RIFF OF THE MONTH
GRETA VAN FLEET
The Falling Sky
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Drop
✓ tuning Hammer-ons and pull-offs
✓ minor modes
This month’s riff is the fourth singlefrom Greta Van Fleet’s latest album Starcatcher. The song’s intro is a Zeppelin-esque hard rocking riff courtesy of the band’s resident tonehound Jake Kiszka. The part is played in drop D tuning and uses open strings and notes at the 2nd and 3rd frets. For the opening phrase, start with a D5 powerchord played from the sixth to the second strings.