Everything You Need To Know About DROP D TUNING

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[darcym]

A little Heart-Shaped Box on Kurt's birthday

[RCSmiths]

So many great bands use this tuning. Goes to show that different tunings other than a standard gives much more newer and even convenient ways to write!

[thetalenthousetx]

Man I don’t know how you crank out so much content so consistently. You’re a monster. Props

[blankpaper]

I’m always using Drop D for songs, I think I’ve used it more than standard at this point!

[davidgarnett]

If you put a Capo across the top five strings in standard tuning at the 2nd fret you get dropped E tuning.

[HoshijiroTS]

I remember when I first started playing, I brought my first tab book, which was Metallica's Black album. When it said "tune down half step" I thought that meant turn the tuning pegs down one half turn. I. Never actually checked if I was right. It just made the most logical sense.

[trtorbelfort]

Would love to see these for other tunings! An episode on open tunings would be much appreciated

[KBtoogood]

There’s so many classic riffs in drop D tuning. Fun lesson, thanks Marty!

[mickyp.]

Thank you so much Marty! 🙏
You not only showed how to tune the guitar to drop D, both in theory and in practice, but more importantly you showed some awesome examples of how to use it to make some good music in new ways.
I just find it much more akin to my own learning way to learn by example and to see *why* I have to learn theory.
Thank you!! 💗

[dusty]

Thanks for explaining Drop D I have 2 guitars and now I keep one in Drop D and one in normal tune.

[leanfish]

Marty done played all the dopest riffs in 1 minute

[nicholasmoore]

Great lesson, definitely not a beginner on guitar but very new to Drop D!

[srcastic]

Always tune up to notes. If you tune down there will be a tiny anoint of stretch in the string that will make the string go out of tune (flat) after you play it for just a minute, especially if you bend it.

[charlesnagy]

I just started messing with drop D yesterday then marty drop this video today! It was meant to be!

[Puppylucky]

I love that you played Heart-Shaped Box at the start😄

[Grekkenn]

Its insane how good drop d sounds just by dropping one string a full step.

[johnsonkaiden]

Im writing a song in Drop D right now so this is coming out at the perfect time

[stephendavis]

I don't like drop tuning normally (I'm lazy). But this seems fairly easy to do and sounds great. 😎🎸🎸

[MattH]

Love it that you can just change up the tuning and discover a whole host of new sounds and songs. Would be cool to see you do some videos on the other tunings, too.

11 left, mate. I popped a few myself on Saturday, I'm banned from the fair now, but it'll be worth it. 🎈 🎈 🎈

[ghostbusteryan]

That drop d medley intro was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥