Top 7 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Guitar Tunings
By Johnny Stall
There are many different guitar tunings that are used in Rock and Metal music besides standard tuning . Guitar players in these genres like to use these tunings because they give a heavier and darker sound to their music .
Some of the more popular tunings used are Dropped D , Dropped C , Dropped B , E Flat , D , C and open G . Here are the descriptions of how the strings should be tuned and some of the bands that use them .
Dropped D tuning : E ----------1st string B ----------2nd string G ----------3rd string D ----------4th string A ----------5th string D ----------6th string ( thickest )
This tuning enables power chords to be played with a single finger on the lowest three strings and produces a dark sound with it . If you ' re music doesn ' t fit together with this dark sound , you can place a capo on the 2nd fret and can still easily play power chords . Some bands that use Dropped D tuning are :
Alice in Chains , Foo Fighters , Godsmack , Led Zepplin , Nirvana , Rage Against The Machine , Silverchair , Soundgarden and Velvet Revolver .
Dropped C tuning : D ----------1st string A ----------2nd string F ----------3rd string C ----------4th string G ----------5th string C ----------6th string ( thickest )
Dropped C tuning is the Dropped D with each string lowered one whole step . Dropped C tuning produces a very low and heavy sound and is used by many of the new Heavy Metal bands . Some bands that use Dropped C tuning are :
30 Seconds to Mars , Atreyu , Buckethead , Bullet for My Valentine , Children of Bodom , Godsmack , Bad Religion , Metallica ,
Mudvayne , P . O . D ., Papa Roach , Rammstein , Shadows Fall , System
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