Alternate tuning can be quite an exciting thing to try. There are so many different ways to tune your guitar, and each tuning can give you a different sound, and it can inspire you to play differently.

In today’s lesson, we will use one of the most accessible and straightforward alternate tunings on guitar. This particular tuning is called “Drop D.” We will tune the low e string down to a D. This tuning is D A D G B E.

I love this tuning so much because it allows you to have a lovely sound without changing too many strings. Songs in D major and D minor are pretty welcome in this tuning.

So! Grab a tuner and change the E string into a D and learn how to play this awesome acoustic rock fingerstyle song.