Wich tuning goes better with drop C

[Repeida]

Hi, i'm trying to find a good tuning to play along with a guitar tuned in drop C? we play a bit of hard rock, alternative, punk... have someone tried someting like that?

thank's

 

[moebass]

Drop C is a tuning. Do you mean key?
I think your overthinking this one.
Drop C is just like playing in drop D only the notes are lower.

 

[Repeida]

yes I know. is that i'm trying to tune my bass diferent from the guitar and I wanted to know if there's a diferent tuning that would sound good. I know that i should try something and found out myself, but someone could already tried that. that's just it...

 

[NKBassman]

Why would you want to be tuned differently from the guitar?

Just pick yourself up a set of heavy strings and tune down to match. That would be the simplest solution...

 

[Mirios]

um if you tuned normal then E would be the third of his C. If you wanted to experiment with something interesting try drop E tuning? Or G would be the fifth. Drop G tuning? If it was me I would just play in the same tuning as the guitarist though.

 

[Hobobob]

Get a five string and capo that mutha. How's that for 'different'?

 

[FunkMetalBass]

Depending on the style in which the guitarists write, tuning in drop C [CGCF] or C-standard [CFBbEb] are going to be the easiest.

 

[Mushroo]

Standard EADG tuning. A string, 3rd fret = C.

 

[Rune Bivrin]

Standard EADG tuning. A string, 3rd fret = C.

Now, add a fifth string tuned to B. Voilà! C is on the first fret. Let the guitarists keep their silly drop tunings; you'll still be one octave below, and you won't have to worry about which string you're on to figure out when to shift strings.

 

[silentmike]

One day my guitarist decided that he wanted to play a song in drop C. To be able to do this I had one of my basses set up with really thick strings. Worked a treat. That is until my guitarist decided he wanted to put the song back in to D as his guitars couldn't really cope with it...

If you're used to 4 stringers just get one set up with really heavy strings and it'll all be fine. Or, if 5's are your bag, do as others have said and stick a capo on it.

 

[vin*tone]

Just get a 5 string. No need for alternate tunings unless you are playing chords. You're going to play notes - why move them around?

 

[lowendgenerator]

The best alternate tuning is CGCF. Forget a 5 string, if your band is tuning drop C, it's to bounce off that open C, and you'll kill yourself trying to bounce down to the 1st fret all the time. Besides, 5 strings are for guys who aren't happy inside. *runs like hell*

 

[XtheDeadPawn]

Besides, 5 strings are for guys who aren't happy inside. *runs like hell*

Yeah I can agree with that. I am a 5 guy and I'm not really a "happy" person. But, then again so are alot of people besides Cobain, George Harison, Hank Williams Sr., Wolfgang from the Misfits (Now part of Gorgeous Frakenstein), and many others aren't/weren't happy people either and they played guitar.

Back to the OP get a 5 string that way you tune less between songs and that's always cool.

 

[spade2you]

Just get a 5 string. No need for alternate tunings unless you are playing chords. You're going to play notes - why move them around?

The downside of most bands that tune to C or dropped C is that you tend to play a lot of C and the minor 3rd and 4th pull-offs constantly. I briefly filled in with a band that played in this tuning and a night of playing C and Eb on the low B ended up being too much of a stretch. I didn't really feel like changing tunings, so I wasn't too ambitious about being in the band for the long haul.

 

[lowendgenerator]

Yeah I can agree with that. I am a 5 guy and I'm not really a "happy" person. But, then again so are alot of people besides Cobain, George Harison, Hank Williams Sr., Wolfgang from the Misfits (Now part of Gorgeous Frakenstein), and many others aren't/weren't happy people either and they played guitar.

Back to the OP get a 5 string that way you tune less between songs and that's always cool.

Ok, so besides Wolfgang, all of those you listed are dead. See what more than 4 strings will do to you?


Hell, I don't even need 4 strings! If I could get my hands on one of Tony Levin's 3 string MM basses, I'd probably be cured of GAS forever.

PS: Paul Gray didn't need no stinkin 5 string.

OP:Don't believe the hype, you don't need a 5 string.

 

[FunkMetalBass]

The best alternate tuning is CGCF. Forget a 5 string, if your band is tuning drop C, it's to bounce off that open C, and you'll kill yourself trying to bounce down to the 1st fret all the time. Besides, 5 strings are for guys who aren't happy inside. *runs like hell*

It's true. It's rare that drop tunings like that are used for their chord properties and it's more-often used for riff-based songs that love to utilize the open C.

If you're really that opposed to tuning to it, so be it. Drop tunings are extremely common, so I find that learning to shift one string is a good tool to have in one's arsenal, and the ergonomic benefits are well worth it.

OP:Don't believe the hype, you don't need a 5 string.

You're right, he needs at least 6-strings, but not because of the downtuning.

 

[XtheDeadPawn]

Paul Gray didn't need no stinkin 5 string.

Yeah he didn't. But, I like it.

And I mentioned all those dead people because they were all known to have very angry very nil views on life.