I like the sound of Drop D!

Many metal bands use the dropped-D tuning, often tuned down a whole step so it's actually a "dropped-C" tuning. You will need some pretty heavy strings to do that though.. Don't know about the "lazy" part, but 1-5-1 power chords are easier since you just need to barre the three low strings.

Dropped-D is also used a lot by acoustic guitarists, can't think of any specific songs right now, but it's a 'classic' tuning among acoustic players.

Steinar

Drop Tuning's made me lazy for a period. I wouldn't expirement to much mike, you are making really great progress without drop d as a crutch.

Dropped D power chord tunes don't have to be 'lazy' - try Lump to give your rhythm* and stretching a bit of a workout :)

*Anyone see Never Mind the Full Stops tonight? (UK TV, dunno if you can get it elsewhere...) One of the tasks was to invent an amusing mnemonic to help remember the spelling of 'rhythm'. Something incredibly boring won it, but another contestant came up with "Rolf Harris, you terribly hairy man"... :mrgreen:

Drop Tuning's made me lazy for a period. I wouldn't expirement to much mike, you are making really great progress without drop d as a crutch.

I'm just toying with it now...However, George Thorogood used it and so did Motley Crue...2 of my favorite bands...I tend to switch back and forth between the 2 during practice...

Thanks for the pointers

Lazy - I disagree. Even if you're just playing one-finger power chords you have to adjust to the fact that the root note isn't where it used to be.

I keep one of my guitars in drop D because I use it a lot. When you're playing fingerstyle/ classical it really gets your brain working to be in a different tuning.

Best,

A :-)

I personally don't think using alternate tunings is going to make you lazy. Like Alan said, it makes you think differently & mixes things up. Mike has so many guitars anyways, he can keep a couple tuned differently at all times! :wink:

Dan

I use drop D for acoustic too, in fact I like Double drop D ( High E tuned to D also). Its lots of fun to experiment with :D --thr dog

Well... It can make you lazy if you just play Korn style stuff with 2 notes,but since as musicians I think most of us posess a natural curiosity it can only help ot push your mind in different directions and thats Never a bad thing. Just keep your standard tuning technique up to scratch too, I made that mistake and had to spenda week re teaching myself hehe...

Standard tuning? Oh yeah, that weird mix of half Open E and half Open G!

I tend to think of standard as "Open Em11" open tuning. Or is that "Open A9sus4?" :wink:

Peace

Come to think of it... open tuning makes a lot more sense :D :lol:

Durn tootin' it does!

i love drop d... but not drop c...
but yea metal bands use it... i think its cool
does get kinda lazy...

So your telling me that ZakkWylde is a lazy Drop D user? Hohumm I think not! Drop D is as challenging as you make it.