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Question about a tuning

Unread post by schubox » Mon Feb 07, 2005 11:07 am

Looking at a Coldplay tab and the tuning is E,G,D,D,B,D
Can I tune normal strings to this without a problem?
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Unread post by smedley » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:36 pm

yup, you just tune high e down one whole step to D, G down two and a half steps to D, and A down one steps to G

(someone correct me if i got the steps wrong)
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Re: Question about a tuning

Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:37 pm

schubox wrote:Looking at a Coldplay tab and the tuning is E,G,D,D,B,D
Can I tune normal strings to this without a problem?
edit: I'm an idiot.
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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:37 pm

There shouldn't be much issue with it since every note that's changed is lowered from standard. If it were raised, you would probably encounter some tension issues and maybe break strings.
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Unread post by dmbguitar718 » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:38 pm

How the hell are you going to tune an G to a D though?
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Unread post by smedley » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:42 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:How the hell are you going to tune an G to a D though?
you probably need to put a D string there, that's what i do. either that or tune it down, but it might be loose
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Unread post by sunglassesatnight » Mon Feb 07, 2005 2:44 pm

2.5 steps down I'd guess. It does seem it could flop nicely though.
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Unread post by schubox » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:04 pm

yeah dropping it down 2 and a half is a lot, but I will jsut do it on my starter 6 string, I hate retuning my 12 string for one song
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