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 Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:26 am
Im really new so dont laugh, but how do you tune in drop d?
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:25 pm
Don't drop the D, it might break!
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:54 pm
well, before i answer your question im just gonna say that you don't want to go in drop d tuning, unless you're in a blood orgy, circle jerk band that plays 3 notes over and over!
but if you want to, i don't recomend it, but it's easy. drop d is basically just tuning down a whole step, meaning you you detune each string one note, where tuning should be: E, A, D, G. instead it would be: D, G, C, F. and thats what you play until it reads each note on the tuner. correct me if i'm wrong about the drop d thing, im afraid kyranex is gonna come in here and shoot me up!
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Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:24 pm
osgood_schloter_boi well, before i answer your question im just gonna say that you don't want to go in drop d tuning, unless you're in a blood orgy, circle jerk band that plays 3 notes over and over! but if you want to, i don't recomend it, but it's easy. drop d is basically just tuning down a whole step, meaning you you detune each string one note, where tuning should be: E, A, D, G. instead it would be: D, G, C, F. and thats what you play until it reads each note on the tuner. correct me if i'm wrong about the drop d thing, im afraid kyranex is gonna come in here and shoot me up! Thanks, on the tabs its just the E string that is detuned though.
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Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:42 pm
osgood_schloter_boi well, before i answer your question im just gonna say that you don't want to go in drop d tuning, unless you're in a blood orgy, circle jerk band that plays 3 notes over and over!but if you want to, i don't recomend it, but it's easy. drop d is basically just tuning down a whole step, meaning you you detune each string one note, where tuning should be: E, A, D, G. instead it would be: D, G, C, F. and thats what you play until it reads each note on the tuner. correct me if i'm wrong about the drop d thing, im afraid kyranex is gonna come in here and shoot me up! Biased much, my good friend? Anyway, i've always tuned to Drop D by simply detuning the D string. Should be a simple affair. Have fun.
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:51 pm
I have one thing to say about all of those replies. I believe they are all wrong. If you can find proof other wise,then let me know. any way to get to drop-D,you just drop the Estring a whole step.You don;t mess with the others. The tuning should be DADG with the dropped string and octave below the regular Dstring. One of you put that it was DGCF, that is actually called down 2 half-steps. anytime you want to tune to a "drop" tuning,ex. being Drop-A(AEAD),Drop-B(BF#BE),Drop-C(CGCF),and Drop-D(DADG),
you just tune the low string to the selected pitch,then tune the next string to the seventh fret of low string and the 2nd and 1st strings at the fifth fret of the string below it. As I said before ,if you can find credible sources to disprove me, just let me know.
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 3:37 pm
osgood_schloter_boi im afraid kyranex is gonna come in here and shoot me up!
But anyways, back to the original topic, The only difference between Drop D (DADG) and standard tuning (EADG) is that you are going to lower (drop) the 4th string from an E down to a D. Everything else will stay the same.
Since the only note that is different from standard tuning is the 4th string, here is an easy way to get into Drop D tuning. Play your 2nd string open, which is a D. Then play the 12 fret harmonic on the 4th string (touch the string lightly right above the 12th fret bar). Tune that harmonic note down a whole step so that it sounds like the open 2nd string. When both notes are ringing at the same time, you will then hear them "crash" against each other when they are out of tune. The further those crashes are from each other, the closer you are to being in tune.
Another little trick I learned that may be easier for most of you all is that some bass players will tune the 4th string open to the 2nd string open, understanding that the 4th string will sound an octave lower. Try playing both notes at the same time and listen for the same "crashing" sound that you heard when using the 12th fret harmonic on the 4th string.
Hope this helped.
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:06 am
Kyrenx osgood_schloter_boi im afraid kyranex is gonna come in here and shoot me up!
But anyways, back to the original topic, The only difference between Drop D (DADG) and standard tuning (EADG) is that you are going to lower (drop) the 4th string from an E down to a D. Everything else will stay the same.
Since the only note that is different from standard tuning is the 4th string, here is an easy way to get into Drop D tuning. Play your 2nd string open, which is a D. Then play the 12 fret harmonic on the 4th string (touch the string lightly right above the 12th fret bar). Tune that harmonic note down a whole step so that it sounds like the open 2nd string. When both notes are ringing at the same time, you will then hear them "crash" against each other when they are out of tune. The further those crashes are from each other, the closer you are to being in tune.
Another little trick I learned that may be easier for most of you all is that some bass players will tune the 4th string open to the 2nd string open, understanding that the 4th string will sound an octave lower. Try playing both notes at the same time and listen for the same "crashing" sound that you heard when using the 12th fret harmonic on the 4th string.
Hope this helped.thanks for the advice, it really helped
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:36 am
No problem. If you need help with anything else, feel free to ask. cool
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:01 pm
Im sorry but dropped d is going to mess up your entire playing ability.and is a lame tuning.if your going to drop a string a step,drop all the strings
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:39 am
For those who do it, it's a personal choice. Just like playing bass in itself. So, let's leave this thread on its original topic with "How do you tune to Drop D" and not so much about "Drop D tune is koolz/evil/cake!". Thank you.
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:41 am
TraigLighthouse Im sorry but dropped d is going to mess up your entire playing ability.and is a lame tuning.if your going to drop a string a step,drop all the strings osgood_schloter_boi well, before i answer your question im just gonna say that you don't want to go in drop d tuning, unless you're in a blood orgy, circle jerk band that plays 3 notes over and over! but if you want to, i don't recomend it, but it's easy. drop d is basically just tuning down a whole step, meaning you you detune each string one note, where tuning should be: E, A, D, G. instead it would be: D, G, C, F. and thats what you play until it reads each note on the tuner. correct me if i'm wrong about the drop d thing, im afraid kyranex is gonna come in here and shoot me up! Your both absolutly rediculous. If all you can do is play 3 notes over and over again in a drop D tuning, then you have no crativity, talent, or taste. Drop D is simply what it is, a form of tuning. There are many respectable artisist who use drop D tuning for many songs, and its really nice to have that d-a-d interval barred on your chords. On top of that, what if you were the owner of a bass that had 5 strings? would that bass be untasteful because it uses that low B? Besides that, adding in those useless comments didnt help out the author at all. (on top of that Drop D isnt detuning all of the strings a whole, its only the E string down a whole. It would be D, A, D, G not D, G, C, F.)
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:20 am
How To:
Drop D Your Bass,
Turn The Tuning Knob Corresponding to the E String The Corresponding Way For It to be Tuned Lower, To Check It IS In D, Use Kyrenx Methods, All Very Good and Respectible Methods, ANother One Play The 7th Fret of The E String Until It Is Matching The Open A String
P.S. Lowering Your Tuning isnt Bad, Like Iommi he got his Fingertips Cut Off so he Tuned to C# so it wouldnt hurt when he plays, Butler Then Tuned his Bass to C# so he Could Match Iommi
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 4:20 pm
Heh, an other easy way to tune down is to get a tuner, oh and these auto tuner things that can take you down a step with the touch of a button. I like standard tuning but I know a good deal of people who play drop D, Rammstein some times takes it to drop c, but I like standard you can play pritty much any thing you want.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:27 pm
flowergirl01 Heh, an other easy way to tune down is to get a tuner, oh and these auto tuner things that can take you down a step with the touch of a button. I like standard tuning but I know a good deal of people who play drop D, Rammstein some times takes it to drop c, but I like standard you can play pritty much any thing you want. Yeah, Hipshot sells alot of bridges and tuning pegs that will drop your string down a full step with a simple button push. I personally don't prefer drop-D, because the whole point of me buying a 5 string was for the extended range, but my band's guitarists both swear by it and I tune my Ric down for every show we do.
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