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6-String Guitar tuner – Double Daddy

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This free online tuner listens through your microphone and shows how close each string of your 6-String Guitar is to Double Daddy tuning (D-A-D-D-A-D). Play a string, watch the needle, and turn the peg until the meter glows green. If you prefer tuning by ear, tap any string card to hear its reference tone.

About Double Daddy tuning

Compared with Standard E, Double Daddy moves 4 strings. Every change is downward, the largest by 5 semitones, so the instrument sits at lower tension than in Standard E.2 strings stay exactly where they were.

How Double Daddy differs from Standard E, string by string.
StringStandard EDouble DaddyChange
1E2D2down 2 semitones
4G3D3down 5 semitones
5B3A3down 2 semitones
6E4D4down 2 semitones

Played open, the strings sound D-A-D-D-A-D – from D2 at the bottom to D4 at the top, a span of 2 octaves.

Strummed open, the strings spell D5 – root and fifth with no third, so the tuning stays neutral between major and minor. See D5 shapes in this tuning →

This is a long drop: 5 semitones below Standard E. Standard gauges will flap at this pitch. A heavy set, and often a longer scale, is what makes the tuning playable rather than merely possible.

History

Where the Double Daddy tuning comes from

D-A-D-D-A-D, nicknamed Double Daddy, is a modern drone tuning: it has only roots and fifths, so every open string belongs to a D5 power chord. It belongs to the same family of experiments as DADGAD and is used for drones and modal pieces; there is no documented originator.

History of the instrument: 6-String Guitar →

Other 6-String Guitar tunings

Standard

Standard E E-A-D-G-B-EHalf Step Down (Eb) D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#Whole Step Down (D) D-G-C-F-A-DB Standard B-E-A-D-F#-BPlus 1 (F) F-A#-D#-G#-C-FPlus 2 (F#) F#-B-E-A-C#-F#

Drop

Drop D D-A-D-G-B-EDouble Drop D D-A-D-G-B-DDrop C# C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#Drop C C-G-C-F-A-DDrop B B-F#-B-E-G#-C#Drop A A-E-A-D-F#-BDrop G# G#-D#-G#-C#-F-A#Drop G G-D-G-C-E-ADrop F# F#-C#-F#-B-D#-G#Drop E E-B-E-A-C#-F#

Open

Open C C-G-C-G-C-EOpen D D-A-D-F#-A-DOpen Dm D-A-D-F-A-DOpen E E-B-E-G#-B-EOpen Em E-B-E-G-B-EOpen F C-F-C-F-A-FOpen G D-G-D-G-B-DOpen Gm D-G-D-G-A#-DOpen A E-A-C#-E-A-EOpen A 2 E-A-E-A-C#-EOpen Am E-A-E-A-C-EOpen B B-F#-B-F#-B-D#CGDGBD (Open G Low C) C-G-D-G-B-DFACGCE (Fmaj7) F-A-C-G-C-EWahine (G) D-G-D-F#-B-D

Modal

DADGAD (D Modal) D-A-D-G-A-DG Modal D-G-D-G-C-DOrkney C-G-D-G-C-D

Alternative

Double Daddy D-A-D-D-A-DAll Fourths E-A-D-G-C-FNew Standard (NST) C-G-D-A-E-GNashville (High Strung) E-A-D-G-B-EEADF#BE E-A-D-F#-B-EOstrich D-D-D-D-D-D

Chords for this tuning

CGDAEFAll 6-String Guitar chords →
How do I tune my 6-String Guitar to Double Daddy?

Allow microphone access, pluck a string, and the tuner will detect it automatically. The needle shows whether the string is flat or sharp – adjust until the reading is within ±5 cents (D-A-D-D-A-D).

Which notes are used in Double Daddy tuning?

Double Daddy tuning for 6-String Guitar uses the notes D-A-D-D-A-D, listed from the lowest string to the highest.

Can I tune without a microphone?

Yes. Every string card plays a reference tone – tap it and match your string to the sound by ear.