Edit filter log

'#REDIRECT[[List of guitar tunings#Lowered (Standard)]] [[File:D-flat tuning.png|thumb|right|D-flat/C-sharp tuning.]] '''D{{music|b}} tuning''', also called C{{music|sharp}} tuning, is an alternative [[guitar tuning]]. Each string is [[minor third|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,"<ref name="Star">Hunter, Dave and F Gibbons, Billy (2010). ''Star Guitars: 101 Guitars That Rocked the World'', {{page needed|date=December 2011}}. {{ISBN|978-0-7603-3821-6}}.</ref> 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 is '''B-F{{music|#}}-B-E-G{{music|#}}-C{{music|#}}''' (or '''B-G♭-B-E-A♭-D♭'''). This is a "drop 1" tuning in the key of C{{music|#}} (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. Used by * [[A Pale Horse Named Death]] * [[A Perfect Circle]] - nearly all of their songs are in this tuning. * [[Abbath]] (album only; live performances are on D tuning) * [[Akercocke]] * [[Weird Al Yankovic|Al's Band]] (on "My Bologna" and "Perform This Way") * [[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]] (since ''[[Overcome (All That Remains album)|Overcome]]'' and live performances since 2007) * [[The Almighty (band)|The Almighty]] * [[Amorphis]] (on ''[[Tales from the Thousand Lakes]]'') * [[Anata (band)|Anata]] * [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]] (On their two albums; [[For the Demented]] And [[Ballistic, Sadistic]]) * [[Architects (British band)|Architects]] (drop B, they also drop the low string to G{{music|#}}/A{{music|b}}) * [[Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]] (on some songs from their debut album ''[[Aspera Hiems Symfonia]]'') * [[Art of Dying (band)|Art of Dying]] (drop B)<ref>{{cite web|title=Greg Bradley of Art of Dying – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2011|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/greg-bradley-art-of-dying-guitar-rig-gear-setup-2011/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Attila (metalcore band)|Attila]] (drop B, they also drop the low string to G{{music|#}}/A{{music|b}}) * [[Ava Inferi]] * [[Basement (band)|Basement]] * [[Before the Dawn (band)|Before the Dawn]] (on the song "The Black" from ''[[4:17 am]]'') * [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] * [[Between the Buried and Me]] * [[Black Sabbath]]<ref>Wilkinson, Paul (2007). ''Rat Salad: Black Sabbath, The Classic Years, 1969-1975''. {{ISBN|978-0-312-36723-7}}.</ref> - many songs from ''[[Master of Reality]]'' onward to at least ''[[Sabotage]]'' (because [[Tony Iommi]] had two damaged fingertips).<ref name="Star"/> They still use this tuning on some songs from later albums and on live performances of Dirty Women since 1998. * [[Black Stone Cherry]] (drop B)<ref>{{cite web|title=Rig Rundown - Black Stone Cherry's Chris Robertson|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr3kYbmKnPE|publisher=All Axess|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Blink-182]] (on the songs "Obvious" from [[Blink-182 (album)|their self-titled album]], "Time to Break Up", and for live performances of "Adam's Song") * [[Bloodbath]] (on songs "Breeding Death", Ominous Bloodvomit", and "Furnace Funeral") * [[Bolt Thrower]] (since "War Master" and other live performances) * [[Brutal Truth]] * [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] * [[Cannibal Corpse]] (in some songs on "Vile") * [[Carnivore (band)]] * [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] (on three songs from ''[[Wonder What's Next]]'': "Comfortable Liar", "[[The Red (song)|The Red]]", and "Don't Fake This") * [[Children of Bodom]] (on their first album ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'', and on some songs from ''[[I Worship Chaos]]'' and ''[[Hexed (album)|Hexed]]'' where they've mainly use drop B) * [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]] * [[Coldplay]] (on their song "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face") * [[Comeback Kid (band)|Comeback Kid]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Bean|first=Perry|title=Rig Rundown - Comeback Kid|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22093-rig-rundown-comeback-kid|publisher=Premier Guitar|accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref> * [[Creed (band)|Creed]] (on 4 songs from ''[[Full Circle (Creed album)|Full Circle]]'', although most of the rest of the album has the low string dropped to B and, on one song, G{{music|#}}/A{{music|b}}) * [[Cult of Luna]] (they also drop the low string to B or G{{music|#}}/A{{music|b}}) * [[Dark Tranquillity]] * [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]] * [[Death Angel]] (on the song "No" from the album [[The Art of Dying (album)|The Art of Dying]], since [[Killing Season (album)|Killing Season]] and it's subsequent albums along with the E♭ tunnig) * [[DevilDriver]] (drop B, on their [[DevilDriver (album)|self-titled]] and ''[[The Fury of Our Maker's Hand]]'' albums)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jeff Kendrick & Mike Spreitzer Talk About Tuning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIn2UMhB3L4|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Dimension Zero]] (on their ''[[Penetrations from the Lost World]]'' EP) * [[Down (band)|Down]] (drop B)<ref>{{cite web|title=Pepper Keenan of Down – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2008|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/pepper-keenan-down-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2008/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kirk Windstein of Down – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2007|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/kirk-windstein-down-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Dying Fetus]] * [[Dream Theater]] (on the songs, "Along for the Ride", "New Millennium", "Vacant", and "You Not Me") * [[El Caco]] * [[Epica (band)|Epica]] (on some songs from ''[[Consign to Oblivion]]'') * [[Eyehategod]] * [[Exhorder]] (on ''[[The Law (Exhorder album)|The Law]]'') * [[Falconer (band)|Falconer]] (on the albums, ''[[Northwind (album)|Northwind]]'' and ''[[Among Beggars and Thieves]]'') * [[God Forbid]] (on some songs from ''[[Gone Forever]]'') * [[Godflesh]] (Used from ''[[Slavestate]]'' up to ''[[Songs of Love and Hate (Godflesh album)|Songs of Love and Hate]]'') * [[Gorgoroth]] * [[Gorguts]] (first two albums) * [[The Grass Roots]] (on the song "[[Let's Live for Today (song)|Let's Live for Today]]") * [[Green Carnation]] (on their debut album ''[[Journey to the End of the Night (Green Carnation album)|Journey to the End of the Night]]'') * [[Guns N' Roses]] (on "[[Heartbreak Hotel]]" and "I Don't Care About You") * [[Hate Eternal]] * [[Isis (band)|Isis]] * [[I the Mighty]] * [[John Prine]] (on most songs since 1998 until his death) * [[Judas Priest]] (on "Jugulator", "Blood Stained", "Death Row", "Decapitate", and "Abductors") * [[Kalmah]] (starting from [[For the Revolution]] and live performances since 2008) * [[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]] (used on [[I'm In Your Mind Fuzz]], [[Polygondwanaland]], and [[Infest the Rats' Nest]]) * [[Kyuss]] (on ''[[Sons of Kyuss (EP)|Sons of Kyuss]]'' EP) * [[Las Cruces (band)|Las Cruces]] * [[Legion of the Damned (band)|Legion of the Damned]] * [[Limp Bizkit]] (on most albums, along with drop B and 7-string guitars in the late 1990s) * [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] (drop B, tuned 40 cents sharp)<ref>{{cite web|title=Phil Demmel of Machinehead – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2007|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/phil-demmel-machinehead-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2007/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Malevolent Creation]] (on most material since their 1993 album "Stillborn") * [[Mark Tremonti]] (drop B, on many songs)<ref>{{cite web|title=Guitar tunings from Shiprocked setlist|url=https://www.facebook.com/MarkTremontiItalia/photos/o.30374294520/662540367135412/|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> * [[Microwave (band)]] (on "Something Right" from "Stovall" and multiple songs from their ''Much Love'' album) * [[Monster Magnet]] (on "Melt" from [[God Says No]], among others) * [[Monte Pittman]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Dirks|first=Rebecca|title=Rig Rundown - Madonna's Monte Pittman|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6dB-Khtr_Y|publisher=Premier Guitar|accessdate=5 February 2014}}</ref> * [[Napalm Death]] * [[My Dying Bride]] (on most songs) * [[Neil Perry (band)|Neil Perry]] * [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] (On certain recordings of Old Age) * [[Omnium Gatherum]] (since [[New World Shadows]]) * [[Orange Goblin]] * [[Pantera]] (Most of the album "[[The Great Southern Trendkill]]") * [[Pianos Become the Teeth]] * [[Portraits of Past]] * [[Prayer for Cleansing]] (live performances and The Tragedy EP) * [[Projected]] (drop B)<ref>{{cite web|last=Connolly|first=John|title=HELLo guitars and tuning explanation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfzmqsaxiGc|publisher=John Connolly|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Putrid Pile]] * [[Queens of the Stone Age]] (early live performances) * [[Rains (band)|Rains]] * [[Repulsion (band)]] * [[Reverend Bizarre]] * [[Rivers of Nihil]] (along with 7-string G{{music|#}}/A{{music|b}} and drop F{{music|#}}/G{{music|b}} tuning) * [[Rotting Christ]] (some songs) * [[Saturnus (band)|Saturnus]] (on most songs) * [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] (live performances of "Bad Boys Running Wild", "Coming Home", "Can't Get Enough" since 2017, on "Send Me An Angel (2016 Acoustic Version)") * [[Sent By Ravens]] * [[Sentenced]] (on albums ''[[North from Here]]'', ''[[The Trooper (EP)|The Trooper]]'', and ''[[Amok (Sentenced album)|Amok]]''; they switched to D tuning and [[drop C tuning]] for subsequent albums) * [[Sevendust]] (drop B, along with several other variations)<ref>{{cite web|title=Clint Lowery & John Connolly Talk About Tuning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is97SUQcsG4|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Clint Lowery & John Connolly Talk About Alternate Tuning|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-EEgIy0IY|publisher=Fret 12|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> * [[Shotmaker (band) |Shotmaker]] * [[Sinergy]] (on the album ''[[Beware the Heavens]]'') * [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] (on "Crucify the Dead") * [[Slayer]] (on the song "Gemini" from ''[[Undisputed Attitude]]'', the albums ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]'' (except "Perversions Of Pain", bonus track "Unguarded Instinct", and "Scrum"), ''[[God Hates Us All]]'' (Except "[[Payback (Slayer song)|Payback]]", "[[Here Comes The Pain]]"), and the songs "Black Serenade" and "Cult" from ''[[Christ Illusion]]'') * [[Sleater-Kinney]] * [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] (drop B)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Root of Slipknot – Guitar Rig and Gear Setup – 2004|url=http://www.guitargeek.com/jim-root-slipknot-guitar-rig-and-gear-setup-2004/|publisher=GuitarGeek|access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> * [[The Smashing Pumpkins|Smashing Pumpkins]] (on various songs, including "[[Porcelina of the Vast Oceans|Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans]]" and "[[X.Y.U.]]", and almost every song on ''[[Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Zeitgeist]]'') * [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] (in several songs from "[['Til Death Do Us Unite]]" and "[[M-16 (album)|M-16]]") * [[Spiritual Beggars]] * [[Stone Sour]] (drop B)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Root Rig Rundown|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fluq4a1vc|publisher=All Axess}}</ref> * [[Stormlord (band)|Stormlord]] * [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] (since ''[[Breeding The Spawn (Suffocation album)|Breeding The Spawn]]'' and other live performances) *[[Superheaven]] * [[Superjoint Ritual]] * [[Testament (band)|Testament]] (since ''[[Low (Testament album)|Low]]'') * [[Therion (band)|Therion]] (on some songs and albums, and their death metal demos) * [[Truckfighters]] * [[Trivium (band)|Trivium]] (since [[In Waves]]) * [[Torture Squad]] (on the albums "The Unholy Spell" and "[[Pandemonium (Torture Squad album)|Pandemonium]]") * [[Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats]] * [[Unknown Mortal Orchestra]] * [[Vader (band)|Vader]] (2002-present) * [[Venom (band)|Venom]] * [[Winds of Plague]] (on the album ''[[Resistance (Winds of Plague album)|Resistance]]''; previous albums used standard E tuning and [[drop D tuning]]) * [[Within Temptation]] (on most songs from the album ''[[Mother Earth (Within Temptation album)|Mother Earth]]'' and some songs from the albums, ''[[the Heart of Everything]]'' and ''[[the Unforgiving]]'') * [[Woods of Ypres]] ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{Guitar tunings}} {{DEFAULTSORT:D Flat Tuning}} [[Category:Guitar tunings]] Thank'