How do you Drop the D for Crush?

[Elliottman]

Hey, im fairly new, and have starting learing Crush. Ive want to play the Drop D version 9 as it seems easier) but i dont know how to drop the D? Any tips please?

[Brock]

I'm not quite sure I understand your question, but if I do:

http://www.dmbtabs.com/faq.php?id=5

[Elliottman]

yep you understood my question. & pointed me to the right place, but what i dont understand is where it says " you must tune it down 2 steps" how do you know when you have dropped it down? Consused person!<<

[Brock]

At the end of that FAQ it shows you how you can tell - fret 7 on the low E (now a D) until it matches up with the open A.

[Elliottman]

ok so when i tune my guitar( using a tuner) the E string on the 7th needs to sound like an open A? is that right. sorry for being pest!

[Brock]

I guess you could do it with a tuner too. Never tried it that way. I just make sure my strings are all tuned correctly to standard first, then just tune down the low E to where it fretted at 7 (instead of 5 normally) matches the A.

[MattyTrane]

ok so when i tune my guitar( using a tuner) the E string on the 7th needs to sound like an open A? is that right. sorry for being pest!

or just make sure the open string tunes to a D

[GuitarGuy305]

Just tune it an octave lower than your D string.

Adam

[gravesRR7]

a little trick i use to make it super easy is to use your thumb and index fingers to hit the E string and teh D string.

with your left hand, tune the tuning peg down until they both sound the same.

saves some time i think, instead of movign back and forth from the fret to the peg to the fret to the peg

[DropD-MB]

I had to laugh at this post. Not because it's a stupid question. Rather, I wish the internet was around when I asked the same question. Those damn internets....

[Elliottman]

Ok so i need to make the E the same as the low D when both played open? is that right? if so, when i try to tune it, i think im going to snap the E string because its so tight. is that normal? any help please? thanks

[DMBartender]

two options:

Option 1: Make sure your guitar is in standard tuning. Then hold down the low E string just behind the seventh fret. leave all other strings open. play the low e string and an open A string (the 5th string that is just below the low E). Play one string just after the other. Adjust the tuning of the low E string until it sounds the exact same as the open A string. Once the open A string and the "low E" string fretted at seven sound the same, then your low E is now a drop D

Option 2:
Make sure your guitar is in standard tuning. Using your guitar tuner, (this is going to depend drastically on your tuner) manually select the low E string for tuning (mine says 6E). I have a button on my tunner that looks like "b,bb" (that stands for flat). If I hit that once ('b'), it lowers the note one half step. If i hit it twice ('bb'), it lowers the note two half steps, which is what you want. From there, just tune the string like you normally would.

I hope that helps. Have fun with crush, it's a great song to play. You also should check out DDTW (very very easy) and Bartender, they are both fairly easy.

[c_tietze]

Buy tuner.

- or

Tune low E down until it sounds like the open D string on your guitar.

[jkanter]

a little trick i use to make it super easy is to use your thumb and index fingers to hit the E string and teh D string.

with your left hand, tune the tuning peg down until they both sound the same.

saves some time i think, instead of movign back and forth from the fret to the peg to the fret to the peg

That's how Dave tunes to Drop D

[DMB_FAN]

If you have a tuner you can tune it to D with that. That's what I used to do and now I can tune it by ear from D to E and vice versa.