Why is drop D so popular?

On acoustic guitar, drop D is popular because you have a bigger range of pitches while using open-string chords. It doesn't quite give you the ethereal, ghostly sound you get with DADGAD but it's close.

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Drop tuning is totally trendy right now, every new metal band seems to use it, I tried to cover all the reasons why, because I love to use it as well:

Easy to play

Drop Tuning is very easy to play. It does not only provide the possibility to play most chords with only one finger, but also typical progressions in the metal genre are closer to each other because of the "two-steps-down" tuning on the first string. Genres such as Metalcore become ridiculously easy with a bit of practice and you won't have to slide your fingers on your whole guitar neck to play a basic riff.

Powerchords at the speed of light

The ease to play powerchords in drop tuning can also make you extremely fast, which also gave birth to the Grindcore genre (like metalcore, but above 200bpm). It's easy, it's fast, you can play powerchords like a punk, but it sounds like metal, hell yeah!

Deeper Tuning

Metal is mostly about sounding evil and badass. Drop D already gives you the possibility to play slightly deeper tones on the first string, but Drop C is already in another category. Try Drop B, sounds like a cool soundtrack for your next macabre ritual... (Anything deeper would probably require bass guitar strings, don't try this at home)

Breakdowns

What do you do when you want to make your sound even cooler? Every Hardcore/Metalcore/Posthardcore/Whatevercore guitarist will use a breakdown, which is easily explained: Same purpose as a guitar solo, make the crowd go crazy. The main difference between a guitar solo and a breakdown is, solos are fast and breakdowns are slow. I suggest you to read this Article to know more about it (don't take it too seriously though). Most breakdowns are played on the lowest string and you might only smash the first two empty strings most of the time:

|----------| |----------| |-0-0--0-0-| |-0-0--0-0-|

Breakdowns can, of course be more complex, but it also allows you to play something cool while completely sucking at playing guitar. Great bands using drop tuning exist as well, don't worry!

Conclusion

Drop tuning is a good thing and a bad thing. It totally ruins today's new music and is not "true" anymore, because every moron can pick up a guitar and play a breakdown. On the other hand, it's a blessing. A good guitar player can sound even better and the rhythm guitar can finally sound as cool and fast as the lead guitar, who usually got the most attention before. Just try it out, drop tuning is fun :D

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What is the easiest ACDC song to play on guitar?

Top 5 Easy AC/DC Songs for Beginner Guitar You Shook Me All Night Long: ►► 1:57. Main Riff 2:56. Chorus 8:44. Intro 12:16. Highway To Hell: ►► TNT: ►► Dirty Deeds: ►► Long Way To the Top: ►►

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Top 5 Easy AC/DC Songs for Beginner Guitar

Here are my top 5 Easy AC/DC Songs for Beginner Guitar. Each song I demo has a full lesson tutorial for it, the links for which are below. After the demos, I show you how to play the AC/DC classic 'You Shook Me All Night Long' (at 2:30 minutes)

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Click the ‘Chords’ icon above to view the TAB for this riff free online or ‘Songbooks’ to buy the FULL, complete TAB + lyrics + chords in a compilation book!

Top 5 Easy AC/DC Songs for Beginner Guitar

1 - You Shook Me All Night Long: ►► 1:57

Main Riff 2:56

Chorus 8:44

Intro 12:16

2 - Highway To Hell: ►►

3 - TNT: ►►

4 - Dirty Deeds: ►►

5 - Long Way To the Top: ►►

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