Beatles Day 7 - blues influence in drop D

This lesson teaches Come Together in drop D tuning (lowering the thickest string from E to D).

This open tuning makes the famous bass riff, blues licks, and power chords much easier to play, opening up an epic new world of guitar possibilities!

To tune to Drop D Tuning:

• Lower thickest string (string 6) from E down to D

• About a quarter turn clockwise on tuning peg

• Using a chromatic tuner will be great here

Advantages of Drop D:

• D major chord becomes fuller (all six strings)

• Can play bass riff easier

• Blues riffs become playable with one finger

• and Power chords are simplified to 1 finger shapes too

Standard tuning tutorial

Don't want to tune to drop D? Stay in standard tuning with this tutorial Come Together below.