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 Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:50 am
Does drop tuning seem like away to get around having real talent? Or do you think it's just a nice trick on occasion?
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:44 am
hmm, I dont think drp tuning is any kind of short cut, I mean, some songs cant be played in anything but drop tuning
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:50 am
It makes it easier when playing fast riffs, and if you do alot of picking instead of strumming. Plus it can get you lower notes than just an E.
I like downtuning every once in a while. Nothing wrong with it.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:29 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:54 pm
Ever try drop G? I did that on my 4 string (bass) once, GADG. Only thing crazier was (on the same bass) DGAE as opposed to EADG. Fun times. I'm often too lazy to do anything but drop D or some random tuning I make up on the spot by twisting the knows around and trying to make logical sense of it. I don't think there is anything wrong with drop tuning. Cool for that deep sound, love it for more metaly stuff. Can't go wrong with standard, though.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:58 pm
I don't care if others do it. I personally never use and and don't really plan on it in the near future, nor am I particularly interested in most of the popular bands that use it (read: this is COMPLETELY coincidental - some of the bands and styles of music i dont listen to happen to fall into the drop tuning category) The only tunings I use besides standard is open D and G for slide playing.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:42 pm
I'm with Ash on this one. I never really tune down more than one step anyway, and that's only to play "Yesterday" by The Beatles (One of my favorite songs).
I rarley down tune, but I tune to different things, including open G, open C and some other stuff, like DADGAD.
(And more than half the time I use a capo when I'm in one of those tunings anyway ^^)
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:29 pm
When ever I drop the tune on my guitar I drop all the strings. I hate when people think they are playing just the coolest riff in the world when they are just jerking off the top two strings in drop d. I tend to like droping all of the strings not just my E to D. Drop tuning is no fun, downtuning is great. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:48 pm
With the current band, I use standard tuning. I've used a lot of drop D before, but my favorite "drop" tuning has to be C. Listen to "Dramamine" by Sebadoh for a good example. Whereas drop D has a straightforward power-chord type sound, drop C adds a shitload of cryptic mystery.
Other than that, I used to try to mimic Sonic Youth's open tunings, but I decided that changing guitars for each song was kind of lame. I can play some Sonic Youth in standard tuning, and it sounds pretty close to the original - same intervals and everything. That's all I care about- if I know what key it's in I can improvise all over the song.
I also dig players like Leo Kottke and Ry Cooder, who do more traditional, but still unique, open tunings.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:43 am
The lowest dropp tuning I've had was like a drop E flat or something.
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:24 am
Not a fan of drop tuning, not a fan of drop D tuning in particular.
I just like standard. Woo.
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Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 6:56 pm
I retune my Stella to open G for slide work, thats about it.
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:16 pm
I'm a fan of standard tuning, and nothing else. I just stick with the familiar. I occasionally tune down to D, but only to play songs like Down With The Sickness or Outshined(god I love that song!).
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:48 pm
i use drop tunings on occation. usually the most i do is play in down half step. but i've dabbled in derop d and even drop c down one whole step(CGCFGc). its sounds like u are almost playing a bass. its hard to be melodic in, but if u can pull somthing off, it sounds insanely cool.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:11 am
I don't think there is anything wrong with drop tunings,unless there ridicoulessly dropped.I like tuning to drop D for heavier stuff,but my style is best with standard.
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