How do you tune a halfstep down??

Matty Boom · Unread post by **Matty Boom** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:03 am

most of your tuners have a b (flat) key...if you press it once, it will tune down a half step...press twice for a full step

or if you have an old school tuner, fret the first fret of each and tune those to EADGBE or whatever you're tuning to

or play it in standard

ericwormann · Unread post by **ericwormann** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:32 am

capo first fret, tune to standard, remove capo

Duffman · Unread post by **Duffman** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:02 pm

does capoing first work? like when you tighten it, doesn't the capo interfer? the way i would do it is just find an Eb (6th fret A sting) and tune your low e to that. then just do the 5th fret thing to tune the rest. (5 on E is an A, 5 on A is a D, 5 on D is a G, 4 on G is a B, 5 on B is an E)

madtownjj · Unread post by **madtownjj** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:26 pm

i would recommend against the capo method of tuning. just tune the bass string E down half a step by fretting the sixth fret(instead of the fifth) and hitting the A string open. once your E string is tuned down half a step tune the rest of the guitar down to it as you normally would.

DT · Unread post by DT » Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:50 pm

capo wont work well, you'll have residual tension between the tuners and the capo and when you remove it all of your notes will go sharp... not a lot but it wont do it evenly

Ryeguy · Unread post by **Ryeguy** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:22 pm

yeeehaa... thanks amigos

Ryeguy · Unread post by **Ryeguy** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:12 am

tangerine' sounds nice tuned down step.

2StepGranny · Unread post by **2StepGranny** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 12:48 am

It all depends on what song you really want to play. I avoid tuning down a half step by playing in standard tuning, I just play up a fret. Instead of playing, for example, 3554xx, you would play 2443xx. Problem solved ;-)

Last Stop is played down a half step, and I just play it in regular tuning, and I play Staind - Outside in standard tuning as well, cause that is also tuned down a half step. So there ya go :-)

My 2 cents ;-)

DJR · Unread post by **DJR** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:24 pm

the last stop reprise is a mother to to try and play a half step down, but yeah, that works

2StepGranny · Unread post by **2StepGranny** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:43 pm

Not really, I have yet to play it a half step down. I've always played it in standard, I don't think that it's that hard. But maybe it's just me :-)

DJR · Unread post by **DJR** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 9:54 pm

when you play it in standard, its basically just a G chord, so all those open strings sound fine, but down a half step you gotta mute em all, which is tricky sometimes, otherwise it sounds like poo

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How do you tune a halfstep down??

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