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Guitar Songs for drop D tuning

MaybeBaby

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So I have a floyd rose bridge guitar, meaning I married to the drop D tuning.

And it's hard sometimes because a lot of metal music is in standard tuning; I was able to transcribe some songs like the trooper so I could play along with a D tuning version from Youtube

But this method don't work for me for a lot of songs, so I am wondering if there are any people who can relate to this and maybe recommend some songs to learn using this method?
 
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    Outside of A7X (which is almost ALL drop d), there are quite a few. Some you may like, others maybe not.

    Earth to Andy - Still After You
    Savatage - Edge of Thorns, Gutter Ballet, Handful of Rain
    STP - Meadow
    Ratt - Lay it Down
    Sixx A<: Life is Beautiful
    Tremonti - Sympathy
    Galactic Cowboys - Feel the Rage
    Foo Fighters - Everlong
    Blur - Song 2
    Creed - My Own Prison, Higher

    Ultimate Guitar can sort by tuning, and while there are a fair number of non-official tabs there that really aren't in Drop-D, like The Trooper, they can usually be played in Drop D with some relative ease. Enjoy!
     
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    MaybeBaby

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    Outside of A7X (which is almost ALL drop d), there are quite a few. Some you may like, others maybe not.

    Earth to Andy - Still After You
    Savatage - Edge of Thorns, Gutter Ballet, Handful of Rain
    STP - Meadow
    Ratt - Lay it Down
    Sixx A<: Life is Beautiful
    Tremonti - Sympathy
    Galactic Cowboys - Feel the Rage
    Foo Fighters - Everlong
    Blur - Song 2
    Creed - My Own Prison, Higher

    Ultimate Guitar can sort by tuning, and while there are a fair number of non-official tabs there that really aren't in Drop-D, like The Trooper, they can usually be played in Drop D with some relative ease. Enjoy!

    Thanks for the list!
    But it's not why I opened the topic 😅

    I'm searching for people like me who transcribing songs.
    The video that I shared is full step down so im playing it in drop d
     
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    MaybeBaby

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    Im afraid that i didnt made myself clear.
    Im not searching for drop d songs, im searching for e standard songs that i can transcribe like i shared the trooper in d tuning.

    The low E string is D so i change all the chords a full step down, this method is great but its not always working on a lot of songs.

    So I was wondering if someone had done what I did and have some recommended songs I can transcribe
     
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    William B.

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    Im afraid that i didnt made myself clear.
    Im not searching for drop d songs, im searching for e standard songs that i can transcribe like i shared the trooper in d tuning.

    The low E string is D so i change all the chords a full step down, this method is great but its not always working on a lot of songs.

    So I was wondering if someone had done what I did and have some recommended songs I can transcribe
    I think if you can move every note down 1 whole step it's good, I think Slayer has songs in D standard
    Where the B turns to C and E to F, those probably need additional or different spacing

    It's maybe not the same but I tune lower like D standard sometimes and just play the same stuff
     
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