Double Drop D

TimmyO

Ooh. That’s nice. 

I’d been trying to play/copy a Kate Rusby tune and could work out what chord shapes she was using, then The Google suggested she uses Double Drop D tuning and voila, the shapes I was seeing sounded right. It’s lush.

Anyone use it much? 

digitalkettle

TimmyO said:

Ooh. That’s nice. 

I’d been trying to play/copy a Kate Rusby tune and could work out what chord shapes she was using, then The Google suggested she uses Double Drop D tuning and voila, the shapes I was seeing sounded right. It’s lush.

Anyone use it much? 

Used it for Eric Johnson's 'Song for George'...might see if I can pull it back into memory!

bertie

only ever capo'd "drop D"  - for Never going back 

rustneversleeps

I use it all the time.A lot of Neil Young and CSNY Are double dropped D.

DavidR

I’ll be the one to ask what double drop D is then!

Both E strings??

Soupman

Been playing about with it recently, as rustneversleeps states, a few Neil Young songs use it. Not a huge fan of his but a few songs are good.
'Find the Cost of Freedom' (CSNY) works really well in Double Drop D.

 
 

rustneversleeps

DavidR said:

I’ll be the one to ask what double drop D is then!

Both E strings??

Correct the two E stings sounds nice on the right songs.

bertie

bacchanalian

rustneversleeps said:

I use it all the time.A lot of Neil Young and CSNY Are double dropped D.

I think most right minded people would agree that Cinnamon Girl is the greatest of all the double drop D riffs. 

Tannin

30-odd years ago I used to use open tunings a lot, so much so that I had a couple of semi-permanently tuned to open E and open D. Admittedly this was largely for slide, but normal playing as well. 

Fast forward to this century and I almost never use any open tuning. (The "almost" because I very occasionally use drop D for five minutes or so.) I don't play slide anymore, so it's just a matter of finding interesting new things to do. The way things stand, I keep finding interesting new things to do in standard tuning, so other tunings don't get a look in. 

All of that said, I've never heard of double drop D and I'll have a tinker with it later on today. Thanks for the idea!

guitarjack66

Strangely enough Colin Hay of Men at Work does a demo of Overkill and says its in Drop D,but he is actually describing double drop D as he says to tune both E strings to D rather than just one. Great song too.

Soupman

^^Yes, Colin Hay's Overkill. Also watching YouTube old vids of Tim Hardin's 'If I were a carpenter ' and 'Red Balloon' seem to be Double Drop D.
Of course in Double Drop D you're only 1 string away from DADGAD tuning too......that can sound lush.
 
 

Soupman

Here's one in double drop D by Eric Johnson, called 'Song for George'. 
It's short but I don't have enough decades left to learn it myself!

  

guitarjack66

I think you can tell the type of person in this thread by the fact nobody has linked the title to a quip about bra size yet. 

TimmyO

guitarjack66 said:

I think you can tell the type of person in this thread by the fact nobody has linked the title to a quip about bra size yet. 

I don’t think it’s that way around - not making the connection isn’t being a kind of person…

BigLicks67

I believe Rosslyn by John Renbourn is double drop d, sheet music/tab was on his website, last time I looked.

BigPaulie

Soupman said:

^^Yes, Colin Hay's Overkill. Also watching YouTube old vids of Tim Hardin's 'If I were a carpenter ' and 'Red Balloon' seem to be Double Drop D.
Of course in Double Drop D you're only 1 string away from DADGAD tuning too......that can sound lush.
 
 

You're also only one string away from open G

Soupman

Yes. And open G hasn't done Keef any harm over the decades...

tony99

Which CSNY songs could I use this for ?

stickyfiddle

Big Open G and Open D fan here. I don't think I've actually used double drop D for anything but will give it a try

I do use Open G with a low C on occasion too - that's good fun  

Tannin

Tried it out yesterday and had some good fun. Thanks for the tip @TimmyO! ;