Topic: what is DROP D
Is this an open tuning in D?
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Is this an open tuning in D?
Isn't it when you drop the E strings (high and low) down to D??? I'm not sure and have never been a big fan of alternate tunings but I think that's it.
Drop D is when the low E string is tuned down to D.
I think the one geoaguiar mention is called something like double drop D.
Geo ,
That's been my understanding of drop D . A good friend of mine started playing guitar about five years ago , and insisted on learning songs that were played in that tuning . I always told him that someday he would regret not starting out with standard tuning . To this day he can't pick up a guitar tuned standard and just play something .
I frequently detune one full tone for some songs , and lately considered trying some open tunings but that's a whole different thing from drop D ....................
Jerry
its when you drop the low E string to correspond with ....
im not making sense in my brain
okay
you drop the low e string so that if you play it on seventh fret and then play A they should sound the same
or i think you do
well thats how i drop d
Try it! Drop D is a wonderful tuning to play in...lot of fingerstyle players use it...one of the more notable was Chet Atkins...he would play bass patterns with his thumb and melody with his fingers...Dropped D tuning made it much easier...Eddie Van Halen also used it a lot and had a dropped D tuner built into his Peavey Wolfgang Guitars...
Drop D is when the low E string is tuned down to D.
I think the one geoaguiar mention is called something like double drop D.
Just one eh? Thanks. I always learn something new. As I recall alot of Neil Young is in this tuning.
Lo and behold,
Wikipedia had an article on Drop D tuning and the reason for doing it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_D_tuning
I hope that helps,
Roger
if u take ur (fat) E snare and tune it down to D u get more heavyer tones out of ur upper d snare for some serious rock work if u can controle it proporally
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