Cool Alternate Tunings
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:50 pm
I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are tired of standard. I have a couple of other tunings that may give you a totally different, but good sound
Eb Tuning (Tuning on Diary of a Madman)
D#
G#
C#
F#
A#
D#
D Standard (Used by Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix)
D
G
C
F
A
D
Drop D (Jimmy Page uses it on Moby Dick)
D
A
D
G
B
E
C# Standard (Used by Tony Iommi)
C#
F#
B
E
G#
C#
Open A (Used by Jack White on Seven Nation Army)
E
A
E
A
C#
E
Dsus4 (Used by Jimmy Page on Kashmir)
D
A
D
G
A
D
WARNING: Trying to come out of these tunings may break lighter gauge strings.
Eb Tuning (Tuning on Diary of a Madman)
D#
G#
C#
F#
A#
D#
D Standard (Used by Jimmy Page, and Jimi Hendrix)
D
G
C
F
A
D
Drop D (Jimmy Page uses it on Moby Dick)
D
A
D
G
B
E
C# Standard (Used by Tony Iommi)
C#
F#
B
E
G#
C#
Open A (Used by Jack White on Seven Nation Army)
E
A
E
A
C#
E
Dsus4 (Used by Jimmy Page on Kashmir)
D
A
D
G
A
D
WARNING: Trying to come out of these tunings may break lighter gauge strings.