Heavy D

Drop D tuning can be heard in many heavy metal songs, although it's not exclusive that that genre. Plenty of folk and country guitarists employ Drop D tuning in their songs as well. Drop D allows you to have a deeper sound, since you are tuning your sixth string two semi-tones down. In standard tuning, the sixth string, which is the thickest, is normally tuned to E. In Drop D tuning you simply tune the sixth string down one whole step (2 frets) to D. It's that easy.

Heavy D
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