dmbtabs Drop D

[nolan8or]

i can't find the part of dmbtabs.com that explains how to tune your guitar to Drop D tuning. i was just looking at it the other day and ive spent the last two nights looking for it but just cant find it. anyone care to help me out by posting the link or tellin me how to get there?

thanks in advance, and sorry if this is a pointless thread im just really frustrated that i cant find it

[chr35919]

if you have a tuner, turn your E string down(looser/clockwise) one step to D.

just like you would tune for E, you tune it until it reads D.


if you turn it too far and you get C or C#, just turn it counterclockwise...etc. :)


also, if you don't have a tuner, it's pretty easy to tune drop d by ear using the open d string.

[nolan8or]

alright thanks i appreciate it.....do you know where it is on dmbtabs.com though? its gotten to the point now that im just pissed off i can find it and its drivin me nuts.

[chr35919]

alright thanks i appreciate it.....do you know where it is on dmbtabs.com though? its gotten to the point now that im just pissed off i can find it and its drivin me nuts.i have no idea...it's just a matter of turning one string down. i can't imagine that they say much more than i did.

[chr35919]

how'd you do? questions?

[nakedguydmb]

alright thanks i appreciate it.....do you know where it is on dmbtabs.com though? its gotten to the point now that im just pissed off i can find it and its drivin me nuts.
i'm not sure why it would be on dmbtabs at all, really. it's basically as simple as chris described. though, if you don't have a chromatic tuner, it might be trickier for you. as he said, though, you're only dropping the low E string down to a D. nothing else changes. if you have a tuner that only displays the standard tuning notes, you can just tune the low E down until you can hold down that string on the second fret and it reads as an E on the tuner. it's very easy.

[tdowe99]

http://www.dmbtabs.com/faq.php?id=5

[DMBand520]

if you have a tuner, turn your E string down(looser/clockwise) one step to D.

just like you would tune for E, you tune it until it reads D.


if you turn it too far and you get C or C#, just turn it counterclockwise...etc. :)


also, if you don't have a tuner, it's pretty easy to tune drop d by ear using the open d string.

I can usually just do it by ear now, but back when I would first tune to Drop D my tuner only showed if a note was E, B, G, D, A, or E. If you have a tuner like that the easiest thing is tune down and play the low E string on the 2nd fret and your tuner should show an E. I know it seems obvious, but maybe some people who are just starting with guitar might not realize it.

[mavonw]

if you know how to tune by using harmonics(i think that is what it is called??) the e string harmonic on the 12 fret should be in tune with the d string open if it is in drop d. how many of you knew that?!?

mark

[mavonw]

of course that's all by ear though

[nolan8or]

http://www.dmbtabs.com/faq.php?id=5

wow that FAQ part is the one link i didnt click...thanks

and thanks for all the help from everybody, i did it last night and it was all good. thanks!

[nakedguydmb]

if you know how to tune by using harmonics(i think that is what it is called??) the e string harmonic on the 12 fret should be in tune with the d string open if it is in drop d. how many of you knew that?!?

mark
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