It’s a technique often used by heavy bands and actually makes playing these very aggressive, low sounding riffs fairly easy. You can tune all the strings down, dropping them by the same interval, but the most common way of doing it is to drop only the bottom string. Do you Need Thicker Strings for Drop Tuning?ĭrop tuning a guitar is where you tune down and lower the pitch of the bottom string.Why Are My Strings Loose or Floppy When Drop Tuning?.What Are the Different Drop Guitar Tunings?.
#DROPPED C TUNING HOW TO#
So if you’re not that familiar with drop tuning or don’t know how to tune your guitar down then we will look at what it is, how to do it and how it will give you more opportunities in your playing. I’ve far more experience with the heavier drop tunings rather than blues or slide if I’m honest! But I play a lot of drop D and drop C regularly and like to experiment with even lower tunings. For example Blues and slide guitar players also use drop tunings fairly regularly to help them achieve a desired sound. It helps create a more aggressive and low, deep sound that fits with that style of heavy music.īut it’s not limited to only those genres. You’ll find a lot of heavier styles of music like metal and heavy rock use drop tunings, especially drop C and B. But it can be fun and interesting to try different tunings and expand your sound. It’s a simple technique that can open up your playing and give you lots of varied options.
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