haha!! this song is damn easy to cover... thr thing is people had problems tuning down their guitars... i'll try to break it down...
first important thing..
here's a little thing u might wanna note down..
C-Db-D-Eb-E-F-Gb-G-Ab-A-Bb(just showing out.. hehe....)
or
C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#
note: B and E does not have #...
half-step/semitone: e.g C to C#,
so,
C + (half-step/semitone) = C#
e.g.
C + 1/2 step(up) = C#
E - 1/2 step(down) = D#
one-step/whole tone: e.g C to D,
so,
C + (one-step/whole tone)= D
e.g.
C + 1 step(up)= D
E - 1 step(down)= D
and another thing...
(half-step/semitone)+(half-step/semitone)= 1 step/whole tone
it is just like,
1/2 step +1/2 step = 1 step
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C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#
so for a little revision for you...
if u want D to go to C, you are going in
one step down
D - 1 step(down)= C
or
D - 1/2 step(down) - 1/2 step (down) = C
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for example i want my guitar from standard tuning (Standard E) to Dropped D... so,
standard tuning (Standard E)
[E
[B
[G
[D
[A
[E (your 6th string) = E - one step(down) = D
so ur guitar is tuned in..
Dropped D
E
B
G
D
A
D
see, u just move 1 step down for E to D
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How about a guitar from standard tuning (standard E) to half-step down (Standard D#) tuning???
standard tuning (Standard E)
[E (your 1st string) = E - half step(down) = D#
[B (your 2nd string) = B - half step(down) = A#
[G (your 3rd string) = G - half step(down) = F#
[D (your 4th string) = D - half step(down) = C#
[A (your 5th string) = A - half step(down) = G#
[E (your 6th string) = E - half step(down) = D#
so your final tuning will be in
Half-step down (standard D#) tuning...
D#
A#
D#
C#
G#
D#
voila! so simple!
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dude, a song chelsea smile by bring me the horizon is in
Dropped A#....how?
assuming ur guitar is in standard tuning(Standard E)...
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for example
first,
from Standard Tuning(E), EADGBE
tune it to Dropped D -----(only 6th string is moved from E.. 1 step down)...
so ur guitar in now tuned in DADGBE
secondly,
From Dropped D, DADGBE to Dropped A#(your desired tuning).. so you have to shift the whole guitar tuning in
two step down
E: E - 2 step(down)= C
B: B - 2 step(down)= G
G: G - 2 step(down)= D#
D: D - 2 step(down)= A#
A: A - 2 step(down)= F
D: D - 2 step(down)= A#
so your tuning is now in Droppped A#
C
G
D#
A#
F
A#
how easy
btw this is just one way of tuning it down to ur desired tuning(Dropped A#)
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hope you do appeciate my little lengthy effort on this... hehe!
most importantly u understand the aspects of tuning ur guitar... either in standard or dropped tunings.. and also the half-step/semitone and one-step/whole tone sections... alryte??!!
P.S.
Learn some music theory.. it might help.. hehe!
