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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by El-ahrairah, Nov 24, 2010.

  1. El-ahrairah

    El-ahrairah Member Forum Member


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    so I've been playing guitar for a few months and i was wondering about different tunings right now I'm on standard tuning but
    i wanna know what tuning most crust bands play in
     

  2. Probe

    Probe Experienced Member Uploader Experienced member Forum Member


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    Drop D and C tuning for Crust/Heavy stuff...

    Half step and full step fis usually used by Melodic Hardcore bands....

    then theres A tuning which I dont recommend you try unless you have plenty of spare strings...trust me, I broke like two strings once...
     
  3. WrongfullSuspicion

    WrongfullSuspicion Experienced Member Experienced member


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    Like probe said, go for drop d/c for the heavy sound
    @topicstarter: do you happen to be a fall of efrafa fan?:)
     
  4. El-ahrairah

    El-ahrairah Member Forum Member


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    ahah ya

    been looking around so many diff tunings currently tuned to CGCGCE probably gonna mess around with this for a while what tunings to most neo-crust bands play on
     
  5. Mike Generic

    Mike Generic Experienced Member Uploader Experienced member Forum Member


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    I really like half-step down tuning personally.
     
  6. WrongfullSuspicion

    WrongfullSuspicion Experienced Member Experienced member


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    Yeah half step down is actually really handy, ' cause not only does it make your guitar sound deeper, it also makes playing the strings easier
     
  7. Shuei

    Shuei Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    I've got a very bright guitar sound, and usually play standard tuning or Sonic Youth fucked up tunings, so i might not be the best for this

    But also, it's a good idea to buy broad and strong guitarstrings. Gives a darker tune. And then yeah, drop D for most classic crust-punk / HC stuff, and C if you want it really hard...
     
  8. snookams

    snookams Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    possible dumb quesion; does half step down just mean half step down from standard E tuning in terms of the 1st string?
     
  9. WrongfullSuspicion

    WrongfullSuspicion Experienced Member Experienced member


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    @snookams, just tune all your strings half a step down, not only the first string
     
  10. snookams

    snookams Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    ah gotcha. sounds interesting, thanks!
     
  11. Anxiety69

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    use a heavy distortion petal
     
  12. El-ahrairah

    El-ahrairah Member Forum Member


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    tried tuning to drop c and my strings ripped looks like im gonna have to invest in thicker strings
     
  13. abject

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    I recently after about 6 years of guitar playing learned how to do power chords in drop d....bar chords! what a concept

    that is however with only your low 6th string tuned to D with the rest standard. sounds nice and brutal if you know what you're doing.
     
  14. Probe

    Probe Experienced Member Uploader Experienced member Forum Member


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    haha in my opinion, power chords in drop D are way easier that standard tuning :)

    and also...if you want to mess around with tones and stuff, you can never go wrong with a capo ;)


    another thing...do you guys have electronic tuners? or do you tune by ear?
     
  15. seitan

    seitan Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    i have a few guitars and tune them differently. im NEVER tuned prooperly, as in, never with a tuner or a piano note, so my guitars are all over the place
    the epiphone is standard tuning (that not the exact note). this guitar i use for my street punk stuff.
    my ibanez is drop d for my slayer typre stuff.
    my bc rich ( a 7 string) is really fucked up, i down tune the 6th string and 7th string. this is for death metal.
     
  16. nodz

    nodz Experienced Member Experienced member Forum Member


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    Have four guitars
    i) Acoustic in standard
    ii) Electric in standard EADGBE
    iii) Electric in drop D, that is sixth string only in dropped down from E to D. DADGBE -three string power chords on bottom three strings are a doddle (1 finger)
    iv) Electric in drop C, that is drop sixth from E to D and then whole lot of strings (including sixth that had just been taken from E to D) down a full tone. Final tuning ends up with CGCFAD

    The electric standard uses D'Addario XL light gauge top and bottom strings while the drop C uses D'Addario XL medium top and heavy bottom.
    Use a electronic tuner for all.

    There are a lot of interesting tunings around. Jack Johnson uses something called slack-key which is from ki ho alu which means loosen the key in Hawaiian. The strings are loosened until when strummed open they form a chord. Such as a G major chord (this is called taro patch), the strings are D G D G B D. There is also G wahine which is based on a G7 chord and tunings are D G D F# B D. There is then D wahine D A D F# A C#. There is also Mauna loa tuning which is where the top two strings are tuned a fifth apart and usally require one or two fngers fretting to form a chord. Most common of this is C G E G A E.
     
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