!!!!! I love this! I bookmarked it. It was catchy from the beginning and held my attention throughout. Welcome to GMC!!
- Gabriel Leopardi28th May 2010
  Great first lesson Lale! Welcome to the site!
- kaznie_NL29th May 2010
  m/ extremely tight riffs you got there
- Jerry Arcidiacono29th May 2010
  Very nice riffing! Congrats on your first lesson.
- Sinisa Cekic30th May 2010
  Awesome riffing Lale ,welcome
- Zsolt Galambos30th May 2010
  Killer riffs, Lale! Welcome to GMC
- Lale Nikic31st May 2010
  THANKS DOODE
  
  thanx a lot guys you're very kind!! cheers
- Karl-ss6th June 2010
  Awesome! Finally a dropped C lesson not focused on modern metalcore! This i am so learning!

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- Tags: Dropped C, Metal riffing, Rhythm, Palm, Muting
Hi everyone!

The focus in this lesson will be on metal rhythm techniques. There are 5 examples on how to create cool metal riffs, and every example has different technique and rhythm focus in order to make it sound unique.

I hope these riffs will help and inspire you to develop your own metal riffing skills and techniques too.

The lesson is being played in dropped C. This means you can tune to standard D, and then just tune the thickest string to C. This will leave the thickest string ringing low with possibility to use one fret for powerchords on E & A.

NOTE: If you are tuning to dropped C, make sure the strings are thick enough (10-52 and higher will work fine), and that the spring bridge tension, truss rod tension and action are properly adjusted.

If you have any questions, let me know, looking forward to help you.

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