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i am new to playing what is the best way to tune down for some songs i have an electronic tuner but am not sure the correct way to tune down i tune to 430hrtz. My freind says i should have a second guitar if i want to play this stuff please advise
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 06:50 AM
QUOTE (evileye @ Feb 1 2004, 06:41 PM)
Use your tuner. Now, if you want to bring your guitar down a half step you'd be tuning each string down a letter. So E would go down to D#. Or, you could use an online tuner.
do you have a url for an online tuner?
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 08:02 PM
If you want to detune only from time to time, one guitar will do.
If you use heavy strings and change tunings all the time, you might as well look for a cheap guitar for some alternative tuning. That's a must have if you want to play onstage using different tunings, when there's no time to mess around with tuners.
If you're not familir with tuners and stuff try the capo trick. If you put it on the first fret, tune as if to standard and take off the capo you're half step down. If you do the same with a capo on the second fret, you'll be whole step down.
If you use heavy strings and change tunings all the time, you might as well look for a cheap guitar for some alternative tuning. That's a must have if you want to play onstage using different tunings, when there's no time to mess around with tuners.
If you're not familir with tuners and stuff try the capo trick. If you put it on the first fret, tune as if to standard and take off the capo you're half step down. If you do the same with a capo on the second fret, you'll be whole step down.
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Posted 02 February 2004 - 08:48 PM
QUOTE (KaZu @ Feb 2 2004, 05:50 AM)
QUOTE (evileye @ Feb 1 2004, 06:41 PM)
Use your tuner. Now, if you want to bring your guitar down a half step you'd be tuning each string down a letter. So E would go down to D#. Or, you could use an online tuner.
do you have a url for an online tuner?
Thanks
~KaZu
www.8notes.com has one... also you could check on google... just look up "online guitar tuner"
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Posted 08 February 2004 - 06:24 PM
You may want to get yourself a KORG Guitar/Bass Tuner. It's digital, I have the GA-30 Model. It actually has a "Flat" button on it that you can press multiple times and then tune down but it will still apear as the normal string name on the tuner.
For Example, it I want to tune down a 1/2 step for songs in Eb, I hit the button once, it goes into "flat" and when you hit the Low E, it display the normal E note as being "sharp" until you tune down and when you get to Eb, it shows "E"...if you want to do Drop D tuning, you hit the "flat" button twice...then do the same thing because when your at "E", the string has been tuned down a whole step (or D).
For Example, it I want to tune down a 1/2 step for songs in Eb, I hit the button once, it goes into "flat" and when you hit the Low E, it display the normal E note as being "sharp" until you tune down and when you get to Eb, it shows "E"...if you want to do Drop D tuning, you hit the "flat" button twice...then do the same thing because when your at "E", the string has been tuned down a whole step (or D).
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