translation please, from German I think...

but of course it means:

Tune guitar a HTS for kind of original clay/tone more deeply

or maybe:

For original sound type more deeply agree guitar a HTS

could be:

For original key tune guitar a HTS deeper

I love how bad online translators can be....

In German music notation, H is B natural. Does that help any?

Half Step Down or something?

"To get the original tone, tune the guitar down a HTS" (I assume that means a semitone)
fis = f sharp (-is)
Cis = C sharp (-is)

Flat is denoted by -es, so Des (Db) = Cis (C#)

H is what the rest of the world calls B, whereas their B is Bb. So the chord is a B7.

Perhaps if you could give me the source, I could find out exactly what HTS means.

In my opinion, HTS stands for "Halb-Ton-Stufe", which means that you should downtune your guitar half a tone or step.

Sounds good to me.

"Halb-Ton-Stufe" ?

What a coincidence.....that was my nick-name in prison.

Human vs onnline translators, I take the human anytime, thanks guys! :)

Er, how do I play a B7 after tuning down a half step? Would tuning down a whole step and using a capo work?

The song is one of Knopfler's '5:15AM' on his lastest Shangri-la CD.
And it's just the song for Nick- E-type jags and flashy suits. :D

No - the chord names are relative to the tuning - you just play your B7 as normal (021202). The alternative would be to leave the guitar in standard tuning and make the chord sequence Eb, Ab, F, Bb7 to reproduce the original sound. I know which I'd prefer.

Best,

A :-)

Thanks Alan, that all makes sense after a cup of coffee :D