Guitar tuning
7-String Drop A Tuning
Seven-string drop A lowers the seventh string from B to A for low one-finger power chords while keeping the upper six strings in standard tuning.
- Notes low to high
- AEADGBE
- Strings
- 7
- Default frets
- 24
- Open pitch range
- A1 to E4
- 24-fret pitch range
- A1 to E6
- Also called
- AEADGBE
Common uses
- low-tuned heavy music
- modern heavy music
- extended-range rhythm guitar
- low power-chord riffs
Open this tuning in the fretboard tool
Start with 7-string drop a tuning loaded, then adjust root, scale, fret count, labels, colors, and orientation.
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