cool tuning

Tommy Sports · 7th October 2003, 07:23 PM

i was messing around with my 4 string guitar tonight and tuned it...
D#AAD it sounds really good, maybe worth trying.

Rosco the magnificent · 7th October 2003, 08:26 PM

what sorta sound does that make then?

Tommy Sports · 7th October 2003, 08:30 PM

it sounds good when you play octave chords, the stuff i was coming up with was quite emo-ey

njw · 7th October 2003, 08:34 PM

damn i want my acoustic back... lol

Flaming Toilet Bag · 8th October 2003, 12:29 PM

i've found that EADABE is quite good

Rosco the magnificent · 8th October 2003, 12:55 PM

EADGBE is an old favourite of mine

Flaming Toilet Bag · 8th October 2003, 01:38 PM

no way dude, that's far too experimental!

Jon · 8th October 2003, 06:40 PM

i also play in a dillenger escape plan/every time i die-esque band called 1950DA and we play in drop B it sounds very nice

Sunburn · 8th October 2003, 06:45 PM

i tend to use alot of open D tunnings IE
DADDAD
DADGAD
DADADD
all flattened i might add
but good old standard tunning is always nice to go back to. im thinking about trying some open G tunning at some point

Rosco the Bosco · 14th October 2003, 02:18 AM

open G is good, altho it makes most of your stuff sound like the rolling stones (not necessarily a bad thing).
DADGBD

Also, the guy from coldplay uses fuckd up tunings. i know you all probably think coldplay are lame but tune your guitar to:
EABGBB and play this chord - 790800

or tune the top 2 strings a semitone sharp (EADGCF) and play this - x57700

Ge'd · 29th October 2003, 03:12 PM

EGDGBE is good (thanks dan_goldbloom)
EADF#BE is good too (thanks again, dan)

i really like DADAA#D
it's nice

daniel_goldbloom · 29th October 2003, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ged

EGDGBE is good (thanks dan_goldbloom)
EADF#BE is good too (thanks again, dan)

i really like DADAA#D
it's nice

I remembered that tuning I was telling you about the other day it's:
D F# D F# A C#

try holding down 587555, its quite lovely

robs · 29th October 2003, 11:47 PM

I dont really see the point in tuning your guitar all shoogley. Most of the time, with a bit of a stretch, you can play the same thing in EADGBE

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan_goldbloom

I remembered that tuning I was telling you about the other day it's:
D F# D F# A C#
try holding down 587555, its quite lovely

-i'm just using the last one as example-

Assuming your tuning low-high (and assuming i've got my thinking cap on correctly) you can play the same thing at 300222 (dmaj7/G) It might not sound quite as pretty though, I can't really be arsed tuning to find out

daniel_goldbloom · 30th October 2003, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robs

I dont really see the point in tuning your guitar all shoogley. Most of the time, with a bit of a stretch, you can play the same thing in EADGBE

-i'm just using the last one as example-

Assuming your tuning low-high (and assuming i've got my thinking cap on correctly) you can play the same thing at 300222 (dmaj7/G) It might not sound quite as pretty though, I can't really be arsed tuning to find out

Get what your saying, but you could tune your guitar in some ways where it would be impossible to stretch to the chord you wanted using EADGBE. Messing about with the tuning can open up a whole lot of new possibilities, but i'm not discrediting EADGBE, I use that most of the time anyway.

And the last bit, it's far too late to get my head around that

No Name · 30th October 2003, 12:52 AM

Try D-G-C-G-C-D.

Its the tuning that Jimmy Page used on The Rain Song. Flippin' marvellous!

7th October 2003, 07:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tommy Sports Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,650 Band: Juliet Kilo	cool tuning i was messing around with my 4 string guitar tonight and tuned it... D#AAD it sounds really good, maybe worth trying.

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njw Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: DD1 Posts: 8,159	damn i want my acoustic back... lol __________________ You can put a cat in the oven, but that doesn't make it a biscuit.

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Rosco the magnificent ping-pong Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lenzieshire (for a little while) Posts: 4,143 Band: My Own Religion	what sorta sound does that make then?

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Tommy Sports Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,650 Band: Juliet Kilo	it sounds good when you play octave chords, the stuff i was coming up with was quite emo-ey

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Flaming Toilet Bag Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 2,537	i've found that EADABE is quite good

8th October 2003, 12:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rosco the magnificent ping-pong Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Lenzieshire (for a little while) Posts: 4,143 Band: My Own Religion	EADGBE is an old favourite of mine

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Flaming Toilet Bag Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gone. Posts: 2,537	no way dude, that's far too experimental!

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Jon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 617	i also play in a dillenger escape plan/every time i die-esque band called 1950DA and we play in drop B it sounds very nice

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Sunburn Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Linlithgow, Scotland Posts: 143	i tend to use alot of open D tunnings IE DADDAD DADGAD DADADD all flattened i might add but good old standard tunning is always nice to go back to. im thinking about trying some open G tunning at some point

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Rosco the Bosco Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,746 Band: No, i've never been Banned.	open G is good, altho it makes most of your stuff sound like the rolling stones (not necessarily a bad thing). DADGBD Also, the guy from coldplay uses fuckd up tunings. i know you all probably think coldplay are lame but tune your guitar to: EABGBB and play this chord - 790800 or tune the top 2 strings a semitone sharp (EADGCF) and play this - x57700

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Ge'd obviouslyshesouttamyleag Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leven, Fife. Posts: 4,646	EGDGBE is good (thanks dan_goldbloom) EADF#BE is good too (thanks again, dan) i really like DADAA#D it's nice

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No Name Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Scotland, homie!! Posts: 18	Try D-G-C-G-C-D. Its the tuning that Jimmy Page used on The Rain Song. Flippin' marvellous!