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DADGBE Guitar Tuner

DADGBE Drop D - Guitar tuning, chords & scales

Description - Drop D

Drop D tuning is frequently used in heavy metal as guitarists in that style often need extremely fast transitions between power chords. However the tuning has also been used in many other styles of music including blues country folk and classical. Due to its similarity to standard tuning drop D is recognised as a useful introduction to alternative tunings leading logically to an exploration of DADGAD open D and drop D drop G (in which both the 5th and 6th strings are dropped a tone) tunings.

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Capos for DADGBE

Capo Tuning Name
-10 EBEAC#F# 6-String Drop E1
-9 FCFA#DG Drop F
-8 F#C#F#BD#G# Drop F#
-7 GDGCEA Drop G
-6 G#D#G#C#FA# Drop G#
-5 AEADF#B Drop A
-4 A#FA#D#GC Drop A#/Drop Bb
-3 BF#BEG#C# Drop B Sharp
-2 CGCFAD Drop C
-1 C#G#C#F#A#D# Drop C#
0 DADGBE Drop D
1 D#A#D#G#CF Drop D#
2 EBEAC#F# CAPO II TOP FIVE STRINGS ONLY
3 FCFA#DG Drop F 6 String Tuning
4 F#C#F#BD#G# Dadgbe 4th Fret

Scales for DADGBE

A A# B C C# D

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Tuning Map

  • Fret
  • S6
  • S5
  • S4
  • S3
  • S2
  • S1
  • -13
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • -12
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • -11
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • -10
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • -9
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • -8
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • -7
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • -6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • -5
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -4
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G
  • C
  • -3
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • G#
  • C#
  • -2
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A
  • D
  • -1
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • A#
  • D#
  • 0
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • B
  • E
  • 1
  • F
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C
  • F
  • 2
  • F#
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • C#
  • F#
  • 3
  • G
  • C
  • F
  • A#
  • D
  • G
  • 4
  • G#
  • C#
  • F#
  • B
  • D#
  • G#
  • 5
  • A
  • D
  • G
  • C
  • E
  • A
  • 6
  • A#
  • D#
  • G#
  • C#
  • F
  • A#
  • 7
  • B
  • E
  • A
  • D
  • F#
  • B
  • -2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
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