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D♭ tuning, also called C♯ tuning, is an alternative guitar tuning. Each string is one and one half steps lower than in standard tuning, or one half step lower than D tuning. The resulting notes can be described as D♭-G♭-B-E-A♭-D♭ or (less often) as C♯-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯. "Extremely slack,"[1] it is very popular amongst alternative and heavy rock bands because it has a darker and lower-pitched sound compared to E standard.
Some bands use a tuning known as "drop B tuning", where they drop the low D♭ to B, so the tuning B-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯ (or B-G♭-B-E-A♭-D♭). This is a "drop 1" tuning in the key of C♯ (i.e. tune the whole guitar down a minor third from standard tuning, then the 6th string is lowered an additional whole step down). As a result, it uses the same fingering as all other "drop" tunings. This tuning and other drop tunings are popular with a variety of genres of metal music, including Nu-Metal bands. The tuning's use was popularized by Slipknot on their self-titled album.
Black Sabbath[3] - many songs from Master of Reality onward to at least Sabotage (because Tony Iommi had two damaged fingertips).[1] They still use this tuning on some songs from later albums and on live performances of Dirty Women since 1998.
