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| − | + | To get into Dropped-D tuning, you need to lower the sixth string two half-steps, from E to D (hence the name). <br /><br /> | |
| − | To get into Dropped-D tuning, you need to lower the sixth string two steps, from E to D (hence the name). <br /><br /> | ||
<b>6th string=D</b><br /> | <b>6th string=D</b><br /> | ||
<b>5th string=A</b><br /> | <b>5th string=A</b><br /> | ||
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Walter Vinson seemed fond of it as well. Mance Lipscomb sometimes played in the key of A out of Dropped-D tuning, which | Walter Vinson seemed fond of it as well. Mance Lipscomb sometimes played in the key of A out of Dropped-D tuning, which | ||
provides for a nice IV chord, a D chord with a low D in the bass. | provides for a nice IV chord, a D chord with a low D in the bass. | ||
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Policy Blues<br /> | Policy Blues<br /> | ||
Twist It, Baby<br /> | Twist It, Baby<br /> | ||
| − | + | She's Gonna Crawl Back Home to You<br /> | |
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<b>Buddy Moss</b><br /> | <b>Buddy Moss</b><br /> | ||
New Lovin' Blues<br /> | New Lovin' Blues<br /> | ||
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| − | + | <b>Carolina Slim</b><br /> | |
| − | + | Black Cat Trail<br /> | |
| + | Blues Knocking At My Door<br /> | ||
| + | Come Back Baby (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Georgia Woman (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Jivin' Woman<br /> | ||
| + | Money Blues (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Mother Dear Mother (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | One More Time (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Slo-Freight Blues<br /> | ||
| + | Sugaree<br /> | ||
| + | Worrying Blues (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Your Picture Done Faded<br /> | ||
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| + | <b>Edward Thompson</b><br /> | ||
| + | West Virginia Blues<br /> | ||
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<b>Frank Hovington</b><br /> | <b>Frank Hovington</b><br /> | ||
90 Going North<br /><br /> | 90 Going North<br /><br /> | ||
| − | + | <b>Frankie Lee Sims</b><br/> | |
| + | Lucy Mae Blues<br/> | ||
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<b>Gabriel Brown</b><br /> | <b>Gabriel Brown</b><br /> | ||
I Get Evil When My Love Comes Down<br /> | I Get Evil When My Love Comes Down<br /> | ||
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Youngster's Blues<br /> | Youngster's Blues<br /> | ||
I Am Playing The Game<br /> | I Am Playing The Game<br /> | ||
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| + | <b>JB Lenoir</b><br /> | ||
| + | Alabama March<br /> | ||
| + | If I Get Lucky<br /> | ||
| + | Remove This Rope<br /> | ||
| + | Mississippi road<br /> | ||
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<b>J.W. Warren</b><br /> | <b>J.W. Warren</b><br /> | ||
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Rappahannock Blues<br /> | Rappahannock Blues<br /> | ||
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| − | + | <b>Leroy Dallas</b><br /> | |
| + | I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always<br /> | ||
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| + | <b>Lightnin' Hopkins</b><br /> | ||
| + | Ain't It A Shame (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | All I Got Is Gone (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Crawlin' Blacksnake<br /> | ||
| + | Loretta Blues<br /> | ||
| + | Seems Funny Baby (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Tim Moore's Farm<br /> | ||
| + | Walking Blues (played in A)<br /> | ||
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<b>Lonnie Johnson</b><br /> | <b>Lonnie Johnson</b><br /> | ||
Blues for Murder Only<br /> | Blues for Murder Only<br /> | ||
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She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight<br /> | She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight<br /> | ||
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<b>Mance Lipscomb</b><br /> | <b>Mance Lipscomb</b><br /> | ||
Boogie in A (played in A)<br /> | Boogie in A (played in A)<br /> | ||
'Bout a Spoonful (played in A)<br /> | 'Bout a Spoonful (played in A)<br /> | ||
Goin' Down Slow (played in A)<br /> | Goin' Down Slow (played in A)<br /> | ||
| + | Shake, Shake, Mama (played in A)<br/> | ||
| + | Tell Me Where You Stay Last Night<br/> | ||
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| + | <b>Mississippi Bracey</b><br /> | ||
| + | You Scolded Me And Drove Me<br /> | ||
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<b>Mississippi Sheiks</b><br /> | <b>Mississippi Sheiks</b><br /> | ||
Stop and Listen Blues<br /> | Stop and Listen Blues<br /> | ||
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Pop Skull Blues<br /> | Pop Skull Blues<br /> | ||
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| − | + | <b>Mose Andrews</b><br /> | |
| + | Ten Pound Hammer<br /> | ||
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<b>Poor Bill</b><br /> | <b>Poor Bill</b><br /> | ||
A Hundred Women<br /> | A Hundred Women<br /> | ||
Way Up On the Mountain<br /> | Way Up On the Mountain<br /> | ||
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| − | + | <b>Richard Williams</b><br /> | |
| + | Unidentified (from [http://www.floridamemory.com/audio/cd5.php Where the Palm Trees Shake at Night])<br /> | ||
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<b>Robert Johnson</b><br /> | <b>Robert Johnson</b><br /> | ||
Malted Milk<br /> | Malted Milk<br /> | ||
| − | Drunken Hearted Man<br /><br /> | + | Drunken Hearted Man<br /> |
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<b>Robert Pete Williams</b><br /> | <b>Robert Pete Williams</b><br /> | ||
Hot Springs Blues<br /> | Hot Springs Blues<br /> | ||
Some Got 6 Months<br /> | Some Got 6 Months<br /> | ||
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| − | + | <b>Roosevelt Holts</b><br /> | |
| + | Big Road Blues<br /> | ||
| + | Prison Bound Blues<br /> | ||
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<b>Sonny Jones</b><br /> | <b>Sonny Jones</b><br /> | ||
Dough Roller<br /> | Dough Roller<br /> | ||
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<b>Sam Chatmon</b><br /> | <b>Sam Chatmon</b><br /> | ||
| − | Big Road Blues<br /><br /> | + | Big Road Blues<br /> |
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<b>Texas Alexander accompanied by Willie Reed and Carl Davis</b><br /> | <b>Texas Alexander accompanied by Willie Reed and Carl Davis</b><br /> | ||
Deceitful Blues<br /> | Deceitful Blues<br /> | ||
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Old Country Rock <br /> | Old Country Rock <br /> | ||
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<b>Willie Lofton</b><br /> | <b>Willie Lofton</b><br /> | ||
Dark Road Blues<br /> | Dark Road Blues<br /> | ||
| + | Dirty Mistreater<br /> | ||
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Have a song to add to the list? | Have a song to add to the list? | ||
| − | <b> | + | <b>[http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?Itemid=114&topic=2628.0 Go to original forum thread]</b> |
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Latest revision as of 19:33, 28 January 2018
To get into Dropped-D tuning, you need to lower the sixth string two half-steps, from E to D (hence the name).
6th string=D
5th string=A
4th string=D
3rd string=G
2nd string=B
1st string=E
One advantage
this tuning provides is an octave bass between the 6th and 4th strings. John Miller notes that it's a tuning one encounters
more in the rediscovery era of 1960s country blues than in prewar recordings but is still used by a number of the earlier
artists. Lonnie Johnson used the tuning frequently, and members of the Chatmon family circle like Sam Chatmon, Bo Carter and
Walter Vinson seemed fond of it as well. Mance Lipscomb sometimes played in the key of A out of Dropped-D tuning, which
provides for a nice IV chord, a D chord with a low D in the bass.
Babe Stovall
Big Road Blues/Careless Love
Dirty Mistreater
Blind Blake
Bad Feeling Blues
Chump Man Blues
Blind Willie McTell
I Keep On Drinking (accompanying Curly Weaver, pitched at G)
Murderer's Home Blues (pitched at G)
Statesboro Blues (pitched at C#)
Stole Rider Blues (pitched at C)
Soon This Morning (pitched at F)
Bo Carter
Boot It
I Keep On Spending My Change
Policy Blues
Twist It, Baby
She's Gonna Crawl Back Home to You
Buddy Moss
New Lovin' Blues
Carolina Slim
Black Cat Trail
Blues Knocking At My Door
Come Back Baby (played in A)
Georgia Woman (played in A)
Jivin' Woman
Money Blues (played in A)
Mother Dear Mother (played in A)
One More Time (played in A)
Slo-Freight Blues
Sugaree
Worrying Blues (played in A)
Your Picture Done Faded
Edward Thompson
West Virginia Blues
Frank Hovington
90 Going North
Frankie Lee Sims
Lucy Mae Blues
Gabriel Brown
I Get Evil When My Love Comes Down
You Ain't No Good
Going My Way
Down In The Bottom
Bad Love
I've Got To Stop Drinkin'
Not Now, I'll Tell You When
That's Alright
I've Done Stopped Gamblin'
Baby, Boy, Baby
Mean Old Blues
Hold Me Baby
Youngster's Blues
I Am Playing The Game
JB Lenoir
Alabama March
If I Get Lucky
Remove This Rope
Mississippi road
J.W. Warren
Hoboing into Hollywood
John Jackson
Rappahannock Blues
Leroy Dallas
I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always
Lightnin' Hopkins
Ain't It A Shame (played in A)
All I Got Is Gone (played in A)
Crawlin' Blacksnake
Loretta Blues
Seems Funny Baby (played in A)
Tim Moore's Farm
Walking Blues (played in A)
Lonnie Johnson
Blues for Murder Only
Deep Blues Sea Blues
I'm Nuts About That Gal
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Racketeer's Blues
She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
Mance Lipscomb
Boogie in A (played in A)
'Bout a Spoonful (played in A)
Goin' Down Slow (played in A)
Shake, Shake, Mama (played in A)
Tell Me Where You Stay Last Night
Mississippi Bracey
You Scolded Me And Drove Me
Mississippi Sheiks
Stop and Listen Blues
Church Bell Blues
She's Crazy 'bout Her Lovin'
Kitty Cat Blues
Somebody's Got to Help Me
Good Morning Blues
Lonesome Grave Took My Baby
Pop Skull Blues
Mose Andrews
Ten Pound Hammer
Poor Bill
A Hundred Women
Way Up On the Mountain
Richard Williams
Unidentified (from Where the Palm Trees Shake at Night)
Robert Johnson
Malted Milk
Drunken Hearted Man
Robert Pete Williams
Hot Springs Blues
Some Got 6 Months
Roosevelt Holts
Big Road Blues
Prison Bound Blues
Sonny Jones
Dough Roller
Sam Chatmon
Big Road Blues
Texas Alexander accompanied by Willie Reed and Carl Davis
Deceitful Blues
Walter Vinson
Overtime Blues
William Moore
One Way Gal
Old Country Rock
Willie Lofton
Dark Road Blues
Dirty Mistreater
Have a song to add to the list?
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