{"id":2065,"date":"2018-08-15T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/?p=2065"},"modified":"2018-08-13T20:52:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T01:52:05","slug":"fast-drop-d-guitar-tuning-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/fast-drop-d-guitar-tuning-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Drop D Guitar Tuning Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This short guitar lesson will help show you how to get into Drop D tuning fast on stage.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Classical Guitar Tuning Lesson: Drop D (LIKE A PRO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SDP7gr1RFCs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There is nothing worse than going to a concert, or a competition, to listen to a guitarist, only to find that 30% of their time on stage was spent tuning their instrument. As string players, it is our duty to make sure that tuning is fast and kept to a minimum, as it interferes with our communication with the audience. (We should also program the music so that all pieces that require a certain tuning are grouped together-it helps keep the guitar in that tuning longer.)<\/p>\n<h1>Drop D Fast<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Secret Hack:<\/strong> peg turns<\/p>\n<p>It is that simple. Learn how many peg turns <strong>down<\/strong> it takes to get below note D, and then how many turns <strong>up<\/strong> it takes to get near to (or preferably on) note D. Make sure you give the string a tug, to check its not stuck in the nut, then re-tune.<\/p>\n<p>So for myself and my blah blah pegs, its 5 turns down to (almost) note C, then 2 1\/2 turns up to almost note D. I then use the open 4th string AND a clip on tuner to make sure its in.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it. This hack will work with any tuning you need to get into in a hurry on stage, securely. <strong>Note:<\/strong> that each tuning peg system is unique, and so my 5 turns might be 4 1\/2 or even 6 for you. Use the clip on tuner to help learn where your notes are.<\/p>\n<h2>General Tuning<\/h2>\n<p>Why you need to tune down, and a general guide to tuning, can be found on the link below. There is some awesome help there from Martin Taylor&#8217;s tuning video too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/guitar-tuning-guide\/\">Tune a guitar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This short guitar lesson will help show you how to get into Drop D tuning fast on stage. There is nothing worse than going to a concert, or a competition,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/fast-drop-d-guitar-tuning-hack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fast Drop D Guitar Tuning Hack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[258,2,135],"tags":[293,174],"class_list":["post-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aural","category-lesson","category-video","tag-quick-hacks","tag-tuning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Drop-D-tuning-cgrocks.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classicalguitarrocks.com\/cgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}