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 Sol Mixolidia para Guitar

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

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Sol Mixolidia en Double Drop D — Notas e Intervalos

La escala Mixolidia de G es el quinto modo de la mayor — y el corazón del rock and roll y el blues. En Guitar, las notas son G, A, B, C, D, E, F. Suena mayor pero con un final más relajado y blusero gracias a esa séptima menor. Va genial para improvisar sobre acordes de séptima dominante y darle ese toque que tienen los Rolling Stones o AC/DC. Los acordes diatónicos de G Mixolidia son G7, Am7, Bm7b5, CMaj7, Dm7, Em7, FMaj7. Usada comúnmente en Blues, Rock, Country, Folk, Funk. Entre los intérpretes destacados se encuentran Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers, AC/DC, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Use over dominant 7th chords (7, 9, 13). The primary scale for blues-rock soloing over non-resolving dominant chords.

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

Intervalos: 1P, 2M, 3M, 4P, 5P, 6M, 7m

Grados: 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7

Fórmula: W-W-H-W-W-H-W

Número de notas: 7

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

También conocido como: dominant

Acordes Diatónicos

G7 — Am7 — Bm7♭5 — CMaj7 — Dm7 — Em7 — FMaj7

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

RelaxedBluesyEarthyGroovy

The b7 softens the major scale's resolution, creating a 'relaxed major' that never quite lands. This is the sound of rock and roll — major but with attitude.

Progresiones de Acordes que Usan Esta Escala

bVI – bVII – I (Mario Cadence)World / Game Music — Triumph & Victory
I – I – I – I – IV – IV – I – I – V – IV – I – V (12 Bar Blues)Blues — Grit & Soul
I – bVI – bIII – bVII (Epic Borrowed Chords)Contemporary / Film — Epic & Heroic
I – ♭VII – IV (Classic Rock Loop)Pop / Rock — Energy & Drive
I – VI7 – II7 – V (Ragtime Cycle)Jazz / Soul — Playful & Vintage
♭VII – IV – I (Gospel Walk-Up)Blues — Spiritual & Uplifting

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