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Hey everyone! I'm looking to do a cover of one of my favorite songs. The problem I have is that the song is in Drop C and that my guitar is setup for Standard tuning. If I tune that low on my guitar, obviously, the strings are going to be like noodles. Getting another guitar specifically for Drop C tuning isn't feasible for me either. How can I transpose this song to be played in Standard?
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ARCHIVED TOPIC: Songs in open D tuning
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I classified the whole DT discography on Spotify playlists by guitar tuning for myself, since I change tuning quite frequently I go there and see what DT can I play in the tuning I'm currently in. This gives some interesting insight on their usage of tunings, so if you want to see more detailed data let me know. I just thought this might be interesting.
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ARCHIVED TOPIC: More songs in Last Chance (fDFCD) tuning?
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I've recently been learning to play Last Chance and I was wondering if there were any other tunes I could try out while my banjo is in this tuning (fDFCD). I was going to do a tab search here on BHO, but I didn't see that tuning listed. Thanks for any help!
Cool. I've got to try this fDFCD tuning! A cover of Caroline, No (Beach Boys) leaps to mind where you've got that major6, minor 7 vibe. That's what I'll mess with first. Thanks again for highlighting this tuning.
That's a great version you're playing Janet! Thanks so much for all of the information. I found both of those songs by Chelsey Chancy on Spotify. I don't exactly have a well-trained ear, but I can definitely hear it on Mulberry Gap! I will try out fCFCD, there looks to be a wealth of songs in that tuning. By the way, I noticed that Adam Hurt uses fDGCD on Big Scioty and Josie-O (I think that was your tab that I found here). That's a quick tuning change, too. As a beginner with just a little guitar background, I find all of the tunings and history to be really interesting. Heading over to Zepp's site now :)
Thanks for the suggestion, Tony. I found Christian Wig on Spotify, too.
I disagree with Anita Kermode's analysis of Land Norris' tuning on "Charming Betsy." At several points I hear a hammer-on on the fourth string from the open note to the second fret that would only work in fCFCD (pitched low in this case.)
I'm going to be starting guitar lessons soon and as a complete beginner, I'm hoping to stick with standard tuning for a while. UG's website has over 1200 tabs and while many of them are labeled half-step down, I don't have the patience to check every one. I have seen a few of "Swing Life Away" in E, but for some reason I just can't get a handle on the strumming pattern. So I'm looking for others. Thanks!
Long story short, I'm only going to have an acoustic guitar with me for a while and I'm wondering how hard it would be to play Devin songs on it. Now I know that he tunes not only to an open tuning but also down to C and B so there's no way I could play along with the tracks.
It's a very simple riff to play in his tuning but I'm wondering how hard it would be in standard. I'm awful at music theory and even imagining notes on the guitar neck. Curious if anyone out there has done this before and could give me some insight.
I'm learning "Capricho Arabe" by F. Tarrega and was thinking now that my guitar is in drop D tuning I should look at other songs played with drop D. I have found some rock and a lot of metal songs but not many classical songs.
Sometimes I see artists I like that either use weird tunings or a capo when they play a song. I don't feel like finding my capo nor changing from standard tuning. Is it theoretically possible to play any song in standard tuning without changing anything? My current hunch is yes but it might just be more difficult. Thoughts?
The answer is yes (assuming both guitars are in standard tuning). A capo makes it possible to use the same chord shapes to play a song in a different key or use a different chord set to play a song in a particular key that you may not like the chords for. So if you want to play a song without a capo, but play along in the same key as someone using a capo, you would simply transpose the arrangement to match the key that results from playing the song with the capo. The chart below will help you figure out which key you will need to play in to match the key that is rendered by the capo.
The answer is theoretically yes, but it might not sound the same. Alternate tunings will change the character of how the guitar sounds when played and some alternate tunings render unique sounds that would be difficult to emulate in standard tuning. However many alternate tunings render chords that will sound similar to chords you can play in standard tuning. Open G tuning for example can be closely approximated in standard tuning, although some chord shapes may be harder to finger than the ones used for open G.
But some alternate tunings may render chord voicings that might be extremely difficult to physically duplicate in standard tuning. I have seen guitarist who use open tunings where the pitch between adjacent strings spans quite a range. If you then play a chord shape where there is a wide spread between fretting fingers you could end up with a voicing that would require too far of a stretch in standard tuning to emulate.
Many alternate tunings allow a guitarist to render sounds from his/her instrument that are quite different than what can be easily achieved in standard tuning. That is why they use an alternate tuning instead of just playing in standard tuning. So generally, it will be more difficult (if not almost impossible) to use standard tuning to achieve an authentic reproduction of many guitar arrangements that utilize more extreme alternate tunings.
It depends what you mean. If you mean play a recognisable version of the song, it's almost certainly possible without a capo or a particular tuning. If you mean getting it sounding the same without a capo or a particular tuning, then in many cases it may be difficult or impossible - the use of the capo or tuning may allow fingerings, chord voicings, and playing techniques that aren't possible without it.
I think the accepted answer is simply incorrect. It ignores the fact that any one of us can write a song that is impossible to play on the guitar in any tuning. For example just include notes out of range, etc.
I've played in every key that exists in standard tuning with a variety of orchestras and bands and never needed a capo. That doesn't mean EVERYTHING is possible. If you are trying to arrange a piano piece or violin piece for guitar you will necessarily need to change what is written to make it playable. A piano player can play 10 notes at once (probably not often) and a guitarist cannot, unless they have a 10 string guitar and even then they are limited.
Mostly, capos allow you to play open chords elsewhere on the neck. Could be to suit your voice. Could be to compensate for retuning; I used to see 12-string players tune to D and capo 2 so that the tension was lighter and Easter on the instrument.
Yes, it is theoretically possible to play any song in standard tuning, basically musicians change the tuning for their convinience when playing the song, e.g. open G tuning that used by Keith Richard (rolling stone), so he can play G major chord with just one finger, while in standard tuning you need 3 or 4 fingers to play G major chord
Our original System Testing Playlist was packed with songs that our team has used over the years to test, tune, and demo sound systems. And now, that playlist has hundreds of AV Integrators following on Spotify (follow here).
Each week we broke down songs from our playlist, explaining how certain characteristics would help you test your systems. We would then ask our social media audiences to share their favorite system testing tracks. The response was killer. We received song recommendations from audio engineers, AV integrators, AV reps, dealers, and audiophiles across the world.
Having said that, it is good to run a wide variety of songs across different genres through your systems. This hard rock meets screamo song has some good elements that are worth putting through your system tests.
A bevy of electronic synth sounds course through this track lending a broad band of frequencies from sub-level to upper-mids. And like many electronically heavy songs, the pulse is lead by a driving kick drum for most of the song.
A great silky smooth female vocal shines in this track. But beyond that, one of the greatest qualities of this song lies in the mastering of the track. It feels organic and not overdone or overproduced. Tracks with these qualities offer more nuanced and subtle characteristics to listen for while testing and tuning your systems.
Context: The current reference frequency for tuning musical instruments is 440 Hz. Some theorists and musicians claim that the 432 Hz tuning has better effects on the human body, but there are no scientific studies that support this hypothesis.
I know David likes himself some stevie ray vaughn for tuning, and I know there's quite a following for using the version of the Eagles' Hotel California from the live Hell Freezes Over album, but I'm wondering what songs the crew uses to tune their ($14K?) systems?
For tuning I like Dave Matthews, 'So much to say' and similar type recordings. Dynamic. Recorded a little hot. Fairly dense and busy content. Broad frequency range, a little of everything. I want to expose the system limits. Something like Nickelback is just too dense with brick wall compression and that is not a reflection of how I use a stereo system. And at the other extreme, I don't want to use music with lots of white space or music that has a singular emphasis.
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