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DADGBE Drop D - Guitar tuning, chords & scales
Drop D tuning is frequently used in heavy metal as guitarists in that style often need extremely fast transitions between power chords. However the tuning has also been used in many other styles of music including blues country folk and classical. Due to its similarity to standard tuning drop D is recognised as a useful introduction to alternative tunings leading logically to an exploration of DADGAD open D and drop D drop G (in which both the 5th and 6th strings are dropped a tone) tunings.
Capo | Tuning | Name |
---|---|---|
-10 | EBEAC#F# | 6-String Drop E1 |
-9 | FCFA#DG | Drop F |
-8 | F#C#F#BD#G# | Drop F# |
-7 | GDGCEA | Drop G |
-6 | G#D#G#C#FA# | Drop G# |
-5 | AEADF#B | Drop A |
-4 | A#FA#D#GC | Drop A#/Drop Bb |
-3 | BF#BEG#C# | Drop B Sharp |
-2 | CGCFAD | Drop C |
-1 | C#G#C#F#A#D# | Drop C# |
0 | DADGBE | Drop D |
1 | D#A#D#G#CF | Drop D# |
2 | EBEAC#F# | CAPO II TOP FIVE STRINGS ONLY |
3 | FCFA#DG | Drop F 6 String Tuning |
4 | F#C#F#BD#G# | Dadgbe 4th Fret |
Artist | Song | Album | Tab |
---|---|---|---|
Avenged Sevenfold | Gunslinger | Avenged Sevenfold | |
Ramones | Chop Suey | PelleK's YouTube Covers, Volume 14 | |
Rage Against The Machine | Killing in the Name | 2008-01-28: Big Day Out: Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, VIC, Australia | View Tab |
Foo Fighters | Everlong | 1997-07-05: Summerfest, Henry W. Maier Park, Milwaukee, WI, USA | |
Foo Fighters | Monkey Wrench | 2005-06-29: Tuborg Loud & Live Festival, Moscow, Russia | |
Foo Fighters | Razor | Skin and Bones | |
Led Zeppelin | Going to California | 1977-04-27: Destroyer: Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, OH, USA | |
Staind | Epiphany | MTV Unplugged | |
Neil Young | Harvest Moon | Neil Young: Heart of Gold | |
Soundgarden | Spoonman | 1995-08-27: Reading Festival, Reading, UK | |
Queen | fat bottomed girls | Greatest Karaoke Hits |
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