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All Metal Guitarist!! Better Tunings: Standards or Dropped?
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Which Tuning Enables better arrangements for Death Metal?
Standard Ex: Eb, D, C sharp, standard Etc.
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 32%  [ 8 ]
Dropped: Ex: Drop C, Drop B, Drop Bb, Etc.
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 68%  [ 17 ]
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 12:20 pm   Post subject: All Metal Guitarist!! Better Tunings: Standards or Dropped? Reply with quote


Which tunings are better for Death Metal? Standard tunings or dropped tunings?

C'mon guys, I wanna hear your opinions!!!
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 2:20 am   Post subject: Reply with quote


dropped... dimmer sounds... darker music
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:07 am   Post subject: Reply with quote


which is better for DM?i would say dropped tunings eg. drop C which is
mostly used.Unless u want to play those old skool death thrash
to achieve those crunchy and grundge sound u might want to
consider playing with higher tunings.alternatively,try the different tunings
on yr own..u might just get the sound u really want. Smile
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:33 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote


Well I sat up late last night and tried higher tunings, and I really enjoyed E flat standard and Drop B. I liked them both for very contrasting reasons. So i suppose im neutral with my decision LOL
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:20 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote


dropped
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PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:28 am   Post subject: Reply with quote


my guitar rarely moves out of Drop D

Tis your preference rly... But again I motion for dropped.
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 12:56 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote


For death metal dropped tunings are a must, just for the "humming" sound especially the deep strings, just fits to the music.
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:50 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote


hey all guess what I discovered?!? the majority voted dropped so far but, believe it or not lots of DM Bands also play standard tunings:

Death: D Standard
Cannibal Corpse (early): E Flat standard
Cannibal Corpse (Later) B Flat Standard
Deicide: E flat standard (Most Songs)
Decapitated: C sharp standard (some songs)
Black Dahlia Murder: C Standard.


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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 5:14 am   Post subject: Reply with quote


SeveN wrote:
hey all guess what I discovered?!? the majority voted dropped so far but, believe it or not lots of DM Bands also play standard tunings:

Death: D Standard
Cannibal Corpse (early): E Flat standard
Cannibal Corpse (Later) B Flat Standard
Deicide: E flat standard (Most Songs)
Decapitated: C sharp standard (some songs)
Black Dahlia Murder: C Standard.


Woah


Whitechapel: Drop A
Job for a Cowboy: Drop A#
LoG: Drop D
As I Lay Dying: Drop D
and the killer blow.... Bolt Thrower: Drop Db
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 11:46 am   Post subject: Reply with quote


Should have listed fewer core bands Very Happy.
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Dami wrote:
Should have listed fewer core bands Very Happy.


core?!!! Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:34 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote


this tunings...its own preferences..really..important its the sound you want..effects is another major role..tat would be a diff story.
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kratos wrote:
Dami wrote:
Should have listed fewer core bands Very Happy.


core?!!! Evil or Very Mad


Yeah. JFAC played Drop A Sharp but on "Ruination" they played D standard. Record is Definitely heavier however some songs on that album are constructed in a really odd way.

Im kinda leaning toward dropped. Then im kinda leaning towards a standard.

But maybe most drop tuning enable most bands to use breakdowns more frequently instead of bridges.

I suppose Its a tie.. Neutral
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 10:08 pm   Post subject: Reply with quote


For classic DM sound like Death's band, obviously Standard D, but if someone tries to sound lower and heavier like Hypocrisy or Morbid Angel, the recomended tunes are Starndard C and Dropped C.
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SeveN wrote:
kratos wrote:
Dami wrote:
Should have listed fewer core bands Very Happy.


core?!!! Evil or Very Mad


Yeah. JFAC played Drop A Sharp but on "Ruination" they played D standard. Record is Definitely heavier however some songs on that album are constructed in a really odd way.

Im kinda leaning toward dropped. Then im kinda leaning towards a standard.

But maybe most drop tuning enable most bands to use breakdowns more frequently instead of bridges.

I suppose Its a tie.. Neutral


Oh it seems there was a bit of a misunderstanding from my side here, with dropped tunings I thought you meant everything below the standard "EADGBE"-stuff, my bad. I like the "bartione tunings" some of the DM-Bands have, so probably you should look into that direction.
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