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Exploring slackened realms: tunings primarily focused on lowering the 6str and/or 1str [5 tunings]
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—Drop D—
• D-A-D-G-B-E •
Probably the first altered tuning you learned: build up from a power-chord bass…
—Double Drop D (‘DDD’)—
• D-A-D-G-B-D•
Lower both the extremities for some handy two-sided slackness…
—Drop C (‘Neon’)—
• C-A-D-G-B-E •
Bass-dropped jazz-funk flexibilities, beloved by John Mayer & co…
—Low Drop C—
• C-G-C-F-A-D •
Loosen everything by two semitones, then drop the 6str by two more…
—Drop A ‘Slack Thwack’—
• A-A-D-G-B-E •
Open up most of the bass guitar register with superlow double-octaves…
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