Reasons for Drop C over C standard.

[spicy734]

What are the advantages over tuning drop c (CGCF) over c standard (CFBbEb)?

It seems like most musicians chose drop c, but why wouldnt they want c standard where all the finger patters are the same? Is there an advantage I havent yet learned? It seems like it would be easier for me to go c standard cause the patterns are the same and wouldnt throw me off as much.

[Depth_Charge]

Free tab sites tell them to use Drop C?

A lot of bassists I know not playnig 5 strings prefer Drop D (DADG) to standard tuning.
I imagine for those guys at least, going to Drop C would be the easier tuning to adapt to.

[lowfreq33]

Guitarists like drop tuning because they can play power chords with one finger, and the bassists in their bands follow suit to keep the fingerings the same.

[sammyp]

if your referring to modern metal tunings ....i think it's best to use the same tuning your guitarist's are using ...or the guitarist from the band you are learning from ...then you have common ground on fingerings and riffs ....

[PatQ]

Originally Posted by lowfreq33

Guitarists like drop tuning because they can play power chords with one finger, and the bassists in their bands follow suit to keep the fingerings the same.

This. Me and the 2 guitar players have been in a band before our current project and we had 3 tunings:
- Guitar 1: Drop C
- Guitar 2: Standard
- Me: Standard, but 5 string

That was a bit confusing, but also lead to some interesting arrangements. Nevertheless we wanted to be in the same tuning for our new project, which is now Drop C. I didn't have any problems switching (and now play 4 strings).

[spicy734]

But what I was saying is both c an drop c have the low string to c, which is what the root notes are going to be anyway. What I was asking is am I missing out tuning to c standard to keep the same fingerings as I learned on standard tuning, or is there an advantage to tuning the high 3 to cgf instead of FBbEb? My newbie brain is saying c standard, but is there something im not realizing?

[drewfunk]

I tune to drop D instead of D standard because during a gig its faster to tune one string instead of 4...