How to Use Drop D Tuning | Heavy Metal Guitar
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Alright, we're talking about Drop D tuning. The first time I ever heard Drop D tuning was one of my favorite guitar players, Eddie Van Halen, on the tune Unchained. It was just one of the heaviest sounds I'd ever heard. He also had the whole guitar tuned down a half step to begin with. Since then Drop D tuning has become a standard tuning in a lot of heavy metal.
The whole idea behind it is you have your standard tuning. You take this low string, alright, that's your E string, and you just tune it down to an octave of the D string. Check it out.
Okay. Now, it's best to use a tuner and make sure you're exactly in tune. I'm going to do that right now. A little flat. Okay.
Now I have Drop D tuning. So when I play the low string, the sixth along with the fifth and fourth, I get this power chord. Right. It's a very low sounding power chord.
One of the fun things about this is I can take my index finger or my third finger and just play straight across the fret and move that chord. So it's quite simple.
You can also have a lot of fun by taking a chord and sliding it. I could slide from the third to the fifth fret, or the third to the first fret, and alternate with the low string which is not tuned to D. Okay. To demonstrate I'm going to do a little bit of all those things keeping a groove using Drop D tuning.
Alright. I added in a couple of things that I didn't speak about earlier. You can do single notes. I was doing these notes right here alternating with the low D string, and then throwing in some chords. I was also doing high power chords, the D string and the A string, fifth fret. See, that gives you the octave of the low D, and you can play around with that and alternate.
I hope you've enjoyed this lesson on Drop D tuning.
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Never thought that the guitar lesson will be given by Alex Skolnick. It was really a privilege to get a guitar lesson from one of the best guitarist in the world.
Wow, he got the tuning right, unlike the drop b video
That sounds sick!them finger chords sound heavy too. I'm that guy that would play one string power chords to sound like I know what I'm doing. 🤣
Man i been trying to figure out this tuning for a Long time. I should have Just checked out this video months ago. Good video. 😊
Drop D tuning is the best tbh
@coldvoid
6 жыл бұрын
No.
@thehalfandhalfkid4946
5 жыл бұрын
Drop b to drop c
@vibezzz6879
5 жыл бұрын
@@thehalfandhalfkid4946 Yezzir 🤟🏽
@viniciusribeiro7279
5 жыл бұрын
I love Drop D, but I prefer Drop A or Drop C
Thanks..Because I'm in Standard Tuning, But I wanna Play Heavy..So Now I gotta try D tuning for a lower tone. I knew Standard tuning wasn't enough to play Heavier. Thanks again 👍🤟.
@mikejenkins4924
Жыл бұрын
It isn't the tuning. It's all in the hands and the groove. Yeah, it might sound lower, but bands like Sylosis prove that you don't need drop anything to be heavy.
@randallbryant9456
Жыл бұрын
@@mikejenkins4924 Thanks "Mike" 🤟👍.
So EVH plays drop D on a guitar that's tuned half-step down... Damn, that man is good!
@janeisnotokay3284
7 жыл бұрын
Drop tuning in Eb is drop c#, I think thats what he meant
@myfavsandlikes7478
5 жыл бұрын
clout huh? Im confused.
@spaghettibender7607
2 жыл бұрын
@@myfavsandlikes7478 Eb is "half step down" from standard E tuning 440
@theforcewithin369
2 жыл бұрын
He plays drop d on a guitar that's tuned in drop d and E flat on a guitar that's tuned in E flat also known as half step down
@spaghettibender7607
2 жыл бұрын
@@theforcewithin369 ?
Very nice lesson...
Thanks man 🤘🤘🤘🎸 got my fender sounding nasty bro🔥🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Fukin so easy to understand the way he teaches it
best tutorial to just get me to pick up a guitar and try to make noise
like the resurgent German heavy metal band Running Wild !
😊👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 definitely enjoyed
hey i dunnu what does that mean but... i prefer playing random
Ima new guitar player and my question is do you need a pedal for metal.
@tailorlayne5888
4 жыл бұрын
No sir.
@brushot
4 жыл бұрын
only if ur amp can't get distortion and can only go clean. Otherwise you don't need it
What guitar is that? It sounds great
@peterstefan6900
3 жыл бұрын
Tone comes mainly from the amp. That looks like a Les Paul copy, but any guitar with humbuckers (even single coils) will do if you have a good amp. I have a Jackson w/ Floyd Rose and a Boss Katana Amp.
How much do i drop the d string?
What the hell's going on down in the comments? D:
@cducky6397
7 жыл бұрын
ikr
@oatless7160
5 жыл бұрын
oh yeah yeah
@bootysweat587
4 жыл бұрын
yo wtf
@brushot
4 жыл бұрын
kfc
Thank you !
0:40 sounds like green grass high tides
Also known as tool tuning I don’t even know why I’m here I’m not even a beginner
These comments...
Thank you !!!
Can this be applied to any drop tuning like drop c ?
That is an Open D6sus(9) Tuning 6 String Guitar D A D G B E (Regular) A D A G B E (Bass + Treble) D E A G B E (Plectrum) D E A G B D (Slack Key) 7 String: A D A D G B E, A D E A G B E D A E A G B E (Bass + Treble) A D E A G B D (Slack) 8 String: D B E A D G B E, D A E A D G B E (Jazz) D A D A D G B E (Metal)
Damn that Budda sounds good...
There were too many pinch harmonics for me, and i love pinch harmonics. Put that into perspective
Rip Eddie
u r amazing 😍
I can't even do that without totally changing the intonation and string height and whatever. Starts buzzing.
How many Hertz should my tuner be
ALEX SKOLNICK🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
maturity
Balls
Doesn't mention the pinch harmonic ;)
Guuys this tuning needs adjustments on truss rod or something else??? Thanks!
@kingbugs3558
6 жыл бұрын
Are you serious? No, it doesn't.
Crocodile
Wait what?
McChicken
Drop d tuning
Is anybody else tired of Dr Gunter Zooloft......or Yousician?
Panda chicken
Ofcourse it was EVH -_-
His shirt was wrinkly as fuck
chicken nuggets
@hollow3122
4 жыл бұрын
türk!
@cookiesontoast9981
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
Chicken.
Crap
Drop D Is not Heavy metal xD Now Drop B THAT SOME DJENT RIGHT THERE
@ItzzNoxygen
3 жыл бұрын
@Riccardo Milliava I am talking what a Standard 6 String can handle, not even Baritone, just standard, lowest I've gotten is Drop A#
Gay
Whatta lousy guitar tone...