The Grateful Dead – Ripple

Learn how to play The Grateful Dead – Ripple note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty Level: Intermediate (intro) Easy (main song)
Barre Chords: No
Thumb-Over Chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed with picked bass notes
Tuning: Standard
The lesson teaches Jerry Garcia’s part as he plays it when he’s singing. It doesn’t include the lead overdubs on the original studio recording.
The complete file contains 2 lesson videos, a performance play thru video, and full tabs. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 216 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
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tony davies says
Hi Jerry, I’be bought a few of your lessons, they are always great. Have you considered doing any Guy Clark? I’d like a decent lesson for Dublin Blues and My Favourite Picture of You.
Regards
Tony
Jerry says
Hi Tony
Dublin Blues has been requested and it’s on the list.
I’ll add My Favourite Picture of You
Lisa says
I’ve been playing just over three years and your tutorials are the best I have ever found. I really enjoyed the Ripple tutorial and would love to see some more Grateful Dead songs. Some of my favorites include Scarlet Begonias, Touch of Grey, They Love Each Other, Friend of the Devil and Deal to name a few. Not too picky. Thanks for the lessons!
Jerry says
Thanks Lisa. I will get to some more Dead acoustic songs in the future, including some of the ones you mention.