Drop D Tuning

So you've heard of Drop D guitar tuning, but what the hell is it? Drop D tuning is a type of guitar tuning used to produce a deepened bass sound on the low E string. This string is lowered down to the D note, while all of the others remain in standard tuning.

Bands such as Megadeth, Lamb of God, and Breaking Benjamin play many of their songs in Drop D tuning to produce the low powerful sounds that are needed to convey certain messages.

In order to tune your guitar into Drop D tuning, you must first tune your guitar to standard tuning. Once your guitar is successfully tuned in standard tuning, you have to tune your low E string down to a D. To do this, simply loosen the string using the corresponding tuning peg. Once the 7th fret of the low E string matches the open A string, then you are done.

What you've done is tuned your low E string down two notes which leaves you with the D as the lowest string. For this reason, it is called Drop D tuning. When you want to go back to standard tuning, all you have to do is tighten the low E string tuning peg until the 5th fret matches the open A string.

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Ty Lombardi
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Drop D Tuning