frankwhite Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 ok been tryna play lithium and come as you are lately and on the dvd thingie it says it has "alternative tuning" now i use a guitar tuner cuz i can't do that shit by ear. does this mean basically that i can't play those songs until i figure how to tune by ear? thats fucked up cuz...i been playin three months now and i can't tune by fuckin ear. can you do alternative tunings using a tuner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperado Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santana Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 You don't necessarily have to learn how to tune by ear if you know what tuning the song is in.Come As You Are is in Dropped-D. For that tuning, you take the low E string, and tune it down one whole step to a D. All the other strings are left the same.DADGBE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankwhite Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 You don't necessarily have to learn how to tune by ear if you know what tuning the song is in.Come As You Are is in Dropped-D. For that tuning, you take the low E string, and tune it down one whole step to a D. All the other strings are left the same.DADGBEoh, cool, thank you coulda sworn the DVD said somethin else but i might be thinkin about one of the other songs. but yeah, dropped D, it did say that shit, thank you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Seal Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 If you have tuner and it has the flat option that's it.Flat = half-step down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepsun Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankwhite Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible. Edited February 10, 2007 by frankwhite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepsun Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 grunge is still meant to sound right...it's notes and melody and scales just like any other music...The CD version on Nevermind is DGCFAD which is, all strings, 2-half steps down (ie. a whole step)And the chords would be (visualize standard tuning):E5-G#5-C#5-A5-C5-D5-B5-D5 (not actual pitch names, but correct chord placement) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sucker punch Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankwhite Posted February 14, 2007 Author Share Posted February 14, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal reallybut if u can't tune by ear your fucked. the tuner i got just tunes to standard (i think) so how the fuck do i tune to an f? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepsun Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal reallyno no no....what i should have said wastuning down is referred to in ways like:-Tune 1/2 a step down means: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb-Tune a full step/whole step down: is DGCFAD Edited February 15, 2007 by zepsun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwaindibbley Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal reallybut if u can't tune by ear your fucked. the tuner i got just tunes to standard (i think) so how the fuck do i tune to an f?stick a capo on the first fret and tune to the standard EADGBE, when you take the capo off, you'll be tuned down by half step Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankwhite Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal reallybut if u can't tune by ear your fucked. the tuner i got just tunes to standard (i think) so how the fuck do i tune to an f?stick a capo on the first fret and tune to the standard EADGBE, when you take the capo off, you'll be tuned down by half stepreally???????? is that true??????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Sephiroth- Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal reallybut if u can't tune by ear your fucked. the tuner i got just tunes to standard (i think) so how the fuck do i tune to an f?stick a capo on the first fret and tune to the standard EADGBE, when you take the capo off, you'll be tuned down by half stepreally???????? is that true???????Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankwhite Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 come as u are is not in dropped D....it's in standard tuning...To make it easy for u..if u don't have a tuner, fine a chord that sustains over a few bars..and tune a string to that...for instance...In Welcome to the Jungle....slash starts on the open B string...tune that string to the Bb slash uses...then tune all other strings around it Lithium is 2 steps down: DGCFADon the dvd thing, it says that come as you are is 1 step down??? up until now i been playin it in standard but it dont sound right but then again, its grunge, its not meant to sound right, it suits skrunky and horrible.Tune it down one step, means just tune it a fret lower than normal reallybut if u can't tune by ear your fucked. the tuner i got just tunes to standard (i think) so how the fuck do i tune to an f?stick a capo on the first fret and tune to the standard EADGBE, when you take the capo off, you'll be tuned down by half stepreally???????? is that true???????Yescool well that simplifies it, thanx man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepsun Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 it will work as long as ur guitar is not too cheap..sometimes doing this, will mean ur strings will be slightly less in tune with each other once u remove the capo.But if ur guitar is decent, u shuldn't have a problem...u can at least do it, and then fine tune the strings once u remove the capo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santana Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 it will work as long as ur guitar is not too cheap..sometimes doing this, will mean ur strings will be slightly less in tune with each other once u remove the capo.But if ur guitar is decent, u shuldn't have a problem...u can at least do it, and then fine tune the strings once u remove the capoIt actually depends more on the intonation of the guitar. Granted, an expensive guitar will have a better stock setup than a cheap guitar, but it's still possible for a good guitar to be out of tune when using the capo to tune. But whether the guitar is cheap or expensive, it will go in tune well if the intonation is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepsun Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 well in my experience, cheap guitars always have intonation problems, especially cheap fenders...but it also has a lot to do with the quality of the wood, if it warps, if hte neck is adjusted properly etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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