Too all guitarists!
- Thread starter dmetalhead101
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D standard. It came from when I played along to CoB tracks years ago but I've since come to love the extra bit of heavyness you get from playing a big open D chord. My guitars also have 24 frets so I don't have to compromise in the higher register. In comparison to a 22 fretter anyway.
Symbiant
"Too Punish And Enslave"
A buddy of mine recorded a song in drop B believe it or not. It sounded awesome, but that was more of a grungy metal vib than a speed metal thing. Isnt part of the key to down tuning much heavier gauge strings ?
Bryant
Mr. Sleepy
Amen brother !! I am an oldschool guy myself and though I have no problem with the low tuning whatsoever, I think you lose dynamics once you go below "D." I am not a big fan of Angus (Young) as far as a soloist, but if you listen to him and big brother Malcolm together playing rythm and the tonal structure they achieve..... it is scary.
Bryant
Bryant
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
Most bands that downtune don't use the same league of tone that AC/DC uses. Cranked vintage tube Marshall vs Moderate volume high preamp gain distortion... The former will give MUCH more dynamic sound, simply because there's less compression on the front end of the amp.
Symbiant
"Too Punish And Enslave"
yeah using a heavier string is def required. I was playing regulars in drop tuning but they would go out so i switched to heavy. B is way to low C is def a decent place to sit and be low enough to hear while keeping the definition..
Yeah, thanls for the correction. I figured it was C# later, I said Db beacuase it was written like that in some text tab.
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
Do you even know what you're talking about, or are you just making stuff up?
BlackMetalWhiteGuy
Manly Man!
No problem.
Just look at a circle of fifths and you'll notice that all major and minor keys with three exceptions (C# / Db major being one of them) are written only one way. While Db and C# may produce the same enharmonic tone, it's easier to write certain keys certain ways.
Do you even know what you're talking about, or are you just making stuff up?
For example:
Major
C# D# E# F# G# A# B# C# (acceptable)
Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db (acceptable)
Minor
C# D# E F# G# A B C# (conventional)
Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bbb Cb Db (awkward)
Phrygian
C# D E F# G# A B C# (conventional)
Db Ebb Fb Gb Ab Bbb Cb Db (awkward)
In tablature, it really doesn't matter, but with standard notation the key signatures are written in a way that it makes a very big difference to whomever is reading or writing the piece.
ParsonsMatt
Alas, Tyranny
Thanks! I wasn't laughing because I thought you were dumb, I was laughing because it seemed like such a bizarre thing to say. That a note was a certain key, and that the enharmonic was a different one. Now that you've explained it I understand better.
BlackMetalWhiteGuy
Manly Man!
silly_german
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death of the tyrant
Opethian
Standard E (duh) , drop D and Drop C , been having troubles with drop c tho , lots of fret buzz .
Pretty sure most all the last few albums has been drop A#.
I love it when people say things like this, there are so many bands that play in B standard or drop A where I can hear all the notes fine.
