Episode

1719: "Drop D Tuning"

Podcast: Interesting Things with JC
Published: Jul 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 158
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Summary

Interesting Things with JC #1719: "Drop D Tuning" – A guitarist lowers one string by two semitones, and power chords that once required multiple finger shapes become a straight line across the fretboard, changing how riffs are written and helping define the sound of modern heavy rock.