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

by Nicolo C April 18, 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.

i play in a drop tuning

by BStuck July 06, 2009

drop & tuning

the most metal tuning on any guitar. It involves removing the wooden part of the guitar completely by taking off the strings and burning the rest of the guitar. you then wave the strings in the air and the resulting noise is too metal to be heard

even dethklok hasn't mastered drop & tuning

by hfudncxjbfjdsahnjivsdh August 10, 2008

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

by superpunk May 12, 2010

Dropped D Tuned Down One Whole Step

An alternate tuning for the guitar, CGCFAD as opposed to EADGBE. More commonly (and mistakenly) referred to as Drop C.

Many bands utilize this particular tuning, including, but not limited to, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, System of a Down, Children of Bodom, Lostprophets, Breaking Benjamin, Bullet For My Valentine, Rammstein, Atreyu, Senses Fail, From First To Last, Metallica, Norma Jean, Thrice, A7X, and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.

Bill: "Dude, I love how Atreyu plays all of their songs in Drop C!"
Bob: "No man, they play in Dropped D Tuned Down One Whole Step."
Bill: "Dude, that's a long ass name. Lets just call it Drop C."
Bob: "OK."

by jeauxzuf November 14, 2007