Alternate tunings

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  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Originally posted by PJamGrunge10
    i dont know how to tune it when it shows it like that:(


    Low E stays the same (the bass string)
    A one step up to B
    D down to the same B
    G half a step down to F#
    B stays the same
    high E down to the same B

    fun with a capo, x marks fingerpositions you can use all the way up the neck.

    - - -
    - x -
    x - -
    - x -
    x - -
    - - x
  • PJamGrunge10
    PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    Originally posted by pearlwax
    Low E stays the same (the bass string)
    A one step up to B
    D down to the same B
    G half a step down to F#
    B stays the same
    high E down to the same B
    i kow but, i dont know what a b or f# sounds like:(
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Originally posted by PJamGrunge10
    i know but, i dont know what a b or f# sounds like:(

    It'll come with practice and with listening to songs that are in these keys.
    Red House by Jimi Hendrix is in B, and if you can hear that in your head and hum it, you can tune your string to it. F# is the same key as if you had your guitar in DADGAD and put a capo on the fourth fret. If you can remember and hum that key also, you can do it too.

    :)
  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Originally posted by PJamGrunge10
    i kow but, i dont know what a b or f# sounds like:(

    Neither do I, but a small chromatic tuner can do miracles. They don't have to cost much.
  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    the bass note in the better man intro is f# (well the first is eHf#, but the second riff is)

    Oasis-Supersonic, the intro is an f#

    Get a tuner though, i dont know how else to help you. even one with just the 5 notes on the guitar can be manipulated to get alternate tunings
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Bumparooney.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Hello there, Pearlwax....

    Have you a guitar handy? Now, try this. Tune your guitar to DADGAD.

    Try these shapes:

    0 0 0 2 0 0

    0 0 4 2 0 0

    2 2 0 0 0 2

    0 5 4 0 0 0

    5 5 5 4 0 0

    7 7 7 6 0 0

    9 9 9 7 0 0

    10 10 10 9 0 0

    12 12 12 11 0 0

    0 5 7 7 0 0

    0 10 12 12 0 0


    There are some chords for you to start with. I haven't given you them in any progression, but you can configure them as you like.

    Good luck!


    I might add, that was my very first post on this board.

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