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 Do Tonos Enteros para Guitar

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

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Do Tonos Enteros en Double Drop D — Notas e Intervalos

La escala Tonos Enteros de C, también conocida como Modo de transposición limitada n.o 1 de Messiaen, es perfectamente simétrica y carece de centro tonal — pura ingravidez. En Guitar, las notas son C, D, E, F#, G#, A#. Solo existen dos escalas de tonos enteros únicas. La popularizó Debussy y se usa mucho en bandas sonoras para atmósferas impresionistas y oníricas. Tócala sobre tríadas aumentadas y acordes 7#5 para un efecto flotante y surreal. Usada comúnmente en Impressionist, Film Scores, Jazz, Ambient, Experimental. Entre los intérpretes destacados se encuentran Claude Debussy, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Joe Satriani. Use over augmented triads, 7#5 chords. Perfect for dream sequences, transitions, and any moment where tonality should dissolve.

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

Intervalos: 1P, 2M, 3M, 4A, 5A, 6A

Grados: 1 2 3 #4 #5 #6

Fórmula: W-W-W-W-W-W

Número de notas: 6

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

También conocido como: messiaen's mode #1

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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

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Divides the octave into 6 equal whole steps — no half steps means no tension, no resolution, no tonal center. Only 2 possible whole tone scales exist (starting on C or C#).

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