Alternate Tunings

[Corner Kid]

Does anyone use these? I experiment with them all the time, Here are the ones I'm using currently...

654321

DADAAE (beware, tuning the G up to an A is very risky. I have my guitar tuned down a half a step(EbAbDbGbBbE), then I tune up to DbAbDbAbAbEb) and a capo on the 1st fret takes it right up to DADAAE.)

CACGBE (This is the one I'm currently experimenting a lot with)

post any alternate tunings you experiment with.

[About A Girl]

I write a lot of songs with EADGBD or EADGBC# EAEAC#C#

[Corner Kid]

interesting... I'll definitely try those out...

[Ace]

I try to use either DADF#AD or EADGAE and of course Drop D. Does anyone know what tuning Coldplays Moses is in?

[foamer]

Placebo use this tuning in the majority of their songs, sounds nice too

F Bb Eb Ab C c

my guitar is constantly de-tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

[son of sam]

my guitar is constantly de-tuned Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

i have mine de-tuned to that as well

Deftones tuning - C G C F A D \m/ sounds wicked actually

[About A Girl]

CRAIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you male whore!!

[son of sam]

BRITT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you......whore?! :twisted: lol

[Manders]

:shock: whattt i dont play guitar *runs*

[Sweet One]

I know how to play E. Take that world! :P

[About A Girl]

hahahaha :lol: E iws a very...uhh...RESPECTABLE chord! :/ :confused: haha........craig I'm going to have to hurt you!

[About A Girl]

oo if I write any songs in the key of D, G, or A sometimes i yune my guitar to DADGBD.......yes sir-e bob!

[Sweet One]

hahahaha E iws a very...uhh...RESPECTABLE chord!


I know. I'm overflowing with pride! :D

[About A Girl]

haha well as long as youre happy!!

[Sweet One]

:lol: I'm a happy little bunny!! All is well with me!! :)

[About A Girl]

a happy little bunny?really? all right....whatever you say hun!

[Sweet One]

:lol: :lol:

I'm sorry!! I don't know your real name!! I'm Laura!! :)

[About A Girl]

I'm Britt! Very....INTERESTING meeting you ms. uh..little bunny!!

[Sweet One]

Trust me, the pleasure is all mine!! :lol:

*hops away with leaf of lettuce*

[Reilly]

Im a great guitar player! But what the hells going on?! :confused:

I stay far far away from the technical side of music. Far. In fact I dont even bother electrical guitars or even amps anymore, too scary :/ Me and my acoustic is juuuuusst fine :cool:

[Sweet One]

ooooh..i love the acoustic guitar!! Beautiful Mister Bananaman! :kiss:

[Reilly]

Hahaha I love my 12 string too!

Im kissing it...

[Manders]

:lol:

[Sweet One]

ooooh..should we leave the two of you alone? :D :P

[About A Girl]

o0o reilly your guitar is hotter than you...............which is very hard to do!!!!!!!! ;) :wink3:

[Sweet One]

*imagines she's the guitar in that picture*mmmmm.... :P :D

[Reilly]

You can be my guitar anytime, yo hoe! :sneaky:

My guitar is sooo hot, yes its much hotter than me, I wanna make love to it! But its seeing my keyboard :cry:

They make beautiful music in the middle of the night, sounds something like this...

*Ding ding...* BRWWWLINGgggnnnnn *Ding, da ding DING da ding* Brrwing... *Ding! Ding ding ding, da ding!* BRWLINGGG LING LING LA LING *DING DING DING DING* CHUKKA CHING CHING CHING CHING *DING DING DA DING DING DIIIIIINNNNNGGGG* BRWWLLIIIIIIIiinnnnggg... *Ding.. ding ding.... diiiing...* Brwiiiiiing...

[Manders]

:) :lol: :lol:

[Sweet One]

You can be my guitar anytime, yo hoe!


Goody!! :cool:

[Manders]

lucky gal....he takes pride in the guitar... ;)

[Sweet One]

:lol: I know!! :D

[The Advocate]

Hahaha. You guys are a hoot. I'm a dirk (don't even ask) so I use standard tuning, but I'm going to start experimenting in about a couple of months because I'm ca-razy like that.

[Petra_coldplay]

How can you tune your guitar otherwise then... the normal tuning, a half step up or a half step down.. explain to me please:p omg this sounds too stupid i know

[DeusEx]

How can you tune your guitar otherwise then... the normal tuning, a half step up or a half step down.. explain to me please:p omg this sounds too stupid i know

say if you tune to half step down, thats Eb tuning. if you play an E major chord shape in Eb tuning you'll be playing and Eb Major Chord.

However if you tune to Eb Bb Eb G Bb Eb and strum the open strings, you're playing an Eb major chord! This tuning is called an open tuning, Open Eb in this case. with Open tunings you can play chords with one finger(or by using a slide) You can have many different types of open tunings, Minor, 7th etc.

Other than open tunings you could just Drop a string(or strings), thats what i do a lot. I like to drop the little e sting to something like c or d.

Basically Alternative tunings rock!! They sound much better than boring auld Standard tuning. However its annoying to tune just to play ONE song(oh believe me!!) And string breaking can occur!! Check them out though :)

[Petra_coldplay]

Yeah and how do you tune it otherwise ? HAve you got a programm for it, or a little tuner (i got one..) or by ear..

[DeusEx]

I mainly use my tuner. its so handy! Sometimes i do it by ear.

[Petra_coldplay]

That's one of my problems i'm improving my ear thingie, and it goes better but i'm not very good i guess

[McFadden]

I can tune to drop d and back to standard by ear, but let's say you want to tune the high e to a D....without a tuner. Just find the "d" note on the next string up (b string) which is located on the third fret. You can hit that and tune the down the "e" until it matches.

I'm not much into alternate tunings when writing songs (cause I suck), but I'll tune to other tunings to cover a song. Just the theory of alternate tunings that follows musical theory racks my brain. I would probably just play what sounds right.

[Petra_coldplay]

Okay, well i'll keep it first with the normal tuning i guess, and sometimes i downsize it a half step or tune a half stup to a # sound.
Hehe maybe i'll try it later on :) Thanks for the help

[Marky]

I use some of the tunings shown in the tabs books, mostly only the ones where you tune down. The only time i play with tuning up is when i've already snapped a string.

[Petra_coldplay]

haha oke

[DeusEx]

I cant tune up my acoustic as the strings snap! so i always use a capo!!
I like the tuning in "A message" :)

[Petra_coldplay]

Capo on the first or on the second right ?

[DeusEx]

Capo on the first or on the second right ?

tune to E A D G G d and then put a Capo on the first fret (or just tune to F Bb Eb Ab Ab Eb if you guitar allows you!)

I like E A D G G d, i love repeated strings!

[Petra_coldplay]

Allright thanks :) I'll try !