Dropped D Tuning?

Try the 'Slide and Alternate tuning' forum ;)
Plus I believe there are some lessons here too

Drop D can be used in alot of different ways, from Dead Man Walking by Pearl Jam to Lateralus by Tool. Check it out, its a good tuning.

but don't get yourself to used to it because youl end up loosing your strength for power chords.

but it does turn Power Chords into absolute no-brainers because you can play them with one finger.

There are lots of modified tunings you can use. They all affect chord shapes but they're well worth experimenting with.

Best,

A :-)

There's also a few things that you just couldn't do cleanly (or without a ridiculous amount of hard work) without using dropped D - The middle 8 of Lump (by the Presidents of the USA) is a good example.

I'm at work, so I can't whip the guitar out and tab it properly, but this is the gist of it, played nice and fast:

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-12-12-12-10-12-12-12-10-12-12-12---3-4-5---5-5/7---7-8-9---9---0-3-5-3-0-
A-12-12-12-10-12-12-12-10-12-12-12---3-4-5---5-5/7---7-8-9---9---0-3-5-3-0-
D-12-12-12-10-12-12-12-10-12-12-12---3-4-5---5-5/7---7-8-9---9---0-3-5-3-0-


The lesson that David Hodge posted back in January '05 on Neil Young's "Harvest Moon" prompted my first adventure in the world of Drop D tuning. Good stuff. 8)
https://www.guitarnoise.com/article.php?id=488

Most of the Drop D ive seen is used in metal, it works by, well, i can picture it but not describe it, it makes it so that a powerchord is played as a barre chord, it helps when you need quick funky chord changes, like one I do in a song is 00,12-13 00/2-3 and it takes a lot less work to do it in dropped tuning than with actual powerchords. Also, for some people its just lazyness, but the more I learn the more valuable I find it. Anyway, just another 2 cents... hehe

Try Doing a D chord with all the strings and then a Esus4 ( i tink thats how it goes). Also , try barely touch the first fret in a mute and do some extreme rythem...TO THE EXTREME!!!!