What is Double Drop D tuning?

Double Drop D lowers both the 6th (low E) and 1st (high E) strings to D: D-A-D-G-B-D (low to high). The middle four strings stay in standard tuning.

What scales work in Double Drop D?

D major, D minor, and D Mixolydian are the most natural fits. The three D strings (6th, 4th, and 1st) create powerful drones for D-centric scales. The D Dorian mode gives a beautiful folk character.

Is Double Drop D hard to learn?

It's one of the easiest alternate tunings. Only two strings change, both by the same interval (one whole step down). Most chord shapes on the B, G, D, and A strings work exactly the same as standard tuning.

Escala de La# Egipcia para Guitar

Escala de Guitar en afinación Double Drop D — diagrama de diapasón

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La# Egipcia en Double Drop D — Notas e Intervalos

La escala Egipcia de A#, también llamada pentatónica suspendida, se usa mucho en tradiciones musicales de Oriente Medio y África. En Guitar, las notas son A#, C, D#, F, G#. Tiene una cualidad estable y folclórica. Dato curioso: se usa en afinaciones de campanillas de viento por su sonido calmado y equilibrado. Usada comúnmente en Middle Eastern, World, Ambient, Film Scores. Entre los intérpretes destacados se encuentran Oud masters, Peter Gabriel. Use over sus2, sus4, power chords. The absence of 3rd and 7th makes it harmonically ambiguous — works over major or minor contexts.

Notas: La#, Do, Re#, Fa, Sol#

Intervalos: 1P, 2M, 4P, 5P, 7m

Grados: 1 2 3 4 b5

Fórmula: W-WH-W-WH-W

Número de notas: 5

Afinación: Double Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-D)

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Double Drop D tuning (D-A-D-G-B-D) lowers both the 6th and 1st strings from E to D, creating a symmetrical frame of D notes around the standard middle four strings. This gives a distinctly resonant, jangly character that has been beloved in folk-rock and acoustic music since the late 1960s.

Neil Young used Double Drop D extensively — 'Cinnamon Girl' features its distinctive droning riff, and 'The Needle and the Damage Done' showcases its intimate fingerpicking potential. Jimmy Page used it on Led Zeppelin's 'Going to California'. Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' also employs this tuning. Because only two strings change (both by just one whole step), Double Drop D is one of the easiest alternate tunings to learn — most standard chord shapes on the inner four strings remain unchanged.

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Artistas destacados: Neil Young, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills Nash & Young

Ideal para: Folk-rock songwriting, D-centric acoustic arrangements, droning fingerpicking patterns, and any song that benefits from rich D-string resonance on both outer strings

Carácter Musical

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Also called the Suspended Pentatonic — its omission of the 3rd and 7th creates a stable, folk-like quality. The scale of wind chimes and desert landscapes.

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