I feel it's more common to fall into the same old patterns when you're in a drop tuning than when you're in a standard tuning. Maybe I'm wrong, but the whole 'power chords with one finger' thing can become a bit of a prison. Post tips here on how to liven up drop-tunings.
Here are mine, which admittedly are probably really commonly know. But maybe someone will get something from them:
- Add minor notes to your power chords with a simple additional fingering on the 4th string, two frets up from the main fret. So something like:
D -10--
A -7---
D -7---
- You can even take this a step further and create melodies within the chord. For example, one of my bands songs called Fractal World does this:
C --8-----8--8--8--8--7-----7--7--7--7----|
G --5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5----|
C --5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5----|
C --------------------5-----5--5--5--5----|
G --8-----8--8--8--8--5-----5--5--5--5----|
C --5-----5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5----|
C --10----10-10-10-10-8-----8--8--8--8----|
G --8-----8--8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8----|
C --8-----8--8--8--8--8-----8--8--8--8----|
C --13----13-13-13-13-12----12-12-12-12---|
G --10----10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10---|
C --10----10-10-10-10-10----10-10-10-10---|
So you can see that with my pinkie finger, I'm creating this additional melody within the main chord progression. It's a neat trick and can liven up a drop tuning no end.
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