DROP D

morajosyvy · #1 08-22-2002, 05:01 PM

Could someone show me cool ways of using this tuning or recommend songs or bands that use it, like Vai on bad horsie or there is a fire in the house or Dream Theater's Home.

EKG · #2 08-22-2002, 05:20 PM

"Friends" from Satch's "The Extremist"
"Good Times" from DLR's "Skyscraper"

pri0531 · #3 08-22-2002, 05:35 PM

For Bad Horsie remember to drop the 6th string (low D) another whole step to C.
Out,
GP

EKG · #4 08-22-2002, 05:40 PM

Isn't BAD HORSIE tuned to a dropped C tuning, so that the guitar is tuned down a whole step and the low "E" string is then tuned down yet another whole step?

morajosyvy · #5 08-22-2002, 06:13 PM

Bad Horsie has a Drop D tuning down one whole step (Drop C)

pri0531 · #6 08-22-2002, 06:21 PM

Just the 6th string is drop one more step. All other 5 strings are one step lower.
Out,
GP

Two hands31 · #7 08-22-2002, 10:30 PM

Some of my favorite Drop-D songs are by finger eleven. "Slow Chemical" is just way too fun to play. So are all the songs on "The Greyest of Blue Skies". IMHO, they're the kings of drop-D.

Something I like doing is playing the chords underneath (simple root-fifth power chords) using the d-string to play a melody over top. Using chords like:

d---2--4--3--5
a---2--2--2--2
d---2--2--2--2, etc.

morajosyvy · #8 08-23-2002, 03:17 PM

Thanx guys I asked you this because I bought a second guitar (RG 520)
and I tuned it in Drop D.Sounds really heavy.

jem7vwh · #9 08-24-2002, 07:05 PM

Drop Dead Legs by Van Halen

A personal favorite

horstausmforst · #10 09-02-2002, 08:39 AM

Hmm, my favourite Drop-D song is Killing in the name of by Rage against the machine.. Pretty easy once you figered it out, I always play it as warm-up

Scoff X · #11 09-02-2002, 04:56 PM

Uhm I am sorry...

Kings of Dropped D would be TOOL.

jem7vwh · #12 09-03-2002, 11:05 AM

true.. now Kings of Playing Drop D (with skill and talent)-- well that's another story.

rlintz · #13 09-03-2002, 02:22 PM

One of my favorite aspects of dropped D tuning is the ease in playing stacked 5ths chords which sound incredibly full and thick with a ton 'o drive:

E - x
B - 6 root
G - 5 5th
D - 3 root
A - 3 5th
D - 3 root

Randy

Reachwind · #14 09-03-2002, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by morajosyvy

Could someone show me cool ways of using this tuning or recommend songs or bands that use it, like Vai on bad horsie or there is a fire in the house or Dream Theater's Home.

Listen to King's X. Ty Tabor plays some incredible drop D blues/metal.

Two hands31 · #15 09-03-2002, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoff X

Uhm I am sorry...

Kings of Dropped D would be TOOL.

True dat.

Another good one (actually drop-D down a step) is System of a Down. See "ATWA", or "Aerials".

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