What does it mean when people say tune you guitar up or down a step.
Do you just tighen or loosen the strings until you get the guitar hitting the correct notes again but in a lower or higher pitch.
thanks
Correct.
Standard tuning is E-A-D-G-B-e and if you go down a half step (1 fret) which is Eb (E flat (b=flat #=sharp) you will end up with Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb and "Drop D" tuning is standard tuning but with a droped 6th string down to D so you end up eith D-A-D-G-B-e.
Mike
I saw a posting on this but now I cant find it.
If I tune in Drop D then I should be able to tune my 6th string 7th fret to my open A string, correct? Would that be a safe way to do so in the event I didnt have a tuner?
Thanks in advance
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
yep, and may want to compare with the D octave, 4th string. The 3 bass strings will make a nice sounding chord.
