In this lesson, I’ll show you three common walk-downs you’ll encounter in the Key of G — all of which can be played while strumming. These walk-downs create a smooth, descending melody which adds richness and motion to your chord transitions — while keeping the rhythm flowing with light strumming on the thinner strings.
Each of these walk-downs is played over a D major chord when transitioning to a G major chord. In the Key of G, this is known as a “perfect cadence,” which occurs when the dominant chord (D) resolves to the tonic (G). You can use these walk-downs any time you’re moving from D to G — which happens frequently in songs in the Key of G.
Here’s a zoomed-in video of each walkdown, with tabs on the screen, played on repeat a few times. Each of these is played over the progression G-C-D-D, which helps ground things in an actual Key of G progression — while still being short enough to get reps in fairly quickly.
Here’s an 8 measure sequence that uses some bass-note strumming throughout, to help level things up a bit. The final two measures are played over the D chord, which is when you’ll play any walk-down of choice. In this video, I play the sequence three times total — each time using a different walkdown. Tabs are on-screenthroughout. This is inspired by the song Third Coast by Larry Joe Taylor, which I have a lesson for.
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