Drop C tuning
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Drop C tuning is technically an alternative guitar tuning where at least one string has been lowered to a C, but most commonly refers to CGCFAD, which can be described as D tuning with a 6th string dropped to C, or drop D tuning transposed down a whole step. Because of its heavier tone, it is most commonly used in rock and heavy metal music.[1][2][3][4][5]
Contents
Variations
- CGDGBE – Dropping the low E string to a C, and the A string to a G, to make a fifth chord. The rest of the strings remain the same[6]
- CADGBE – This is achieved by taking standard tuning (EADGBE), and dropping the low E to a C. All other strings remain in standard tuning.[7]
Artists that have used CGCFAD
- A.N.I.M.A.L. - from "Acosados Nuestros Indios Murieron Al Luchar" to "El Nuevo Camino Del Hombre" albums.
- A Day To Remember
- August Burns Red
- Acid Drinkers - newest albums
- Alesana - on most of their Confessions album
- Alter Bridge – on some songs such as "Isolation"[8]
- Architects on album Nightmares.
- Asking Alexandria on the whole "Reckless & Relentless" album and the song "Break Down The Walls".
- And So I Watch You from Afar
- Arch/Matheos[9]
- Born of Osiris
- At the Gates[10]
- Atreyu
- Baroness
- Berri Txarrak - after their first album
- Black Label Society
- Black Veil Brides
- Biffy Clyro - on many tracks, including "That Golden Rule", "The Captain", "Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies" & "Stingin' Belle"
- Black Stone Cherry[11][12]
- Breaking Benjamin
- Buckethead
- Bullet For My Valentine
- Chevelle for Face to the Floor
- Children of Bodom
- Chimaira[13]
- Code Orange Kids
- Counterparts
- The Color Morale
- Colour Haze
- Converge
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Closure in Moscow
- The Crimson Armada
- Dååth[4]
- Damageplan on Reborn from New Found Power
- Deathstars
- Deftones - on White Pony and other songs on later albums
- Deez Nuts
- Demon Hunter - on their self-titled debut album
- DevilDriver - mostly on The Last Kind Words and later albums and live performances
- Disillusion (band)
- Disturbed - on some songs since Ten Thousand Fists
- Dope[14]
- Edguy on "Ministry of Saints"
- Empatic
- Enter Shikari
- Escape The Fate[15]
- Eskimo Callboy
- Evans Blue
- Evanescence on some songs
- Falling in Reverse
- Fantômas on most of their songs
- Firewind
- Fozzy
- Fuel (band) - Won't back down
- Full of Hell
- Godsmack
- Gojira (on The Way of All Flesh and L'Enfant Sauvage)
- HammerFall on "One More Time"
- Hands Like Houses
- Haste The Day
- He Is Legend
- Ill Nino
- I, the Breather
- Helmet
- Killswitch Engage
- King Buzzo
- King's X[16]
- Luxtorpeda
- Marmozets
- Mastodon
- Maximum the Hormone
- Metallica – On most songs of St. Anger[17]
- mewithoutYou
- Murderdolls
- Napier
- Neil Young
- Neck Deep (except for Rain In July album (C#) and some songs live (B).
- Nickelback (on some songs) [18][19]
- Nine Inch Nails - "Into The Void"
- Nirvana
- Of Mice & Men
- Pantera on I'll Cast a Shadow from Reinventing the Steel
- Parkway Drive
- Periphery
- Peter Lias
- Pillar
- Planetshakers
- Poison The Well
- Porcupine Tree
- P.O.D.
- Queens Of The Stone Age - most notably on Songs for the Deaf
- Rammstein - since "Mein Herz brennt" from Mutter
- Red Fang
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Seether (since Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces)
- Shadowsfall
- Sick Puppies
- Skillet (on some songs such as "Monster")
- Sonic Syndicate
- Still Remains
- System of a Down - on their three first albums and the songs "Question!" from Mezmerize and "Dreaming" from Hypnotize.
- Texas in July
- The Agonist
- The Faceless
- The Human Abstract
- Threat Signal
- Three Days Grace on One-X
- The Black Dahlia Murder (on their first albums up to Unhallowed)
- The Unguided
- The Used
- Thrice
- Theory of a Deadman[20]
- Triggerfinger[21]
- TMNC
- Truckfighters
- Unida
- Uriah Heep (on "The Wizard")
- Vaginal Jesus (on "Get Out")
- War of Ages
- White Zombie
- Wintersun[22]
- Yellowcard
- Poisonblack (on "Rush")
- 10 Years tuned half step up
Artists that have used CADGBE
- Bob Dylan – predominantly in the period 1965-1966.[23]
- John Mayer – on the song "Neon".[24][25]
- Muse – on the song "Map Of The Problematique"[25][26] & "Dead Inside"
- Nickelback[19]
- Brad Richter – on the piece "Flirtation"[27]
Artists that have used CGDGBE
- Keola Beamer[28]
- Melvins – on the song "Evil New War God"
- Richard Thompson[29][30]
- Soundgarden[31]
References
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- ↑ Guitar Setup for Drop C Tuning article explains drop tunings for rock guitars and metal bands on the Guitar Repair Bench Luthier Website
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=vu5SLtIi8jAC&pg=PA82&dq=%22drop+c+tuning%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1ehGT_jmHeLd0QGq46iqDg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22drop%20c%20tuning%22&f=false
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