Most new players learn with standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E). Others, such as Drop D Tuning, provide a unique sound, simplify some chord forms, make very fast power chord progressions possible, and introduce something new into your learning and playing. Why not try it?
The reason this particular tuning method is called Drop-D is because you literally drop the tuning of one of your strings to the pitch of D. That is, you drop the pitch to D. Your guitar is now tuned to D-A-D-G-B-E. Make sense?
Most people who use this alternate tuning method change the pitch of the sixth string only, the low E, from E to D. This is frequently used for Rock songs when you want a darker tone, such as with Heavy Metal. In addition, dropping the E string two steps to D means that you can play power chords with one finger. Some people also drop the first string (high e) down to D, resulting in D-A-D-G-B-D.
Guitar In Drop D Tuning: How And Why
Tuning the E string down two steps is easily done with an electronic tuner. Begin with standard tuning (E-A-D-G-B-A), then simply loosen the sixth string until the note shown on your tuner is D (remember to tune past D, to Db or C#, and then tune back up to D to ensure proper tuning).
Tuning the E string by ear is also fairly easy. First, pluck the fourth string (D) and then beginning loosening the E string until the two notes sound similar. Some would describe this sound as in phase. The two notes will be an octave apart, but you should be able to hear when they produce the same note.
A power chord is shorthand for playing only the root and the fifth notes of a chord. Frequently you see a chord notation written like this: C5. This means: play the root and the fifth notes only. The notation C5 is pronounced either C-Five or C power chord.
Fingerstyle Delta Blues In Double Drop D Tuning
Power chords are normally played on strings that are side by side, two frets apart. Below is a chart of a few power chords.
With standard tuning, you might play the A at the fifth fret of the E string and the C on the seventh fret of the A string (as shown in the diagram, above).
When you are in Drop D tuning, the note open string is a D. This means that at fifth fret you would play a G. To get the A note (the root of the power chord) you would move up to the seventh fret. How convenient that the fifth is right next to it, on the seventh fret of the next string! Power chords now look like the following chart. Note the difference between these chords and those in the previous chart.
Open Tuning Basics
Notice also, in the following diagram, how easy it becomes to play a five-chord followed by a seven-chord. No more stretching your hand uncomfortably.
To use double Drop D tuning, simply tune both E strings (the first string and the sixth string) down to D. If you are going to do this, you might as well try DADGAD tuning as well, in which you also tune the second string down two half-steps to A.
DADGAD tuning can be used to quickly and easily play a number of major and minor chords. This tuning is traditionally used with acoustic guitar, but has been used for a number of Rock songs, most notably U2 songs.
Drop D Tuning On A Guitar: Master In 3 Easy Steps
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There are a number of songs that use Drop D tuning. Here is a short list to give you an idea of how widely this tuning is used.
Here is a nice introduction to Drop-D tuning from our friends at D'Addario. In addition to showing you how to tune down to D on the 6th string, the instructor also shows how powerful this technique is for playing power-chords and mixing in riffs.If you’ve ventured into dropped-D tuning on guitar, a great next step into the world of alternate tunings is double dropped D, where you not only lower your sixth string from E to D (as in dropped D) but do the same with your first string. Those two dropped strings open up enticing new possibilities on both the low and high ends of the guitar, while also leaving the four middle strings alone, so that much of what you know on the fingerboard in standard tuning still works.
Explore Double Dropped D, An Accessible Alternate Tuning Used In Classic Songs From Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, And Many Others
For evidence of the potential of double dropped D—also called D modal by the best-known employer of this tuning, Neil Young—look no further than songs by Led Zeppelin, the Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Michael Hedges, and of course Mr. Young himself. (See “Double-Dropped-D Song Sampler” below) As these artists demonstrate, the tuning lends itself to both fingerstyle and flatpick playing.
In this workout we’ll get oriented in double dropped D by looking at common chord shapes, and then we’ll check out examples inspired by classic songs.
First, tune those first and sixth strings down a whole step, so your open string pitches are D A D G B D. In double dropped D you are close to some other common tunings. If you lower the fifth string a whole step, you’ll have open G (D G D G B D); drop the second string a step and you’re in DADGAD.
Big Yellow Taxi, Open D Tuning
In double dropped D, you’ve got a few key assets on your open strings. You have D strings in three octaves, unlocking some serious drone potential. You also have a no-fretting D power chord (D–A–D) on the bottom three strings, which means you can also play one-finger power chords on those same strings anywhere on the neck. And you’ve got a G major chord on the top four open strings.
First, check out the array of D shapes in Example 1. Not surprisingly given all the D notes in the tuning, lots of strong D voicings are available. The two-finger D5 is a core shape in double dropped D—it’s all roots (D) and fifths (A), with no third, so the chord is neither major nor minor.
Fret the first string as you would in a standard tuning D and you get Dsus2—another chord lacking a third. Moving along the row of chord grids, check out the Dm and D7. Then head up the neck for D major and minor voicings at the sixth/seventh frets and at the tenth/11th. Because of the tuning, you can leave the low strings and the high string open for a lush blend of fretted and open strings.
Double Drop D ('ddd')
Now play through some other chords in Example 2. G major requires very little fretting. To get a low root, just include the sixth string, fifth fret. As shown, you can hold down both low strings at the fifth fret or just fret the sixth string and mute the fifth string by leaning your fretting finger against it. On the top end, you can leave the first string open or fret the G note at the fifth fret.
Bm is a nice, easy shape with no barre. With the C, if you hold the usual shape but include the open first string, you get a sweet-sounding Cadd9. You can also find Cadd9 at the ninth fret; this is a useful shape you can move around the neck to play F6 and Bb, as shown, as well as other chords.
In Example 3 you’ll find a selection of A chords. The first-string D note is the fourth of an A chord, so you can easily play sparkly cluster voicings that add the fourth to A, A7, Am, and Am7. In an E chord, the first-string D is the flatted seventh, so including the open first string gives you the E7 and Em7 shapes shown (some of these shapes also have a flatted seventh on the open fourth string). The final chord shape, Gm7, is the barre version of the second Em7—a movable shape that’s handy to know.
Double Drop D
Beginners’ Tip #1 On the A major chord shapes, notice the cluster harmony on the second and first strings, which ring a half step apart.
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For inspiration, check out these fine examples of double-dropped-D guitar—used to accompany vocals and for a few instrumentals (Nick Drake, Andrew York, Eric Johnson).[Ed. note: Neil Young and Janis Joplin’s recordings were not available on Spotify at press time, hence their absence in the playlist below.]
Altered Tuning Fun (part 1)
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