Editing Drop D tuning (section)

{{Short description|Alternative form of guitar tuning}}
{{Distinguish|D tuning}}
{{refimprove|date=December 2013}}
[[Image:Drop D tuning.png|thumb|right|Drop D tuning]]

'''Drop D tuning''' is an alternative form of [[guitar tuning]] in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step to D.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/drop-d-tuning-es-021 |title=How to tune to Drop D. |website=Justinguitar.com |access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> Therefore, where the standard tuning is E<sub>2</sub>A<sub>2</sub>D<sub>3</sub>G<sub>3</sub>B<sub>3</sub>E<sub>4</sub> (EADGBe), drop D is D<sub>2</sub>A<sub>2</sub>D<sub>3</sub>G<sub>3</sub>B<sub>3</sub>E<sub>4</sub> (DADGBe). Drop D tuning, as well as other lowered altered tunings, are often used with the [[electric guitar]] in [[heavy metal music]]. It is also used in [[blues]], [[Country music|country]], [[folk music|folk]] (often with [[acoustic guitar]]), and [[classical guitar]].
{{Listen|filename=D5_Power_Chord.ogg|title="D5 Power Chord"|description= A D5 [[power chord]] played in Drop D tuning on an [[electric guitar]] played with a [[distortion (music)|distortion]] [[effect unit|effect]]|format=[[Ogg]]}}