Tuning Down A Step

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Tuning Down A Step

Unread post by Ando » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:34 am

Does anyone know how to do this? I've been playin a lot Ben Harper lately and doesn't sound all the great in standard, and I'm too lazy to try to figure it out myself..:D

Can anyone help me out?


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Unread post by fatjack » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:41 am

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Unread post by Ando » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:50 am

Ah... Fatjack.. I knew you'd be the one to reply..;)
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Unread post by isaac » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:56 am

snag AP Guitar Tuner. that helps too. ;)
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Unread post by Easy E » Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:05 pm

if you dont have a tuner follow these simple steps:

tune your low E down until the 7th fret sounds like your A string,
then proceed to tune everything else down off of that D note
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Unread post by Ando » Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:23 pm

eze3484 wrote:if you dont have a tuner follow these simple steps:

tune your low E down until the 7th fret sounds like your A string,
then proceed to tune everything else down off of that D note
Yeah I know, I got it..:D

I knew how to tune drop d.. but anyhow, after fatjack's reply I realized I was an idiot..
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Unread post by Wesdutchmaster » Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:24 am

How about tuning it half a step down? How do you do this?

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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Wed Sep 10, 2003 10:58 am

Put a capo on the first fret, then tune it to standard.
Take off the capo and you're done..

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Unread post by Wesdutchmaster » Wed Sep 10, 2003 12:00 pm

thanks! wow that's so simple it makes me happy!

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Unread post by Easy E » Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:22 pm

also can be done without a capo, like what i said before just making your 6th fret E sound like the A then tune the rest to that
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Unread post by ryopan » Wed Sep 10, 2003 2:27 pm

i just wanna say that tuning down half a step is absolutely aces.
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Unread post by grock » Wed Sep 10, 2003 3:11 pm

isaac wrote:snag AP Guitar Tuner. that helps too. ;)
this is definately a more precise (and prefered) way to do it.

THE AP TUNER HAS BEEN UPDATED.
http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/cgi-bin/a ... pmain.html

this new one has a registration screen but gives a lot of control to how you want to tune your guitar. not sure if it is incredibly better but better none the less.

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Unread post by DT » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:03 pm

i love AP guitar tuner, its so much easier than one of those little digital tuners, much more precise

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Unread post by Wesdutchmaster » Wed Sep 10, 2003 4:42 pm

ryopan wrote:i just wanna say that tuning down half a step is absolutely aces.
why?

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Unread post by ryopan » Wed Sep 10, 2003 5:40 pm

Wesdutchmaster wrote:
ryopan wrote:i just wanna say that tuning down half a step is absolutely aces.
why?
i just love the sound of it. playing some open chords while tuned down is just fantastic. just fantastic.
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