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08-13-2006, 01:04 PM
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I'm curious. I play in EbAbDbGb in my new band.
Last edited by dain bramage : 08-13-2006 at 09:05 PM.
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08-13-2006, 01:08 PM
| | | | EADG, 98% of the time. Ocasionally we'll drop to DADG.
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08-13-2006, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by dain bramage I'm curious. In my new band we play in E#. | Usually we musicians call that "F".
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08-13-2006, 01:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon | | | Oh wait, so maybe tuning isn't the word I'm looking for. What's E# then? That's what my tuner said and they told me to tune to that. |
08-13-2006, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dain bramage Oh wait, so maybe tuning isn't the word I'm looking for. What's E# then? That's what my tuner said and they told me to tune to that. |
Ha, I think you've mixed up sharps and flats. Tuning is the word you use... my guess is you tune down a half step, which could be refered to as Eb... which is pretty common. It's rare that a band would tune up to F... but it's possible. E and B are the only notes that don't have #s. An E# is an F, and a B# is a C (in classical theory beyond my comprehension, this isn't true, but music constantly contridicts itself... I hate music) My guess is you do this:
Gb
Db
Ab
Eb
Every string loosened a half a step. In my band King Bowman, we tune down a whole step. In the band I toured with, we tuned down two whole steps, occasionally lowered the lowest string to A# (an additional half step). Twas rather brutal.
I had to set my bass up because I hadn't played in standard in such a long time, and I just had a job with my old cover band.
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08-13-2006, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Till
Gb
Db
Ab
Eb
| Yep, that's it! When the lead guitarist was writing tabs for me on the computer, he used those. |
08-13-2006, 01:17 PM
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08-13-2006, 01:20 PM
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08-13-2006, 01:22 PM
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08-13-2006, 01:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Edinboro, PA | | | Actually, my altered tuning is everything down a step, except for the G. So the "C" string and G string form a I-V chord. Cool for slapping, and when I feel like ripping off Mark Sandman, perfect for playing slide bass.
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08-13-2006, 01:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY. By JFK. | | | I mostly play in DADG and EADG. I've tuned my fretless BADG for kicks. I also recently tuned it up a step to F#BEA. Pretty nice actually, really tight but the harmonics were great. I even got some to ring out at the second fret, which is something I've never been able to do in any other tuning.
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08-13-2006, 01:58 PM
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08-13-2006, 02:23 PM
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08-13-2006, 02:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: odessa texas | | | 4string:EADG, DADG, BEAD, DGCF (depending on what songs I play of course)
5string:BEADG and ADGCF
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08-13-2006, 02:35 PM
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eeEaaAddDggG on the twelve 
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08-13-2006, 05:11 PM
| | | | 4-String: BEAD/AEAD/A#D#G#C#/DADG
5-String: EADGC/DGCFBb/EADGB |
08-13-2006, 08:24 PM
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08-13-2006, 08:56 PM
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In one band, I'm playing my fretless tuned C#F#BE or BEAD... not really sure which I prefer. I want to try tuning it up an octave from that, though, since we're just acoustic guitar, bass, and vocals.
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