Makes sense. Thanks, Steve-O.
I've never understood the purpose of tuning down half a step. If you're tuning all the strings down, the intervals will remain the same, right? So what's the point? Seems like I see it mostly in hard rock tabs. Just about every KISS tab I've seen is tuned down half a step too.
I always figured it was cos the singer couldn't sing in tune, but I could be wrong.
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I always figured it was cos the singer couldn't sing in tune, but I could be wrong.
Well sure, but if you wanted to play it in the recorded key you could just _play_ it half a step lower... Not too much in the way of open strings here (especially in the intro, where it would be noticible).
Since I don't typically like to drop a half step just for a little dinkin', I tend to just play it tuned to standard and drop everything one fret.
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There was a very popular rumour that tuning down half a step increased sustain, but I suspect this rumour was perpetrated by those who know what a pile of arse that theory is.
