drop d

for droped d tuning u only drop the low e string & tune the rest of the guitar like normal right?im no sure that y im askn

yessir, that's exactly how it works...... it's fun too, you can get that real heavy sound

how far do u drop the e down to?

you drop it to a D note, hence the name drop D...........

you know when you tune your E string you hold the 5th fret to check it with the A? You do the same thing, but hold the 7th fret rather than the 5th, and when your E string matches with your A, you got it right. When you're in drop D, it should also sound like the D string, just lower in pitch.... or you can get a tuner and hit the 2 flats button, just stick witht he 7th fret tho, that's the easiest way.

If you close the note on the A string at the 7th fret,
that would be an E note i don't think you want to tune,
your E string to E its aready tuned to E .
The D note is on the 5th fret A string i think that would,
be better to use to tune your low E to droped D .
or just use the open D while strikeing the low E then ,
slowly turn your low E string tuner key down by lowering the pitch unill they sound the same.




Markzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
P:S Keith Richards used the droped G tuning years,
ago so do alot of country guitarests today .
they use both Droped D and Droped G plus they tune,
the high E down to D .

[Edited by skee1 on 09-08-2001 at 04:03 PM]

im a little cofused on what that dude was saying but the one dude gots it right just take the low E string on the 7th fret and make it match your open A

dropped is a really cool sound many advantages to playing in dropped d but also some disadvanteges

peace

Originally posted by guitargod420
im a little cofused on what that dude was saying but the one dude gots it right just take the low E string on the 7th fret and make it match your open A

dropped is a really cool sound many advantages to playing in dropped d but also some disadvanteges

peace

If you tune this way your going to tune a B note to your,
A string this is not going to get you a droped D TUNING.
Why don't you just learn the notes on the A string,
that way you will know that at the 5th fret on the,
A string when closed is a D note.
You want to use a open D string or D note closed on your,
5th string=5th fret to tune your open E string to.

Markzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

in reading this post i see that everyone is making sense, but they are argueing over different strings.

what Luke_16 meant to say (ok, he said it, but obviously not clear enough) is that you hold the 7th fret on the E string. You play the A and E strings, then you retune the E string until it sounds like the A, all while you are holding down the 7th fret on the E string, so it is the E string you retune, the rest have supposedly already been tuned.

It also works to hold in the 5th fret on the A string and then retune the E string to sound the same, the only thing is that there there will be an octave difference between the notes you tuning, so it is harder to tell when they are perfectly in tune.

Hope that cleared a few things up.

Originally posted by paradoxima
in reading this post i see that everyone is making sense, but they are argueing over different strings.

what Luke_16 meant to say (ok, he said it, but obviously not clear enough) is that you hold the 7th fret on the E string. You play the A and E strings, then you retune the E string until it sounds like the A, all while you are holding down the 7th fret on the E string, so it is the E string you retune, the rest have supposedly already been tuned.

It also works to hold in the 5th fret on the A string and then retune the E string to sound the same, the only thing is that there there will be an octave difference between the notes you tuning, so it is harder to tell when they are perfectly in tune.

Hope that cleared a few things up.
Paradoxima
You did a great job explaining droped D Tuning.*****
Now when teaching my students i use the open E open D ,strings to get the droped D tuning.
Why i teach this way is to help Develope thier ear training.
Because on the stage or playing in a band later on once,
they are able to do it this way,they will be able to drop,
the low E to D in a matter of seconds in between songs,
plus tune it back to E. ect ect.
This way they don't have to use 2 guitars on stage or buy,
another one just so they can use the droped D or Droped G,
tuneings in a band or just jamming.
If they want later on they can have a droped D tuneing Key,
put on thier guitar or a droped G tuning Key .ect ect
Some Bass men use a droped D tuning key on thier, Bass's.ect

P:S Yes it is the harder way of doing it.But it can,
help deveope a great ear for music later on.
Plus a Electronic Tuner is great when first starting out on the guitar but it dos;nt help,
develope your ear's for music, but a pitch pipe dos.
I might add that i knew at the time Luke_16 did'nt know,
the notes on the guitar ,when he first answred the question,on droped D tuning.But i'm Proud to say he dos,
now because he sent me an e-mail thanking me on learning,
the notes on the guitar by useing my crash course on learning the notes on guitar.

Mark

[Edited by skee1 on 09-22-2001 at 11:32 AM]

Drop D is quite good for doing some slide too, just get a bottle neck (if you can get one, find something metal/glass, smooth and curved), and slide it up and down the strings why playing the D (which was an E before it was tuned down) A D strings, (the thick three strings).
Just touch the strings, dont press them down. Hover the bottel neck over the frets while touching the strings, and shake it a little bit... this sounds pretty cool...