How to Tune Your Guitar to D
The open D tuning is an alternate tuning for guitar. When all the strings are played open (no notes fretted on the fretboard) it plays a D major chord. This tuning is often used for playing slide guitar.
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Instructions
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Make sure the guitar is in standard tuning (EADGBE) and in tune with itself.
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Tune the bottom string (the sixth string) a full step down from E to D.
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Leave the fifth string and fourth string alone (they should be tuned to A and D, respectively).
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Tune the third string a half step down from G to F#.
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Tune the second string down a full step from B to A.
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Tune the first string (the top and thinnest string) down a full step from E to D.
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Play all the strings open. It should sound a D major chord.
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Tips & Warnings
Tune the strings carefully so they do not break.
