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drop tuning 

guitar tuning where the bottom string is a perfect fifth lower than the next string, enabling the guitarist to play a powerchord with only one finger. the other strings are tuned the same as standard tuning. mostly used in metal.
most common examples:
drop D: DADGBE
dro C: CGCFAD
drop B: BF#BEG#C#
drop A: AEADF#B
drop tuning songs.
drop D-moby dick by led zeppelin
drop C-most bullet for my valentine songs
drop B-duality by slipknot
drop A-psychosocial by slipknot
drop tuning by Nicolo C May 8, 2011

drop tuning 

is the act of taking a guitar or bass and removing it from standard tuning (eadgbe) and lowering the tones, To whats called a drop Tuning.
drop tuning by BStuck July 6, 2009

drop Z tuning 

when an instrument is soo out of tune there is no possible way to tune it by ear.
Dude by guitar yesterday at prctice must have been in drop Z tuning it took forever to figure out
drop Z tuning by superpunk May 12, 2010