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 Mi Alterada para Guitar

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

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Mi Alterada en Double Drop D — Notas e Intervalos

La escala Alterada de E es LA escala dominante del jazz. En Guitar, las notas son E, F, G, G#, A#, C, D. Contiene todas las tensiones alteradas posibles — suena extremadamente disonante y compleja. Los improvisadores la usan para crear la máxima tensión sobre un acorde dominante antes de una resolución satisfactoria. Si estudias jazz, tienes que dominarla. Usada comúnmente en Jazz, Fusion, Post-Bop, Contemporary. Entre los intérpretes destacados se encuentran John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Chick Corea. Use over 7alt, 7#9, 7b9, 7#5, 7b5 chords. The definitive scale for altered dominant chords that resolve to minor. Play C Altered over C7alt resolving to Fm.

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

Intervalos: 1P, 2m, 2A, 3M, 4A, 6m, 7m

Grados: 1 b2 #3 4 #5 b6 b7

Fórmula: H-W-H-W-W-W-W

Número de notas: 7

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

También conocido como: super locrian, diminished whole tone, pomeroy

Acerca de la Afinación Double Drop D

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.

Folk-RockAcoustic RockClassic RockSinger-Songwriter

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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Contains every possible altered tension (b9, #9, b5, #5) over a dominant chord. It is the ultimate 'tension before resolution' scale — play it on V7 and resolve to I for maximum drama.

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