Drop C tuning
Guitar tuning
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Drop C tuning is an alternative guitar tuning where at least one string has been lowered to a C, but most commonly refers to CGCFAD, which can be described as D tuning with a 6th string dropped to C, or drop D tuning transposed down a whole step. Because of its heavier tone, it is most commonly used in rock and heavy metal music.[1][2][3][4][5]
Examples
CGCFAD tuning
- Alter Bridge – on the song "Isolation"[6]
- Arch/Matheos – on the song "Sympathetic Resonance" [7]
- Chimaira – on most songs after their first album[8]
- Metallica – on the majority of songs in the St. Anger album[9]
- Nickelback – on most songs in their 2003 album The Long Road[10][11]
- Skillet – on the song "Monster"[12]
- System of a Down – on the song "Sugar"[13]
CADGBE tuning
- Bob Dylan – predominantly in the period 1965–1966[14]
- John Mayer – on the song "Neon"[15][16]
- Muse – on the song "Map Of The Problematique"[16][17]
- Brad Richter – on the piece "Flirtation"[18]
- The Tallest Man on Earth – on the song "The Sparrow and the Medicine"[19][20]
CGDGBE tuning
- Richard Thompson – on the song "Hope You Like The New Me"[21][22]
- Soundgarden – on the song "Limo Wreck"[23]