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drop D

drop D noun: an alternate (scordatura) guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ("dropped") from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step, to D.

Noun

drop D (uncountable)

  1. An alternate (scordatura) guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ("dropped") from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step, to D.

Questions about drop D

What does drop D mean?
Drop D means an alternate (scordatura) guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ("dropped") from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step, to D.
What part of speech is drop D?
Drop D is a noun.

Words near drop D in the dictionary

  1. drop crotch
  2. drop crotched
  3. drop crotches
  4. drop crotching
  5. drop curtain
  6. drop D
  7. drop dead
  8. drop dimes
  9. drop down
  10. drop earring
  11. drop earrings

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