Dropped A tuning

Drop A tuning.

Dropped A tuning is an alternate tuning for a 7 string guitar where an A is placed over the original standard E tuning or on a 6 string guitar where the strings are tuned to AEADF♯B.^[1] This is a "drop 1" tuning in the key of B (i.e. tune the whole guitar down a perfect fourth from standard tuning, then tune the 6th string a whole step down). As a result, it uses the same fingering as drop D tuning and dropped B tuning.

It has been used by Chris Rubey and Jeremy DePoyster of The Devil Wears Prada (band), Zakk Wylde of Black Label Society, Buzz Osborne of The Melvins, Peter Tagtgren of Hypocrisy and Pain, Nile, RED, Jim Root and Mick Thomson of Slipknot, Monte Bryan Money of Escape the Fate, Kevin Skaff of A Day to Remember, and in recent years primarily by deathcore bands, such as Whitechapel, Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence, Oceano and Impending Doom, as well as the Latin metal band Ill Niño on their Dead New World album. Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon and Periphery use a "dropped A" tuning which is AGCFAD ("drop perfect fourth in the key of the D", i.e. whole guitar is tuned down one step, then the lowest string is dropped to A).

Weasel Walter while in Lake of Dracula along with Them Crooked Vultures use an alternate dropped A tuning in which a guitar tuned to E Standard is dropped to a low A on the 6th string, resulting in AADGBE with the 6th and 5th strings an octave apart. Them Crooked Vultures use it in "No One Loves Me & Neither Do I".^[2] This tuning was previously used on the Foo Fighters song "Stacked Actors", on the Filter song "Welcome to the Fold" and on Muse's "Citizen Erased".

May also refer to 7-string electric guitars' most typical drop tunings, either the obvious AEADF#BE or alternatively AEADGBE (which combines a dropped 7th bass string for power chords and 6 strings in what is standard tuning for a 6-string guitar). Such tunings are also generally used for heavier music. The 7-string version of Drop A is used by Melodic Death Metal band Scar Symmetry on some of their songs, as well as Dir En Grey guitarist Kaoru (their other guitarist Die uses this tuning on a 6-string).

Another artist known for using Drop A tuning is the Sludge Metal band Torche. While Steve Brooks has a custom tuning known as "bomb tuning" or "Bomb Drop Tuning" (where the low E string is eschewed for a much heavier Z-string which is completely slack), he also uses AADGBE, as did Juan Montoya when Torche was a 4-piece act. The effect of the slack string, being comparable to that of a "bomb" or thunder when plucked, is part of Torche's signature sound and can be heard distinctly on songs like "Charge of the Brown Recluse".

References

1. ^ Bienstock, Richard (August 2001). "Knot Again!: Slipknot, A Dark Punishing Wind Blowing from the Bowels of the Midwest". Guitar World (Hal Leonard Corporation): 19–26. ISBN 9780634032875. http://books.google.com/?id=3VyrVOjMcOQC&pg=PT28. 
2. ^ "No One Loves Me And Neither Do I Tab". http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/t/them_crooked_vultures/no_one_loves_me_and_neither_do_i_ver7_tab.htm. ^{[self-published source?]}

This article relating to guitars is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Guitar tunings Guitar stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную? Derrick Ham Glen Barry Look at other dictionaries: Dropped B tuning — Drop B tuning. A Dropped B tuning is an alternate tuning for the guitar, where the strings are tuned to B F♯ B E G♯ C♯.[1] It can also be put down as B G♭ B E A♭ D♭. It is a dropped tuning, with all strings tuned down a minor third (one and a… …   Wikipedia Dropped Tuning —   [englisch/amerikanisch, drɔpt tjuːnɪȖ], offene Stimmung (Open Tuning ) auf der Gitarre, bei der die Basssaiten tiefer gestimmt werden …   Universal-Lexikon Drop D tuning — Drop D tuning. Drop D tuning, also known as DADGBE, is an alternate, or scordatura, form of guitar tuning specifically, a dropped tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ( dropped ) from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole …   Wikipedia Drop B♭ tuning — Drop B flat tuning. Drop B♭ tuning (also referred as Drop A♯ Tuning) is a guitar tuning that is one half step down from dropped B tuning and, essentially, 2 full steps down from Dropped D tuning. This tuning is often used on a Baritone guitar. It …   Wikipedia Double drop D tuning — Double drop D tuning: DADGBD, also known simply as double drop D, is an alternative guitar tuning: E strings are tuned down ( dropped ) one whole step (2 frets) to D rather than E as in standard tuning (EADGBE). Uses of double dropped D tuning… …   Wikipedia Drop C tuning — can be used to refer to two different alternative guitar tunings: CGCFAD The most commonly[citation needed] intended meaning of Drop C, though the term is incorrect. This can be described as standard D tuning with a dropped C , or drop D tuning… …   Wikipedia Double Drop D tuning — Double Dropped D tuning: DADGBd, also known simply as double drop D, is an alternate guitar tuning style E strings are tuned down ( dropped ) one whole step (2 frets) to D rather than E as in standard tuning (EADGBE or EADG). Uses of double… …   Wikipedia Open Tuning — Eine offene Stimmung (englisch Open Tuning) ist eine Stimmung bei Saiteninstrumenten, bei der die leeren („offenen“) Saiten einen einfachen Akkord bilden. In einer offenen Stimmung kommen neben dem Grundton und seinen Oktaven nur Quinten und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia Drop D♭ tuning — Drop D flat tuning. Drop D♭ Tuning, also referred to as Drop C♯ Tuning, is an alternative guitar tuning. It is similar to Drop D tuning, having the lowest (sixth) string dropped down three semitones to Db, with the rest of the strings being tuned …   Wikipedia Open D tuning — Open D tuning. Open D tuning is an open tuning for the acoustic or electric guitar. The open string notes in this tuning are: D A …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”