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How to Down Tune a Guitar to Drop B
How to Get a Buzz Out of Your Guitar String
How to Make Guitar Strings
How to Play Bass Guitar for a Beginner
How to Play Metal on a Bass Guitar
How to Play Scales on Bass Guitar
How to Play the Blues on a Bass Guitar
How to Restring a Fender Guitar
How to String a Guitar the Right Way
How to Tune a Guitar a Half-Step
How to Tune a Guitar to C
How to Tune a Guitar to E Flat
Summary: Drop tune or down tune a guitar to drop B tuning by going down to the fifth fret on the A string and tuning down a whole step. Use drop B tuning on a guitar to play modern metal music with help from an experienced guitarist and instructor in this free video guitar lesson.
Michael Prizzi is the guitarist for the hard rock band Pipebomb, a band that has opened for popular acts such as Seven Dust, Judas Priest, Mushroom Head, Anthrax and many others....read more
"In this clip we're going to demonstrate how to play in drop D tuning. This guitar is a Yamaha drop 6 baritone guitar tuned B to B. It's very popular tuning, a lot of, lot of modern metal bands use this tuning. Also, we're going to go back to the ESP, show you how to drop D, is also very popular tuning. All you need to do when you drop D, generally, your guitar is in E to E standard tuning, you're just going to go down to the fifth fret on your A string, and just get your D from there, and just going to use your ear to tune down a whole step. You just want to hear it catch, and that's how you get."
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