tuning down to drop c

glug

hi guys

I know to tune down to"drop d" all that is needed is to tune the 6th string 7th fret which must match the 5th string open string. what about drop c? I'm experimenting with different tunings. i'm more into all this heavy riffs, power chords etc etc. "drop d" is heavy but want to go heavier with "drop c"

Reef

Tune to drop d and then tune down a tone. You playing metal there

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Drop C Guitar Tuning: C G C F A D

Drop C Tuning is very similar to Drop D, if you tuned to Drop D then dropped everything 2 semi-tones down you would be in Drop C. That being said it gives us some clues to how we can accomplish it. I am sure there are other methods, but this one I find simplest. Let’s use standard tuning as a starting point, since it’s the most popular. If you aren’t already in standard guitar tuning, tune to it now, you can use this guitar tuner if you need to.

Step 1: Tune You Guitar To Drop D

Now that you are in standard guitar tuning, tune your low E down to a D, so you are in drop D.

Now that you low E is a D, you can tune the rest of the guitar down 2 semi-tones by following the regular standard tuning pattern and using the Dropped D as a reference tone.

Step 2: The G String (5th)

Now that your low E is a D, Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the bottom of the 6th string. That is now a G note. Keep your finger on that fret. Now pick the fifth and six strings in turn, loosening the fifth string tuning peg until the pitch of the two notes are the same.

Step 3: The C String (4th)

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the G string. That’s a C note. Tune the 4th string to that.

Step 4: The F String (3rd)

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret on the C string. That’s a F note. Tune the 3rd string to that.

Step 5: The A String (2nd)

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fourth fret on the F string. That’s a A note. Tune the 2nd string to that.

Step 6: The D String (1st string)

Place the first finger of your left hand just behind the fifth fret of the A string. That’s a D note. Tune the 1st string to that.

Step 7: Tune the thickest string to a C

Okay so now your tuning from top down should look like this D G C F A D - the one final step is to drop the thickest string down to a C. Use the fourth string open as a reference tone to do this, much like you did with Drop D. You can test if you got it right by playing a D major shape, which is now a C Chord.

AlanRatcliffe

This perception that metal players were the first to use dropped tunings always amuses me - folk and blues were doing it for years before NuMetal came along.

You might want to go with a set of heavier strings for low tuned guitars, to keep them from flopping around too much. If not, you may need to slack off your truss rod a 1/4 turn or so.

Reef

Touché. But somehow I just picture Gerald preferring to play Papa Roach over Bob Dylan though..

glug

Thanks reef and alan?

Papa Roach over Bob Dylan hahaha...more like Pantera, Sepultura. its only me and the vocalist still looking for lead, bassist and drummer as well as a keyboardist.