You're in Drop D.
Don't retune.
Pick the tuning you're already in. We hand you every song that lives there, with key, capo, chord shapes, and the link to its tab on Songsterr or Ultimate Guitar.
Pick your poison
yellow string = you touch this peg · all 33 tunings →
most played Half step down Same shapes, darker voice, easier bends. Hendrix, Slash, Van Halen, half of the blues. Sweet Child o' Mine · November Rain · Little Wing Drop D One peg. Low E down a whole step. Open chords still work, power chords become one flat finger. Nightmare · Unholy Confessions · Killing in the Name Drop C D standard with the low string dropped again. System of a Down, Killswitch Engage, a decade of metalcore. Aerials · My Curse · Are You Dead Yet? D standard A whole step down across the board. Thrash, doom, Sabbath on a bad day. Come as You Are · Crystal Mountain · Walk Drop C♯ Drop D with everything a half step lower. Alice in Chains, early Slipknot on some tracks. My Own Summer (Shove It) · No More Tears · Hail To The King Drop B Drop C a half step lower. Slipknot, Bullet for My Valentine. Strings go floppy without a heavier set. Duality · Pray For Plagues · Carrion C♯ standard Three frets down. Where metalcore lives when it isn't in drop tunings. Floods · Into the Void · 10's C standard Four frets down. Sludge and stoner territory. Needs a proper setup. Only For The Weak · As I Am · Dragonaut
for rehearsal, the campfire, or the open mic
The setlist machine
Tell it your tuning and how long you've got. It builds a set you can play start to finish without touching a tuning peg.
- press Build it
no retuning · 0 capo
Found in the wild
16034 songs so far, each checked against two sources before it shows as verified.
- Dam That River Alice in Chains · 1992 Drop C♯Club
- Anger downset. · 1994 Drop C
- Poor Tom Led Zeppelin · 1982 C6Club
Garage = you'll get it tonight · Club = a weekend · Arena = clear your month