Drop D Tuning


 Drop D Tuning is a way to get a deeper more powerful sound out of your guitar.
 Drop D Tuning is used by most Rock-n-Roll artists, especially Heavy Metal and
 Alternantive bands. 
 Lets assume your guitar is in standard tuning. If your ear isn't good enough rght
 now to tune it by ear, use a guitar tuner. If you don't have one get one. You should
 be tuning your guitar every time you play it. After you have tuned your guitar, tune
 the low E string to the open D string. You may do this by ear, or with your tuner 
 If you don't know your strings that well, remember this: Starting with the top string
 going down its E,A,D,G,B,E. Or, Eat All Day Get Big Easy

 E ||-----------------------------------------------||  
 B ||-----------------------------------------------|| 
 G ||-----------------------------------------------|| 
 D ||------0---------------------------------------|| 
 A ||-----------------------------------------------|| 
 E ||-------------0----<-tune down-----------||  

 An even easier way is to tune the 7th fret of the E string to an A. This will tune the
 E string to a D. 

 E ||-----------------------------------------------||  
 B ||-----------------------------------------------|| 
 G ||-----------------------------------------------|| 
 D ||-----------------------------------------------|| 
 A ||----------0-----------------------------------|| 
 E ||-------------7----<-tune down-----------||  

 You'll now notice that your guitar sounds alot more heavier, deeper and more
 powerful. If you like this kind of sound, you may also want to try tuning the 5th
 string (A) to a G. (open 3rd string) 

 E ||-------------------------------------------------------|| 
 B ||------------------------------------------------------ || 
 G ||-------0----------------------------------------------|| 
 D ||-------------------------------------------------------||  
 A ||-------------0--<- tune down --------------------|| 
 E ||-------------------------------------------------------||  

 Or, tune the 7th fret of the A string to the open D string, making the A string now a
 G. 

 E ||-------------------------------------------------------|| 
 B ||------------------------------------------------------ || 
 G ||-------------------------------------------------------|| 
 D ||-------------0----------------------------------------||  
 A ||-------------7--<- tune down --------------------|| 
 E ||-------------------------------------------------------||