Chords
Follow the song with interactive chord changes.
Lurnly Guitar Lesson
Learn Riptide on Guitar
Vance Joy
Chords and strumming lesson · one short repeating loop · beginner friendly.
- Chords
- Strumming
- Personalised difficulty
- AI Coach
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Song info
- Song
- Riptide
- Artist
- Vance Joy
- Lesson available
- Chords · Strumming · Personalised difficulty · AI Coach
Preview the lesson
The opening of the lesson: a short loop, then all the attention on the strumming hand.
Getting the bounce
Riptide
Chords · Strumming · Beginner
- Step 1Four shapes, changed slowly in a repeating loop
- Step 2Loose wrist, shallow pick angle, light brush
- Step 3Upstrokes on the thinner strings only
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- Full song lesson
- Interactive chords and strumming
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- Personal AI Coach while you practise
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Strumming
Lock in the rhythm before you speed it up.
Adaptive difficulty
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AI Coach
Ask questions about the song while you practise.
About learning Riptide
Learn Riptide by Vance Joy on guitar with a chord-and-strumming lesson built around one short repeating loop. Get the shapes under your fingers first, then spend your practice time on the bouncy strumming hand inside the interactive Lurnly lesson.
Because the loop repeats, you can get the shapes under your fingers quickly and then spend your practice time on rhythm — which is exactly where most beginners need it. The song is a rhythm lesson dressed up as a singalong.
The strum is light and bouncy rather than heavy. Brushing the strings with a relaxed wrist, keeping the pick angle shallow, and letting some upstrokes hit only the top strings gives you that airy sound instead of a blocky one.
Lurnly can show the chords in time as the song moves, slow the tempo while the loop locks in, and let you raise the difficulty when you want more than the basic version. If the strum still feels stiff, the AI Coach can suggest what to change.
Practice tips
- Keep the wrist loose — this strum is brushed, not hammered.
- Let some upstrokes catch only the thinner strings.
- Once the loop is automatic, practise singing over it.