Guitar Tricks 24: Drop D Tuning - Metal guitar lesson - Rock Guitar Lesson - How To Play Guitar

[Reed0Sparky0Leighton]

He said double bass and all that stuff. :) Lol.

[why6472]

Hey man good stuff.Question..do you have any suggestions for triplet picking patterns with Drop D tuning?? Thanks for the feedback bro!

[BLOODYTRIPPIFY]

thumbs up if you thought he was gonna play iron man when he drop the 6th string

[DIKZ666]

demm that is e realy good guitar!!!

[dan95brantner]

im switching to D'addario strings soon (i used to use Ernie ball's) Which should i get for this tuning? 10-46 or 10-52?

[RedneckChexMix]

@dan95brantner 52's will sound a little bit heavier - doesnt matter though....

[GonzAnimations]

Hey man you're great.!! i have a question for you: i have an Fender squier bullet and a fender 10G amplifier, how i can obtain more heavier sounds?

[Guitartricks]

@GonzAnimations Thanks Gonz, most Squiers come with "single-coil" pickups. They're great but they sound thin for metal/rock. A humbucker would help this out. Also, you've got a good beginner rig, but the amp speaker is small so you can't expect a HUGE sound. You might want to try out amps in the music store with your guitar to hear the differences, just so you know what is creating the sound you like. -Neal

[Guitartricks]

@GeraLoko9812 Sorry, I'm not adopting any more kids right now.

[m1necraft3rs]

wtf i cant powwer cord ghaaaaa im sooo pisseedddd i cant get it ive sen like 20000 videos all the same thing and it sounds like elephants having sex help mee!!!please!

[Guitartricks]

@m1necraft3rs try fingering a power chord with only two notes, then try each note by itself (one finger) so you can hear if it's ringing out OK. Sometimes when you are using two fingers, your finger will touch another string and create unwanted background noise. Doing one note at a time will let you know if each note is good on it's own. Also you can try a very simple E power chord in the open position: Open E string, first finger on 2nd fret of A string.

[Marcel3540]

" hihihahaha..."

[kjrody21]

Can u still apply all this to drop C or B

[MrGibsonguitarman]

2:48 sounds like 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins

[kjrody21]

@MrGibsonguitarman they use octaves alot so yeah

[dan95brantner]

you guys should do more metal lessons like this. \../

[jamezroper]

How do you solo in drop D?? i know how to solo in standard but not drop D :(

[Guitartricks]

@jamezroper Everything's the same on the neck except for the low string, you can play the same notes on the low string that you would on the D string. does that help? -Neal

[jamezroper]

@Guitartricks so if i was to solo in E pentatonic minor i would use the 2nd or 14th fret and solo as usual??

[TheNorwegianEmo]

@jamezroper

To solo in drop D, the notes you would find if the string was tuned normally is now two frets higher :) Takes some time to get used to it :)

[Austin75402]

thanks man i really enjoy your lessons they help alot and are useful

[gabe334]

722deano ,as he said,can you make a lesson on typical metal progressions?

thanks

[IamNowJMAN]

By play around with octaves, do you mean play a Creed song?

[MrMegadeth131da]

badass teacher

[berlin30081992]

My FAVORITE TEACHER on youtube ♥

You rock Neal \m/

[Guitartricks]

@berlin30081992 thank you berlin, I really appreciate that :^)  -Neal

[MrMegadeth131da]

 ha g string!

[TheVibration1]

@ donrumatag you tune the E string. Not G. Nice vid by the way. Thnx Neal.

[leonkenneddy]

thats possibly the most beautiful guitar, my dream guitar right there. not to say i dont absolutely love my schecter though :D

[mcrmurray]

i want that guitar...

[DaNiElMmM93]

awesome lesson ! .. im subbed !

[wilz373]

awesome lesson and a funny guy to ! :)

[Guitartricks]

@wilz373 Thanks!  -Neal

[donrumatag]

oh fool me... never noticed that the dropped D tuning is done by dropping the F***ING G string to a lower D ... "dropped D" obviously...

nice lesson though... and nice distortion tone as well... I just love it man...

[donrumatag]

oh fool me... never noticed that dropped D tuning is done only by dropping the F***ING G to a lower D ... "dropped D" obviously

[mcrmurray]

@donrumatag it's the E string dumb fuck. haha

[phenom109]

tab the drop d riff you did!

[EWL666]

0:13 LOL thats what im like when I play drop D!

\m/ \m/

[chadrx8]

Drop it like its d!

[hyuugaamida]

2:35 I do the same with Drop Bb and Phrygian Dominant :P

[ostronpaj]

Can you do some guitar recording tutorials??

[ChristianBungert]

I really dislike the sound here: too much effects and distortion (muddy sound)...

Some nice tipps for beginners, nothing more,it's okay :)

[VladjarK]

too much delays man, but nice tips and trix ;)

[Hollandvancewright]

You should've played tool for this demo :)

[Joakinrocker]

Hey man youre awesome, actually Ive been watching your videos just in case you explain the damn NECK BEND!!! I can do a lot of things but I cant figure the NECK BEND out, everytime Im in some kind of silly guitar duel with my friends they'll do it and I am like oo wtf how do you do thaaaat?!?!?! think you could help me out with that??

[furyfueled]

Neal, you the man, your videos rock. One thing though, please don't bend the neck like that, I feel sorry for that fine instrument you got there. If i had a Les Paul like yours i would wear gloves man, seriously!

[droidekabakugan1986]

I would like to hear some screeches like I heard in "One Of These Days" by Pink Floyd. My username is droidekabakugan1986.

[therealGodofThunder]

hey! A friend told me that for EACH tuning i'd need to octavate the guitar. Is it true?

[suxiety]

the tips using clean sound are awsome

[blueishblackrain]

so what exactly is a neck bend? ive seen people do it but i have no idea how to

[Kaoskadosk]

@KoolKluxKlan666

Well, it does make 5add9 chords a lot easier to play as opposed to normal tuning and you can do every interesting clean chords using by dropping the bottom string. Saying Drop tuning is "only for noobs" is extremely arrogant. I don't usually play a drop tuning myself, but some things you just can't play without having the octaves within reach. If you start thinking theoretically, you'll realize how much things you can do by altering your tuning, like Drop tuning.

[TheRockOutProduction]

sub me man!! i aapreciate it, and i love D standard and A or B standard tuning

[rgt4all]

2:46 sounded a very very very small bit like forever and always by BFMV thanks for the lessons neal ur awesome:D

[meagandcav]

and you can make a lower power chord than what you can do with standard tuning

[Shyuum]

2:45 sounds like My sacrifice by Creed haha

[MakeMeNakey]

it kinda of does sound like creed

[darrendavila1]

hey can you post how to tune to drop c

[722deano]

really like this lesson awesome sounds... what rig set up you got, the sounds awesome!

any chance you could do a lesson on typical metal progressions?

[Guitartricks]

@722deano Thanks! using a Pod X3 Live

[terrrtaz]

sssssssssssssiiiccckk i thought drop d tuning was mre complicated..

[FromTheAshes7]

@terrrtaz I have thought the same thing. Seriously, there are tons of videos where people don't know how to explain something that I now know is easy. It still seems like it should be harder...like more strings should be retuned. But nope. Good for us.

[snerl69]

lol drop T

[pcgreer]

caught that too..

[em0p0wa]

what about dropped B mwuhaha xD you should do a video on that <-< pretty sick tunning <3 use it all the time <-<

[Its7Seven]

Neal is the fuckin' man.

[Guitartricks]

@Its7Seven Thanks 7!

[TeddMorgan]

@Guitartricks neal do you got the tab for the riff you did at 2:18 to 2:25? please it sounded cool :P

[jeremyshambles]

how would i drop d tune with an automatic tuner? im not very good at tuning by ear and ive never really tried any other tuning format other that the standard tuning(which im not even sure what its called, e tuning?) thanks kindly-cheers from san diego

[HaloMasterC3PO]

@jeremyshambles with a tuner just tune it down until it show the E string as D.

[jeremyshambles]

thanks kindly for the advice, what about the rest of the strings, should they remain as normal or do they have to be altered as well, sorry about the elementary questions, ive never taken any music classes or the like. thanks again, take care

[Guitartricks]

The rest of the strings stay in normal tuning, only the low E string is tuned down to D.

~Neal

[jeremyshambles]

@Guitartricks thanks kindly for the response and providing such a brilliant and informative videos, take care

[garciaparra13]

a dude i got a request 4 u how do u use a guitar capo real good

[BlueTreecko]

lol sounds better with the MXR Dime Distortion :D

[Guitartricks]

Oh yeah? well :P'''''

[BlueTreecko]

Yeah, but a lil bit weird...without the Dimebuckers

[UraRengeJounin]

did anybody notice at the end he said "drop T tuning"? lol

[Guitartricks]

not even me, oops. this job is harder than it looks!

Neal

[PJSKATE007]

Do you think it would sound good without the Sound Pedal?

[Guitartricks]

it still sounds really cool without the delay, sometimes better even. Give it a go and see what yout think.

~Neal

[Minertorus]

MMeEhahahahA! this made me rotfl :D

[CliffyGiffy]

Neal, you're my hero. Yup.

[Guitartricks]

HaHaa! ..thanks Cliff

[Malteboy777]

I don't like delays on drop d tuning..! =P But a great trick to teach your students!! It's really a valuable thing to know if you want to blow peoples minds!! ;D haha!

[Guitartricks]

yeah, it can be a little much with fast rhythm but it worked well for this lesson

~Neal :)

[fastfirenick]

hey that tip was awsome

[Guitartricks]

thx!..I like that one too

[Vic3D]

Great job Neal. Loved it.

[Guitartricks]

right on Vic, thanks dude