Songs tuned 1/2 step down

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Songs tuned 1/2 step down

Unread post by sacdeez » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:06 pm

What are some good songs to play in this tuning?? I've been messing around with some Ben Harper and U2's desire. What are some other good ones though, and please don't say any song in standard cause i know that, i'm just looking for some other ones.
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Unread post by mlb1399 » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:16 pm

a lot of nirvana is tuned down a half step if you like that kind of stuff
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Unread post by something cool » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:20 pm

Anything Alice in Chains
Sister - The Nixons
Everything - Stereofuse
Plush(whole step down) - STP
So Far Away - Staind


Just a few ideas. That Stereofuse is a funky strum. You gotta find an acoustic version to learn by.
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Unread post by Coldchillin » Wed Sep 01, 2004 7:20 pm

Not everybody plays it, but a lot of Dashboard Confessional songs are 1/2 step down...
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Unread post by jeffro » Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:13 pm

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix play almost all of their songs 1/2 step down.
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Unread post by Swe dmbfan » Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:23 pm

jeffro wrote:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix playd almost all of their songs 1/2 step down.
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Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:25 pm

Swe dmbfan wrote:
jeffro wrote:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix played almost all of their songs 1/2 step down.
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Unread post by Swe dmbfan » Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:28 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:
Swe dmbfan wrote:
jeffro wrote:Stevie Ray Vaughan and Hendrix played almost all of their songs 1/2 step down.
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Unread post by i like tictacs » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:18 pm

This is the last stop
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Unread post by captainburrito » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:32 pm

Collective Soul (I dont even know if they are still together) plays pretty much all of their stuff half-step down. Their stuff also sounds pretty good acoustic.
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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:00 pm

captainburrito wrote:Collective Soul (I dont even know if they are still together) plays pretty much all of their stuff half-step down. Their stuff also sounds pretty good acoustic.
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Unread post by thejoe » Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:18 pm

heaven by los lonley boys
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Unread post by Trippin Hillbilly » Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:12 am

I think Smashing Pumpkins' 1979 is tuned half a step down. Actually alot of their stuff is, if I remember correctly.
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:25 am

id say 1/2 of hendrix's stuff is 1/2 step down
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Unread post by johnnyd » Thu Sep 02, 2004 8:19 am

Patience by Guns N Roses is down a half step. Also Magic Bus by the Who.
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