Take the 2-minute tour ×  Many metal/rock songs use dropped D
tuning. What reasons are there for it?  share|improve this
question Easy to switch to from standard tuning ;) –  Anonymous
Jan 13 '11 at 21:26 There are no technical reasons for a lot of
things done in rock, or music for that matter. They are done
because they sound good, and/or, are fun. Drop-D is both. – 
Anonymous Jan 16 '11 at 2:34 Thanks, great info. I've been
trying to learn to play "Hollywood - Nickelback" and just fouund
out its tuned in dropped D, really threw me that did. This makes
sense now. Thanks all –  user5886 Mar 7 '13 at 7:32 It makes
fast power chords possible. Daron Malakian build his bands sound
on very fast power chords. You can check that out if you want to
see Drop D in action. (-; –  Neil Meyer Oct 19 '13 at 12:04  15
Answers 15  up vote 34 down vote accepted  It also makes it even
easier to play power chords - you only need one finger with drop
D!  share|improve this answer Yes, power chords are much easier.
In drop D, the