Tune ebBbGbDbAbEb

That's a standard tuning, just one half step lower.

Steinar

The question was "how", not "what"

Tune the 1st string down so it sounds the same as the 4th fret of the 2nd string (which will give you Eb), then retune the 2nd to 6th strings down just as though you were tuning normally.

Best,

A :-)

I use a chromatic tuner for all my tunings (the writer did not mention if they were doing this by ear or not?)...

Stevie Ray Vaughn uses this tuning a lot...check out Pride & Joy

There are plenty of possibilities - I tune to the keyboard in my music room.

Eb tuning was very popular amongst the nu-metallers.

A :-)

Yeah I have to tune by ear. And, unfortunately, no keyboard either.

Thanks for the help!

It's worth the payout to get a chromatic tuner; they save so much time.

A :-)

e flat tuning appeared years ago.
then dropped d showed up.
now dropped c tuning is the rage.

metal heads.

they like it low.

Tune the 1st string down so it sounds the same as the 4th fret of the 2nd string (which will give you Eb), then retune the 2nd to 6th strings down just as though you were tuning normally.

I'm assuming you mean 4th fret on the first string, not the second. But I still don't understand that...wouldn't you have to make it match higher in order to make the original string lower? The way I understand it, because standard's matching with the 5th fret, you would make the half-step lower by making a half-step up from the lower string match with the second string, because you have to go a half-step higher to reach the same sound.

In order to lower the pitch of the first string a half step, you will need to tune it to the 4th fret on the second string. Normally you would tune to the 5th fret, and the 4th fret is one semitone lower in pitch. Then proceed as usual.

Steinar

You're working the wrong way round, Veovis - the 1st string is the thin one nearest the floor, not the fat one.

Best,

A :-)

Heh...thought you meant the low one.