hey all you bands out there, what do you all tune to?
for me it's low C

E or A


but I'm not in a band

C#

B
E
A
D
G
B

all in flat

and for some songs dropped C on the 6th

C G C# F# A D

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

SUBJUGATE said:


i think jim means dropped A on the 6th... C would tuning up..

when he sais dropped c, I don't think he means from that tuning, just dropped c is a common name for C tuning...
and also, you must use like a 13-15 guage string to tune that low on a six, do you have a baratone?

no we tune to A, we dont have any C tuning....

so it would be
A
E
A
D
G
B

like tuning to dropped D...just A

shroud is in B

I really don't understand this lingo.

dropped tuning is not another way to call it C tuning or anything like that. drop tuning is your lowest string is tuned one full step lower than the rest of your strings are. for example, standard tuning is E,A,D,G,B,E. dropped D tuning is D,A,D,G,B,E. the only thing that changed was the E string was tuned down a full step. it's the same way for any other type of dropped tuning. so i don't what the fuck you guys are talking about.

I know the drop stuff. But the're talking about drop c a d b and what not.

B is
B E A D F# B

Is there really any need for that kind of tunning?

tuning*

i use 7 string strings. throw out the high E
so its still in 5th's

ah

swamplorddvm said:

Yea if your in Exhumed , fleshgrind, or fleshcrawl, or even Krisiun.

Coffin Birth currently uses D tuning, not drop d. Leukorrhea switches back and fourth between D tuning and Drop C.

well Drop D I guess.

Dreaded Silence tunes to D.

Hand Choke Neck:

Standard tuning down a whole step, drop C

swamplorddvm said:

the lower the tuning, the _______ it sounds.

fill in the blank with any of these words:

heavier
angrier
more aggressive
darker

you get the idea

I'm not going to say 'plenty of heavy, angry, aggressive, dark songs have been written in standard tuning' but I'm sure someones going to try and argue with that.

i tune to drop d bitch. its all about the chug.

Kevorkians tunes a half step up from standard tuning
Continued tunes to B
and the Gunmen tune to whatever guitar is in tune with itself

It can be done.

niccolai said:

oh i know there are songs in standard tuning that are dark and heavy and yada yada yada. what many believe is that if it were tuned lower, it'd be even heavier. hence Mortician tunes to like G

Word


I'm actually glad to see people talking about MAKING the music.

i didnt read this whole thing, because in the state of mind im in at the moment, it seemed confusing. so i dont know if anyone already said this, but abhorred tunes to C#

Bradness said:

thats amazing.

HCN is drop c all the time.

I used to play E and D but then I heard Carcass in 92 or so, and switched immediatley.

pre-gay Carcass, that is....descanting the insalibrious is the shit.

A
E
A
D
F#
B

and for the record, there is NO gay Carcass

woops that was me by the way

Heartwork=GAY GAY GAY GAY

ill pretend i did not hear that.

Me to That one kicks ass.

you damn kids always like the crap!!! J/K
heartwork like woverine blues by Entombed, was the biggest sell out death metal ever saw, back in the day.
I can see why ppl would like it now, but going from descanting, to heartwork was a HUGE letdown in my, and ALOT of older death metal fans eyes....but hey whatevuh! If u like it, u like it, and I dont, and we still are wicked pissah!!

Well I can see why that no love lost song is kinda tame (radio worthy almost) but I do like that album. some really good riffs and solos.

a
b
a
c
a
d
a
b
a

Blue said:


you didn't hear that, you read it

honor4death said:

yea you are right man i had a brain fart

Standard tuning somewhere around "e". we really dont care as long as we're in tune to each other

For 5 Minutes Hate, Brad uses a 5 string bass (BEADG) and Dan uses a 7 string (BEADGBE) and I use a 6 string (BEADF#B)

carcass never sold out, they just got better at their instruments