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Guitar Setup

How to Tune a Guitar to Drop D for Metal (2026)

October 3, 2026 by Senna Okafor
how to tune a guitar to drop d for metal

To tune a guitar to drop D, lower your thickest sixth string from E down to D — one whole step, two semitones — and leave the other five strings exactly where they are. The result is D-A-D-G-B-E, and the open bottom three strings now form a D5 power chord you can grab with one … Read more

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