Guitar chord forum - chordie — what is DROP D

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (thomas-jansen) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:01:29 +0000

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

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (Roger Guppy) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:18:06 +0000

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

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (geoaguiar) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:31:57 +0000

Tibernius wrote:

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.

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (jaygordon75) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:10:40 +0000

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...

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (Victoria Void XD) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:36:33 +0000

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

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (G S E) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:09:29 +0000

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

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (Tibernius) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:03:28 +0000

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.

Re: what is DROP D

null@example.com (geoaguiar) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:20:31 +0000

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.

what is DROP D

null@example.com (gitaardocphil) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:40:48 +0000

Is this an open tuning in D?