From the course: Acoustic Guitar Lessons: Intermediate

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Double drop D tuning

Double drop D tuning

- Alright, let's do the double drop D tuning. So now we're also going to take the E string, finish the E string, and take that down a whole step. Here are your tuning notes. D, thickest string. (guitar string vibrates) Then A. (guitar string vibrates) D. (guitar string vibrates) G. (guitar string vibrates) B. (guitar string vibrates) And thinnest string, D. (guitar string vibrates) (guitar strum) Let's go through some basic chords in that tuning. First we have D major here. (guitar chord playing) Here's another D major. (guitar chord playing) Now for D minor. (guitar chord playing) And for E major. (guitar chord playing) Then E minor. (guitar chord playing) E minor seven, that is. (guitar chord playing) Then C add nine. (guitar chord playing) Now G major. (guitar chord playing) And another G major. (guitar chord playing) Now for A major. (guitar chord playing) And then for A minor seven. (guitar chord playing) Now one of the cool things about having this new tuning is you have three D…

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