of a Down, Three Days Grace and Ozzy Osbourne.
Dropped B tuning:
C# ----------1st string
G# ----------2nd string
E ----------3rd string
B ----------4th string
F# ---------5th string
B ----------6th string (thickest)
Alice in Chains, The Beatles, Bullet For My Valentine, Bob Dylan,
Children of Bodom, Dream Theater, Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue,
Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Racer X and Soundgarden.
C tuning:
C ----------1st string
G ----------2nd string
Eb ---------3rd string
Bb ---------4th string
This tuning will need heavier gauge strings to be effective. Also F ----------5th string
you might have to widen the string grooves as well as adjust the C ----------6th string (thickest)
tension in the neck of your guitar.
C tuning also produces a low sound that is mostly used by Hard
Some bands that use Dropped B tuning are:
Rock and Metal bands. The tuning is 2 whole steps below
Audioslave, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head, Mudvayne, Slipknot and Standard tuning, which gives it a heavy sound but still maintains
the same intervals as Standard tuning.
Stone Sour.
Bands that have used C tuning are:
Eb tuning:
Atreyu, Black Sabbath, Bullet For My Valentine, Deftones, Dream
Eb ---------1st string
Theater, Jimi Hendrix, P.O.D., Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot,
Bb ---------2nd string
Steve Vai and The Who.
Gb ---------3rd string
Db ---------4th string
G tuning:
Ab ---------5th string
D ----------1st string
Eb ---------6th string (thickest)
B ----------2nd string
This tuning is Standard tuning turned down a half step. There are G ----------3rd string
a few reasons that bands use this tuning instead of Standard D ----------4th string
tuning. One reason is to sound heavier by using heavy gauge G ----------5th string
strings. By tuning down a half step it is easier to bend these D ----------6th string (thickest)
heavy gauged strings. Another reason why some bands use this
tuning is to compliment the lead singers voice.
Other than the Drop D tuning, G Tuning is one of the most
Bands that use Eb tuning are:
popular alternate guitar tunings.
Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Dream Theater, Guns N' Roses, Jimi
Hendrix, Kiss, Megadeth, Metallica, Motorhead, Nirvana, Poison, Some bands that have used G tuning are:
Slayer, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stone Sour, Van Halen, Weezer and
The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, The Who,
Yngwie Malmsteen.
Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam.
D tuning:
These are just some of the alternate guitar tunings that are
D ----------1st string
available to you to experiment with. Play around with them and
A ----------2nd string
see which tunings fit your style of music.
F ----------3rd string
C ----------4th string
G ----------5th string
D ----------6th string (thickest)
Check out the following sites for more alternative tunings...
D tuning is also known as whole step down tuning and as you
have probably already guessed, it's Standard tuning tuned down 3 Alternate Tunings Every Guitarist Should Try
http://takelessons.com/blog/3-alternate-ways-of-tuning-your-guitar
a whole step. D tuning has been used mainly in Heavy Metal
Tips on Alternate Guitar Tuning
music.
http://rockhousemethod.blogspot.com/2009/04/tips-on-alternate-guitartuning.html
Bands that have used D tuning are:
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