{"id":5352,"date":"2018-01-06T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T18:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:23:11","slug":"drop-d-tuning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/drop-d-tuning\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop D Tuning for Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve been playing guitar for a while, it can get easy to feel like you\u2019re in a rut. Playing the riffs, scales and chords that were so difficult to master when you started become almost second nature once you\u2019ve put the time and effort into learning how to play, but that prowess sometimes comes attached with boredom and the desire to change things up and expand your musical horizons. Drop D tuning is a great way to add new life to your playing because it forces you to think about your instrument in a totally new way. All the material you\u2019ve already mastered won\u2019t be able to be played the same way in this tuning, so it forces you to change the way you think about riffs and chord shapes. If you\u2019re interested in completely changing the way you play guitar, Drop D tuning might be just what you\u2019re looking for. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_495263488.jpg\" alt=\"drop d tuning\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_495263488.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_495263488-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Drop D tuning?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drop D tuning is when the guitar\u2019s 6th string is tuned down from an E to a D. In standard tuning, from low to high, the strings are tuned E, A D, G, B and E, but in Drop D tuning they\u2019re tuned D, A, D, G, B and E. There\u2019s tons of different ways to tune the guitar, but Drop D is an especially popular tuning because it\u2019s easy to tune to and the shapes aren\u2019t difficult to master. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The musical term for when stringed instruments stray from their standard tunings is called Scordartura, which means \u201cmistuning\u201d in Italian. In all alternative tunings, not just Drop D, new combinations of notes and chord shapes are unlocked and this gives musicians access to a pallet of new sounds and ways of playing that couldn\u2019t be possible by playing in standard tuning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A brief history of alternate tunings<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternate tunings, which is a nicer and more accurate description than \u201cmistunings,\u201d might seem like something newer in music with how much they\u2019re used in metal and rock music, but they\u2019ve actually been around for centuries and aren\u2019t used in music nearly as much as they used to be. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was common for guitars to have only four or five strings, and out of necessity different tunings were used to provide various musical functions. The way we typically tune guitars with six strings, which is called standard tuning, didn\u2019t come into prominence until much later. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How to tune your guitar for Drop D tuning<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the reasons Drop D tuning is so popular is because it\u2019s incredibly easy to tune down to. If you\u2019re sure your guitar is tuned properly, you can learn to get into this tuning by ear by plucking the 6th open E string and the 4th open D string at the same time. Slowly turn the E string\u2019s tuning peg down until the sustained pitch matches the D string. What you\u2019ll eventually get is a pitch on the 6th string that\u2019s a full octave lower than the D string. This might be somewhat difficult at first, but you\u2019ll get better with practice. If you want to make sure you\u2019re absolutely 100% in tune, you\u2019ll need a special guitar tuning device or smartphone app for that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Drop D tuning uses<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This sort of tuning will give you access to a ton of new chords, but most the shapes you\u2019ve memorized in standard tuning won\u2019t work when your 6th string is tuned down to D. Some chord shapes are somewhat difficult to master in this tuning, but things like power chords are actually much easier to play in Drop D. Power chords in standard tuning in the outside shape (the shape built off the 6th string) are built with a shape that spans the distance of three frets. For new players, these shapes can be difficult to master, especially if they\u2019re played down on the lower, larger frets. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But outside power chord shapes in Drop D tuning are much easier to master because the lowered tuning allows the fret to be played on one single fret. Most guitarists play this power chord shape by pressing down the strings with a partial bar (half an index finger), but it can also easily be played with the index, middle and ring fingers.<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.10.57-PM.png\" alt=\"drop d tuning\" width=\"1188\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.10.57-PM.png 1188w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.10.57-PM-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.10.57-PM-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.10.57-PM-1024x393.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1188px) 100vw, 1188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because this shape is so easy to play, it allows guitarists to move the shape from fret to fret at lightning speed. And unlike in standard tuning, the open string shape is a chord in itself\u2013\u2013an open D power chord to be precise\u2013\u2013so players often take advantage of that by switching from the open shape to others up the neck at a rapid pace. This sort of playing is commonly found in metal music, but you can find examples of Drop D tuning in most genres. The inside power chord shape won\u2019t change because it doesn\u2019t rely on the altered 6th string like the outside one does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s many terrific chord shapes in Drop D tuning, but they\u2019re usually much more complicated than the outside power chord shape. A good basic rule to remember is that every chord you know from standard tuning that uses the 6th string won\u2019t be able to be played in Drop D. Here\u2019s an example of the way an E minor chord is played in standard tuning alongside the way it\u2019s played in Drop D tuning:<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.11.46-PM.png\" alt=\"drop d tuning\" width=\"1122\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.11.46-PM.png 1122w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.11.46-PM-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.11.46-PM-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-28-at-12.11.46-PM-1024x378.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1122px) 100vw, 1122px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E minor is a basic example but there\u2019s endless options for new ways to play extended chords and ones with interesting note inversions. As a guitar player, having access to everything Drop D tuning can give you is a wonderful thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_446849971.jpg\" alt=\"drop d tuning\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_446849971.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutterstock_446849971-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tips for mastering material in Drop D<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to master material in this tuning is to play in it as much as possible. You can look up ways to play more shapes in Drop D online, but figuring out what sounds good and what doesn&#8217;t through trial and error is a good way to get started. Record yourself playing and write down which shapes sound the best. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musikalessons.com\/blog\/\">For more helpful articles about the world of music, check out the Musika Lessons blog<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been playing guitar for a while, it can get easy to feel like you\u2019re in a rut. 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