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	Drop D tuning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dropped D tuning: DADGBe, also known as simply as Drop D, is a guitar tuning style in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down a whole tone ("dropped") to D rather than E as in standard tuning (EADGBe).
		Dropped D tuning is perhaps most widely used in heavy metal or rock music as they take full advantage of the easier power chord transitions.
		This tuning may be the most prominent tuning in modern rock and metal, but it is not uncommon for these guitarists to play in E-flat tuning/down tuning or dropped C tuning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drop_D_tuning (442 words)

	Third Hand Capo
		In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. It has the effect of giving almost any fingering of a D family chord a big, fat, glorious tonic bass.
		Drop D tuning is used almost exclusively to play in the key of D, or sometimes D minor.
		The fundamental difference between tuning and capoing becomes clear when you play the IV chord, the one that looks like a G. Unlike Drop D tuning, where the sixth string bass note for the IV chord is displaced by retuning, in Drop E partial capo configuration the IV chord plays normally.
	www.thirdhandcapo.com /basics.html (1147 words)

	CyberfretBass.com - Drop D tuning for electric bass
		In the modern rock era, Drop D is fast becoming one of the most common tunings for the electric bass.
		The only difference between Drop D and standard tuning is that you are going to lower (drop) the 4th string from an E down to a D. Everything else will stay the same.
		Since the only note that is different from standard tuning is the 4th string, here is an easy way to get into Drop D tuning.
	www.cyberfretbass.com /first-fret/drop-d-tuning/index.php (257 words)

	Drop D Tuning
		In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. This enables the guitarist to play power chords with a single finger.
		If your favorite band uses drop D tuning and you want to experiment with this tuning, by all means do so.
		To tune your guitar to drop D tuning, first make sure your tuned to standard tuning.
	www.guitaralliance.com /guitar_lessons/getting_started/drop_d_tuning.htm (171 words)

	Cyberfret.com: Drop D tuning for guitar
		In the modern rock era, Drop D is fast becoming the most common tuning for the guitar.
		The only difference between Drop D and standard tuning is that you are going to lower (drop) the 6th string from an E down to a D. Everything else will stay the same.
		Since the only note that is different from standard tuning is the 6th string, here is an easy way to get into Drop D tuning.
	www.cyberfret.com /first-fret/drop-d-tuning/index.php (257 words)

	Christian Guitar Forums - Drop D tuning for that heavy, electric sound...
		In standard (EADGBe) tuning, most power chords and 5th chords (the basis of just about all hard rock songs) are played high on the neck on the 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings; with the 2nd and 1st (light)strings played open or muted.
		The top three played open (DAD) is a D power chord (or D 5th, with the distortion, it's hard to tell), so to change chords, just move up the neck the number of frets equal to the number of half steps you want to go from your base D chord.
		There are, of course, many other bands that use drop-d tuning, but these bands make a great deal of use out of that tuning in order to create their signature "heavier" feel.
	www.christianguitar.com /forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=80 (500 words)

	Guitar Tuning How to Tune Guitar
		Tune the Low E String down one step to match the D Note your playing on the 5th fret second string.
		There is also a fine tuning part of the Drop D Tuna that uses a tiny hex wrench to fine tune to drop D. Very nice feature.
		Tuning a guitar can be frustrating at first, but with the help of modern auto guitar tuners it can make tuning your guitar a simple process.
	mediawebsource.com /guitar/guitartuning.htm (1191 words)

	Drop tuning
		This is how you tune in drop d just tune normally and then make the 2 strings with the zeros the same.
		Drop D tuning means that most standard chords will not sound right, although you can play a power chord with one finger.
		Drop D is good for playing low riffs and stuff like new born by muse, most nu metal crap is in drop D though and it becomes quite easy to start sounding like them.
	www.8notes.com /f/35_4396.asp?spage=1 (612 words)

	Guitar Drop Tuning Online
		Drop tuning your guitar is simply where you tune the bottom string lower than usual.
		A lot of newer heavy metal uses deeper drop tuning such as drop C and drop B. Below is a tuner for drop C to help you out...
		If you tune that bottom C back up to a D you will be in standard D tuning which allows you to play all the familiar positions of standard tuning, but with a deeper, very different sound.
	www.audio-guitar-lessons.com /drop-tuning.html (478 words)

	Drop D Tuning Guitar Encyclopedia Guitar Chords Guitar Lessons Guitar Practicing Beginning Guitar Tips for Practice
		lute-style tuning and a small guitar-style body, but it is not clear whether this represents a transitional form or simply a design that combined features from the two families of instruments.
		Standard tuning has evolved to provide a good compromise of both simple fingering for many chords, and the ability to play common scales with minimal left hand movement.
		Acoustic bass guitars also have steel strings, and match the tuning of the electric bass, which is likewise similar to the traditional double bass viol, the "big bass", a staple of string orchestras and bluegrass bands alike.
	www.guitarlessons.bizhosting.com /Drop_D_tuning.html (1453 words)

	Drop D tuning - CGR Community
		Just a word of warning, though....Drop D tuning is the reason that many of Creed's songs sound the same.
		Drop D is a fine tuning, but if you use it too much your songs may start to sound awfully similar to each other.
		You can put a capo on the 2nd fret and tune your low E string down to E (because with the capo at 2 it will be at F# originally) or you can tune it by fretting the low E string at the 7th fret and tuning until it sounds like your open A string.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/showthread.php?t=15128 (352 words)

	Bass Guitar Tuning @ Ultimate Guitar Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Here is how to get in to drop D: If they sound the same, your in drop D variations: Drop D down a 1/2 step: From standard Drop D tuning, tune all of the strings down a 1/2 step (like they were 1 fret lower).
		Drop D down a whole step: From standard Drop D tuning, tune all of the strings down a whole step (like they were 2 frets lower).
		Drop C would mean to drop only the 4th string down to a C. Ultimate-Guitar.Com © 2005
	www.ultimate-guitar.com /print.php?what=article&id=4865 (322 words)

	Drop D Tuning - Guitar Powerchords
		As a follow up to lesson 02-07-2005, this lesson explores powerchords in a drop D tuning.
		To play in a drop D tuning, the large string E is lowered in tuning by a whole step from E to D. This example shows the names of the notes when played in a standard E tuning.
		Example #2 When playing these notes in a drop D tuning, all notes are lowered in tuning by a whole step as shown below.
	www.guitartabbooks.com /freelessons/dropdtuning.htm (122 words)

	Lesson 48: Other Tunings
		Drop D tuning is the same as standard notation except that the 6th string is lowered a full step.
		This switch basically lowers the 6th string to a D (therefore making a drop D tuning) when you use it.
		Tuning to 1/2 step down can be done by lowering all of the strings by a half step.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/f/p/fpm108/glw/lessons/lesson48.htm (386 words)

	Drop D Tuning??? - CGR Community
		drop D is a great tuning for hard rock, but don't over use it cuz then all your stuff will sound the same.
		you can just tune your e string to your d or you can tune all your strings down a half step then tune your e to d.this will give you more bottom.or you can do either one of these and then tune your high e to d.
		It is a strain when you tune it that way for the very first time on your guitar.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/showthread.php?t=18713 (659 words)

	Guitar Lesson World: F.A.Q.
		Drop D tuning is when you lower the Low E string (6th string) from E down a full step to D. All the rest of the notes are the same as in standard tuning.
		To tune to Double Drop D, you tune to Drop D tuning then you lower the high E string (1st string) from E down a full step to D. What does it mean when it says to tune down a 1/2 step or a full step?
		When tuned down a full step, it is tuned to D-G-C-F-A-D. Methods of tuning are given in Lesson 2: Tuning Your Guitar and Lesson 48: Other Tunings.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/f/p/fpm108/glw/resources/faq.htm (1067 words)

	A Strummer1 alternate tuning page Drop D
		Also, Drop D is one of the few altered tunings fully accepted by virtually the entire guitar establishment.
		However, since the G major in standard tuning involves the sixth string, it cannot be played exactly the same way in Drop D. Remember: We have lowered the sixth string a full tone.
		Basically, chords in Drop D tuning are the same as those in standard tuning, with the exception of those chords which involve the sixth string.
	www.strummeronline.com /dropd2.htm (1531 words)

	Guitar MX - Guitar Lessons and Learning
		Guitar players use Drop D tuning to obtain a deeper, more powerful sound by tuning the top E string to a D. Obviously, this is going to change some of the fingering we use to make chords.
		When we use Drop D tuning, the E string becomes a D. This means that the top 3 strings on your guitar become D-A-D. To form a Drop D chord, simply move your finger on the 6th string up 2 frets (a whole step), barring the top 3 strings on your guitar.
		In Drop D tuning, the 7th fret on the 6th string is now A. The root and octave notes remain the same, because we did not change those strings.
	www.supersonic.net /guitar/lessons/lesson-35.htm (499 words)

	Drop C Tuning by Evan Duffey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		If you ever look at tab from tab databases, people often use a tuning they state as "one step down from drop D." Drop D tuning is taking the thickest string and tuning it down one step.
		Traditional power chords require you split your fingers by two frets, which is extremely hard for small people like me. Tuning into Drop C or Drop D will allow you to play power chords on the biggest three strings by playing the same fret on all three strings.
		In the Drop tunings you can take that Metal or Rock song that you couldn't play fast enough and speed it up, since it's easy to change power chords.
	www.guitarnoise.com /print_article.php?id=367 (502 words)

	Guitar Tricks - Tuning to drop D?
		I am trying, at the moment, to tune my guitar so I can play Creeds 'Sacrifice' It says I have to tune my guitar to drop D. But I have seen 3 different versions of Drop D tuning and none of them sound correct.
		Once you reach tuning the 6th string, fret it at the seventh fret.
		then tune down until that fretted note is equal in pitch to the open 5th string.
	www.guitartricks.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4766 (345 words)

	Guitar Article: Drop D Tuning
		Here is an example of a Drop D tuning being peformed (wav).
		I play both the fifth and sixth string when I do this tuning, there is distinct sound when you get the sixth string tuned to D and play the fifth string at the same time.
		This is a very simple drop D riff to play, if your beginner the strecthing (8) maybe tough, keep practicing on getting flexibility with those fingers, use our Guitar Finger Exercises lesson to help.
	www.morphis.com /articles/drop_d_tuning.asp (447 words)

	GeekChat! - Drop D Tuning Opinions? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Drop D has a whole 'nother sound to it.
		I'll agree that guys who play in drop D because that's all they can play is kinda lame, but for guys that choose it for sonic reasons, I think it's a valid option.
		I will still tune to Standard D, just because I love the F chord (G chord-shape in standard E) I used to think Drop D was mainly for the lazy guitarists, then I found some bands who do always use Drop tuning, and who really make use of it.
	www.guitargeek.com /chat/showthread.php?threadid=32105 (1025 words)

	"Drop D Tuning" - StoneDragon's Guitar Discussion Forum
		Drop D, as far as I know it, is when you tune your low E one octave below your D (4th string).
		When I drop D tune, I fret the 5th fret on the A string and hit the low E and A string at the same time.
		So the way I drop D tune with it is to use the tuner in the standard manner, EXCEPT, adjust the low E string so that it yields the standard "low E" pitch on the 2nd fret, not open.
	www.zentao.com /ubb/Forum3/HTML/000466.html (1473 words)

	Home Recording dot com BBS - Drop D tuning
		This tuning is nicer, because normally when you want to play a A-powerchord, you just hit the E-string 5th fret, 'cause you know that's the A. In drop D-tuning, you mostly first have to think: the E is now D so the A is on the place where normally the B is, etc. etc.
		The easiest way is just as Krystof said, play the D-string and then tune the E-string down to a D by matching the two.
		Apart from adjusting the tuning to a specific singers voice or capacity, the tuning down/change of key makes the sound slightly heavier and just a bit darker, even if it's just half a step.
	homerecording.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=29332 (966 words)

	Bass Guitar Tuning \| Lessons @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
		It's not a big deal to tune to a different note, but it is not clear as to when it is an advantage.
		If your guitar/bass is not intonated properly, harmonics will do the trick better than tuning it to an adjacent string on the 5th fret, because the pitch will be either lower or higher by so little on the 5th fret if it is not intonated properly.
		As with the harmonic tuning, this won't work between the guitar's G and B string, because the B string is tuned a half-step lower from the 5th fret (C).
	www.ultimate-guitar.com /lessons/bass_lessons/bass_guitar_tuning.html (1948 words)

	Take A Look Around, Limp Bizkit
		To play this correctly you have to drop the thick E string down to a low D note.
		Drop D tuning is a very popular style in today's music, so make sure you understand how to do this.
		Once again this is drop D tuning, listen to the midi examples to get your timing.
	www.guitartutoronline.com /songs/take_a_look/take_a_look.htm (534 words)

	GigFinder(tm): Drop-D Tuning is for sissies... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Of course, I've used drop D for a few songs I've written, but the songs are mostly varied bastardizations of chords that I doubt have actual names.
		drop d has become the tool of ignorance its a shmae its over played and played out kinda like hateing god its become old hat move on to something new in the music ind.
		It's crazy to think that drop D makes you untalented....the fact is alot of untalented artists use it.
	www.gigfinder.com /cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=60;t=000006;p=0 (1650 words)

	Guitar Tricks - Drop D tuning
		When i tune in drop D i won't get anything out of it.
		Have to agree somewhat with TK, drop D is a lazy thing for most people.
		It may also be used as a drone if you happen to be playing in the key of D. Alternative tunings can be a lot of fun, but Drop D is definitely my least favorite, and as far as I'm concerned, the least creative alternative tuning.
	www.guitartricks.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1651 (376 words)

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