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Originally posted by cmdrpiffle

Speak for yourself, my doctor says I'm completely normal....now that the voices have mostly stopped. Mostly.

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I usually retune the 5th string back to "A" and play several songs in a drop "D" tuning.

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D Tunings: The key of D is the third most often used key in the Slack Key tradition. D Tunings have often been: Wahine Tunings, the D Major Tuning, the Ni’ihau/ Old Mauna Loa Tunings, and various miscellaneous tunings.

D Wahine Tuning (D–A–D–F#–A–C#) -(#D4) was played more often in the past and has been used occasionally by Leonard Kwan, Ray Kane, Keola Beamer, Sonny Chillingworth and Led Kaapana, as well as by older recorded players, including the late Tommy Blaisdell, the late Tommy Solomon, and the late George Keoki Davis.

Cyril Pahinui prominently uses the D Major Tuning (D–A–D–F#–A–D) -(#D1). Sometimes Keola Beamer, Moses Kahumoku, and Kapono Beamer use the D Major Tuning as well. (The D Major Tuning is a common tuning in Mainland America, where it was sometimes called “Vestapol Tuning” in the late 1800s and the early 1900s, named with a shorter title for the late 1800s American instrumental piece The Siege of Sebastapol, which is in the D Major Tuning)

Cyril Pahinui also uses his unique D Ni`ihau/Old Mauna Loa Tuning (D–A–D–F#–B–E) -(#D6), which is a variation on the D Major Tuning (D–A–D–F#–A–D) -(#D1), using the four lowest pitched strings of that tuning; and it is also a variation on the Standard Tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E) -(#C-30), using the two highest pitched strings of that tuning. Kapono Beamer also occasionally uses this D Ni’ihau/ Old Mauna Loa Tuning (D–A–D–F#–B–E) –(#D6).
Also Cyril Pahinui’s D Ni’ihau/ Old Mauna Loa Tuning (D–A–D–F#–B–E) -(#D6) is one note different from the Dropped D Tuning (D–A–D–G–B–E) - (#D7), where the fourth string would be tuned down from the G note to the F# note for Cyril’s D Ni’ihau/ Old Mauna Loa Tuning (D–A–D–F#–B–E) -(#D6).
The Dropped D Tuning (D–A–D–G–B–E) -(#D7), is most prominently used by Bla Pahinui, and it is also one note different from the Standard Tuning (E–A–D–G-B–E) –(#C-32), with the lowest pitched sixth string tuned from the E note down to the D note. It is also used occasionally by Led Kaapana. (It is also very common in Mainland America, Europe, and in the Classical guitar tradition).

Another D tuning is the D6th Tuning (D–A–D–F#–B–D) -(#D8), where the second highest pitched string in the D Major Tuning (D–A–D–F#–A–D) -(#D1) is tuned up from the A note to the B note. It is used often by Carlos Andrade, Patrick Cockett, and Kapono Beamer; as well as occasionally used by Moses Kahumoku, and the Japanese slack key guitarist Yuki Yamauchi.

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