{"id":18477,"date":"2019-04-24T05:44:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T05:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=18477"},"modified":"2024-09-06T09:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T09:14:43","slug":"drop-d-tuning-three-essential-riffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/drop-d-tuning-three-essential-riffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop D Tuning: Three Essential Riffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drop D tuning is an awesome tool. If you want to write a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/4-grunge-riffs-you-need-to-learn\/\">guitar riff<\/a> with heaviness, heft and grit, it\u2019s great to have it in your tuning arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p> The pros know it too! Some of the greatest riffs in hard rock and metal have been written in drop D \u2013 just ask Eddie Van Halen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/6-awesome-guns-n-roses-performances\/\">Slash<\/a> and Jimmy Page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we\u2019re running through three of our favorites. If meaty riffing is your bag, then you need to check these out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Van Halen \u2013 \u201cUnchained\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-cn8aptmyksg\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:405\/304\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:75.061728%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-cn8aptmyksg\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Cn8APTMyKsg?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360.2962962963\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Cn8APTMyKsg?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/drop-d-tuning-three-essential-riffs\\\/#arve-youtube-cn8aptmyksg\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/Cn8APTMyKsg?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Capture-14.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2014-09-16T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnchained,\u201d from Van Halen\u2019s 1981 \u201cFair Warning\u201d album, is really the song that brought drop D tuning to the masses. It\u2019s heavy, meaty, and influenced a generation of hard rockers and metallers to come. If you ever wondered where the likes of Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello and Kurt Cobain got that tuning from, now you know. It was Eddie that started it all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c\u2019Unchained\u2019, from the 1981 album \u2018Fair Warning\u2019, is typical Van Halen: staggeringly inventive hard rock, with Eddie van Halen performing that trick of switching from lead to rhythm guitar seamlessly, and a Roth lyric that makes no sense on the page, but on record celebrates mindlessness with a glorious lack of ambiguity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Michael Hann, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2012\/jan\/12\/van-halen-unchained\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rage Against the Machine \u2013 \u201cKilling in the Name\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-t8xiurpn6u4\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:135\/76\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.296296%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-t8xiurpn6u4\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/T8XiUrpn6u4?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270.22222222222\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/T8XiUrpn6u4?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/drop-d-tuning-three-essential-riffs\\\/#arve-youtube-t8xiurpn6u4\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/T8XiUrpn6u4?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Capture-15.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2015-08-15T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI was giving a guitar lesson about drop-D tuning. And in the midst of demonstrating that tuning, a couple of the riffs from \u2018Killing in the Name\u2019 occurred. They sort of spontaneously combusted on my fingers. I had my little RadioShack $20 recording device, so I stopped the lesson and just recorded those and brought it into rehearsal. Timmy C. contributed that kind of off-kilter riff at the beginning, and Brad, that beat, and there are Zack\u2019s fiery lyrics. We had written five or six songs right away, and it was the first song of the second batch of songs that we wrote.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211;&nbsp;<\/em>Tom Morello on the creation of \u201cKilling in the Name\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2012\/11\/rage-against-the-machine-killing-in-the-name-anniversary-interview\/\">Spin<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the defining rock riffs of the \u201890s, Rage Against the Machine\u2019s \u201cKilling in the Name\u201d is like classic rock on steroids. And, it\u2019s the drop D tuning that gives it that edge, especially during the ending cacophony and explosive final chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Velvet Revolver \u2013 \u201cSlither\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-bkz2u4fva4u\" style=\"max-width:480px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:405\/304\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:75.061728%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore lazyload\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-bkz2u4fva4u\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BKz2U4fvA4U?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360.2962962963\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BKz2U4fvA4U?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/drop-d-tuning-three-essential-riffs\\\/#arve-youtube-bkz2u4fva4u\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/BKz2U4fvA4U?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.roadiemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/Capture-16.jpg\",\"uploadDate\":\"2019-06-10T00:00:00+00:00\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u201cSlither,\u201d the lead single from Velvet Revolver\u2019s debut album, Contraband, was a shot in the arm for mid-2000s rock music. That slinky, boozy drop D Slash riff was an instant classic, dispelling suggestions that VR were merely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/blog\/6-awesome-guns-n-roses-performances\/\">Guns N\u2019 Roses<\/a> lite. The song\u2019s so good, in fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolvermag.com\/music\/watch-guns-n-roses-perform-first-ever-cover-velvet-revolvers-slither\">that the reformed GN\u2019R now include it in their setlist alongside their greatest hits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cYou have to find ideas that turn yourself on, because no one out there is putting stuff out that turns you on like when you first started. Or anywhere close. It makes you work really hard \u2014 you\u2019re still sort of kicking your own ass to do something good.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211;<\/em>&nbsp;Slash on finding the motivation to write riffs (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/slash-speaks-inside-the-guns-n-roses-reunion-and-his-new-album-710144\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are your favorite Drop D riffs? Tell us in the comments! Also, check out our new &amp; improved Complete Guide to Guitar Tuning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/the-complete-guide-to-guitar-tuning\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[1295,1302,1303,1304,1330],"class_list":["post-18477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tutorials","tag-genre_all","tag-level_advanced","tag-content_tuning","tag-tuning_alternate","tag-instrument_electric-guitar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Drop D Tuning: Three Essential Riffs - Roadie Music Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today, we\u2019re running through three of our favorites Drop D Tuning. 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