[sirchtruth]

I wish I had back all the hours I wasted trying to figure out "The Rain Song" in standard tuning as a kid, until someone told me it was D-G-D-G-C-D.

Ok excuse my ignorance here, (I'm a drummer so that makes my question legit) but is that a drop D tunning?

[Drew68]

but is that a drop D tuning?

No. A dropped D tuning is what the former guitar player for Soundgarden used. Page's tunings are what are known as Open Tunings --when an entire chord is played when strumming the guitar with no fingers on the frets.

[Senator Pardek]

However, Page used "dropped D" on "Kashmir" and "Moby Dick".