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Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 11:41 am
by npfrs
Please give examples of Drop C (or other low tunings) used in a non-metal context such as country, folk, etc. I'd also be interested in hearing 7/8 string guitars in that context as well.
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:09 pm
by cheesecats
here's an example of a drop d tuning from a fellow canadian
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdtUDaBfRA[/youtube]
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 2:06 pm
by bigchiefbc
This is totally cheating, but there are those acoustic intros/interludes that metal bands do. I mean, yes it's a metal band, but the actual guitar piece itself isn't metal.
Just an example, the intro to Dream Theater's Change of Seasons is a 7-string acoustic playing in B:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK493an3NHM[/youtube]
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:39 pm
by npfrs
cheesecats wrote:here's an example of a drop d tuning from a fellow canadian
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAdtUDaBfRA[/youtube]
Drop D I have covered.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd-A-iiPoLg[/youtube]
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:55 pm
by aen
One of my Faves, from right here in Wisconsin. The guitars are in C, the baritone might be lower yet.
Kind of like GodSpeed...
http://altos.bandcamp.com/
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:27 pm
by bigchiefbc
aen wrote:One of my Faves, from right here in Wisconsin. The guitars are in C, the baritone might be lower yet.
Kind of like GodSpeed...
http://altos.bandcamp.com/
Oh yeah, if we're going the Post-Rock route, Jakob plays in a crazy tuning. I read in an interview that Jeff tunes his guitar down to C standard and then drops the low and high strings down to Bb.
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 1:56 am
by GuitarSlim101
Marc Ribot used quite a bit of drop Bb on his "Silent Movies" album, which is fantastic, and very much not metal.
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:10 am
by Andrew
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u81zmQrib9g[/youtube]
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:40 pm
by Pizza
I have my jazzmaster tuned in C# right now and i've been hauling ass on some surf riffs. It sounds awesome.
But then again I haven't played in standard in months..
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 1:21 pm
by The_Active_Conundrum
I know it isn't really a help, but I wrote a few songs in open G#m (I think), an octave down. It was kind of bluegrass doom/country dirge/Drone cajun
So it is doable if I can do it.
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 11:06 am
by Ev_O)))
QOTSA
C standard. Definitely not metal. Hard rockin, but not metal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s88r_q7oufE
also No one loves me and neither do I by them crooked vultures is in a weird octaved drop A - AADGBe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89qz4aWbBo
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 11:43 am
by doommeow
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:31 am
by benjuro
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbPeZMpdSjE[/youtube]
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:15 am
by Greenfuz
bigchiefbc wrote:This is totally cheating, but there are those acoustic intros/interludes that metal bands do. I mean, yes it's a metal band, but the actual guitar piece itself isn't metal.
Just an example, the intro to Dream Theater's Change of Seasons is a 7-string acoustic playing in B:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK493an3NHM[/youtube]
is acoustic metal a thing? like classical guitars drop tuned with spanish-esque metal riffs and solos
and not folk metal
Re: Drop C (or other low tunings) in a non-metal context
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:39 am
by humandingus
i play in cgdgbd for a few songs on our new record.