Creating Drop D Riffs
Writing your own riffs with the drop D tuning can be fun and open up new creative ideas. Here I’ve compiled a collection of my… Read More »Creating Drop D Riffs
Drop D
How To Tune To Drop D
Drop D is an alternate guitar tuning that has been used by a variety of artists through the years. From The Beatles and Pink Floyd… Read More »How To Tune To Drop D
Harvest Moon by Neil Young
Difficulty: Intermediate Intro For this riff, you will need to tune your guitar to drop d tuning. You will only need it for the open notes… Read More »Harvest Moon by Neil Young
Country Road by James Taylor
Difficulty: Intermediate
Drop D Tuning
This song is in drop D tuning. In drop D tuning the low E string is tuned down one whole step to D. To tune your guitar to drop D tuning, first make sure your tuned to standard tuning. Then you’ll want to tune your low E string down two steps to D (we drop it down one step, hence the name).
Amazing Grace
I created a small break in certain areas. This is a very useful thing you can do. Chet Atkins uses it all the time. You will need to tune to DROP D in this one. (D,A,D,G,B,E)Read More »Amazing Grace
Deny by Default
Difficulty: Easy Here is a pretty neat riff that is in drop D tuning. In drop D tuning, the low E string is tuned down… Read More »Deny by Default
Greed by Godsmack
Difficulty: Intermediate This tune uses drop D tuning. In the recording all six strings are tuned down a further full step: C,G,C,F,A,D. So if you… Read More »Greed by Godsmack