Why use alternate tunings?

Alternate tunings involve tuning your guitar in different ways than standard tuning, which can make it easier to play certain riffs or power chords in the open position or with just one finger on the fretboard. Alternate tunings can also change how chords sound, often making them sound fuller and more open.

How do you use alternate tunings?

Tuning Tips

1. Start by tuning your sixth string down two full tones to C.
2. Then tune your fifth string down a tone to G. Check the tuning with the third (G) string.
3. Next, tune your second string down a tone to A. Check with the second fret of your third string.
4. Lastly, tune your first string down a tone to D.

 

Does alternate tunings damage guitar?

Yes. It’s not bad because guitar strings are meant to be tuned all the time, and guitars are built to tune up strings for decades. However, tuning the same set of strings to different tunings, hence also subjecting them to different tensions often, will result to what’s called metal fatigue.

What tuning did Kurt Cobain use?

Drop D Tuning

Drop D Tuning in Alternative Rock



Nirvana, the band that gave the world the ferocious drumming of Dave Grohl (who later birthed Foo Fighters), the murky bass stylings of Krist Novoselic, and the late, great vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Kurt Cobain, used Drop D tuning on nearly all of their songs.

Does ACDC use standard tuning?

well, they’re both played in standard tuning.
 

Did Metallica use standard tuning?

Eb Standard or D# Standard – Metallica’s Live Tuning



The Eb standard tuning is very common among thrash metal bands. But Metallica only started using Eb standard tuning in the 1990s on “Load” and “Reload” albums. As far as studio recordings go, these are the only two records with such a tuning.
 

What is the Coldplay tuning?

Quote from video: Which is your regular D string the fourth string and note that I'm counting from the highest string is a string number 1 1 2 3 4 5 6. So your fourth string which normally would be a D is now a B.

What tuning is toxicity?

Quote from video: So you get that super heavy low gent sound but it starts clean. And it's also the songs in 6/8. So it's like 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6.

Does Metallica use alternate tuning?

7 Awesome Alternate Tunings

Why do guitarists tune to EB?

This is because there is more tension running through thicker strings. So you have to use more force to fret notes and to move the strings around. Tuning down to E flat reduces this tension. And this makes thicker gauge guitar strings easier to play, whilst allowing you to enjoy the benefits that they offer.

What is the point of Dadgad tuning?

The suitability of D A D G A D to Celtic music stems from the fact that it facilitates the use of a number of moveable chords, which retain open strings. These act as a drone on either the bass or treble strings, approximating the voicings used in traditional Scottish and Irish pipe music.

What is the point of open D tuning?

Open D tuning allows guitarists to play a D chord without touching any frets.