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Loving some Drop D Tuning.
Posted by RudyB on August 19, 2021 at 10:01 pmGood week. Really like the sound of the Drop D tuning, and did pretty well on all the Drop D lessons for the week – Tuesday through Thursday–even though I still need lots of practice on everything. Still working on the warmup in regular tuning. My fretting fingers are supposed to be learning muscle memory — but they feel more like fingers with dementia on the warmup! 🙂
RudyB replied 3 years, 5 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies -
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You fingers will get better with memory. Just give them a little time. I agree the “drop D” lessons are pretty cool. I have missed a couple, but plan on redoing them all at the same time. Keep up the practice.
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I totally “get” the need for practice and am really trying to get it in every day. Just turned 70 this week, so I understand “why” my fingers are having a hard time “learning” where to go — as old people take longer to learn new skills! 😉 There are just days, however, when it’s not happening — too many “life” interruptions. Doing multiple drop D’s at a time is a “plus” so you don’t have to keep retuning the E to the D. Have fun with the drop D lessons. They do have a really cool sound.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Lorraine. Glad you also had a great week. I will be waiting (anxiously 😉 ) for when muscle memory actually “kicks-in” on my old & very “demented” fingers! 🙂
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I really like those alternate tunings so hope you had a lot of fun with drop D. I realise now how so many of the songs I love are actually not in standard tuning. Need enough guitars to keep one in each tuning though! Guitarsenal goal I guess.
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I had a lot of fun with the drop d tuning — has a really cool sound. I have 2 guitars — keeping my really old one (about 30 – 35 years ancient) in the banjo tuning, but I have to make other tunings, like the drop d, on my Taylor GS mini — which is more the size I need to play after shoulder surgery in 2019. Maybe we will get luck & “win” a lottery and be able to afford a Guitarsenal some day so we can have enough guitars for any of the alternate tunings we need!! 😉 (We can only hope!)
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Your doing great keep at it, the muscle memory will come, I also like to tune the high E down to D for a double drop D different sound!
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Thank you! I know it just takes lots of practice, and I am trying to be consistent in my routine & be patient — I’m a slow learner anyway. 😉 It seems several of us like the drop D. Good to have company with techniques that we all enjoy. 🙂
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