The ONLY Way to Tune 7 String Guitars!

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Learn the BEST way to tune your 7 string guitar! Playing heavy metal with a 7 string comes pretty easy, but you're probably missing this one key tip when it comes to guitar scales and guitar tuning with a 7 string electric guitar! Find out the ONLY and BEST way to tune that 7 string guitar in this easy guitar lesson, tutorial, trick & tip!

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[claudiasolomon]

I use Drop A tuning, then use the Downtune button on my Whammy Pedal. A truly lazy person's low tuning solution.

[NordicMeatShield]

I like the F# standard tuning, sounds so brutal

[mishapashchenko]

On my 7 strings I use B standard (BEADGBE) and A standard (ADGCFAD). Although I am thinking of switching to drop A (AEADGBE).

[iiiiii]

That was really informative, thank you

*drops low string* 👀

[Stretchwreckedem]

I usually tune the G string a half step down from whatever i tune my 7 string too, which allows me to not only have the typical range of a 6 string from the low to high B strings, but it also helps with allowing you to use a single finger to barre the G, B, And E strings when playing chords on the treble strings.

[Jimijam]

Yo, the way you explain things makes it easy to understand. Do you have any lessons or plan on do any?

[francobuzzetti]

IMO guitar should have always been 7 strings that B is REALLY key so are the notes in between, the low E is really limiting when writing forcing you to go really high for certain parts

[AlwayzTired]

Cool - Thanks! I learned on drop tunings and it's REALLY hard for me to play in standard for any length of time. All of my sixes and sevens are dropped. I learned off of tabs and drop D in the early 2000s by playing TOOL songs and various nu-metal from that era. Now I like prog, djent, and all kinds of metal and I can tell learning in drop tuning and with tabs has contributed to my plateau. I'd like to get better, but change is hard.

[nedim_guitar]

I messed around with A# standard on a six string guitar, but the high strings felt too lose, and since I didn't want to mess around with setup, I spontaneously bought a seven string guitar this Saturday. I tuned it down a half step and then... Well, this is the tuning: A#-D#-G#-C#-C#-A#-C. The lowest four strings are normally tuned, the third string is in unison with the fourth string (C#), the second string is untouched (A#) and the first string is in C, just one whole note higher. It messes up a lot of stuff, but there are some cool riffs I can play on it. The tuning is A#m11/Bbm11, or so a chord analysis tool on the internet says.

[errtrainer]

I use my 6 strings down to D standard, the 7 is a D standard plus an A bellow. My 8 string the same with the 8th in E. Pretty much like a bass but is a very different tone and even having 1" thick necks (0.9 in the 8), the string tension is sooo smooth. Works for me bc i'm not a heavy hitter and don't use a pick. 0.10s works fine.

[wheresridgeville]

I've never had a 7 string but I am considering it just to tune the 6th string to drop D and leave the 7th in standard E. I think it would be a wonderful noise

[scolapastajoeilpittore]

I have started with standard A, because of Korn, they have easy riff so they were useful to learn playing.
Then I moved to standard A flat (also to learn Dying Fetus riffs, that are I standard C#) and now I mostly use drop F#

[nubuki]

I wonder if tuning a 7 string baritone guitar to e standard (BEADGBe), a good idea ? 🤔

[eliteleaf]

The tuning I’ve been playing in recently is G# with everything else dropped half a step because I’m learning Icarus lives.

[BasicMacik]

How wrong am I that on my 6 string i’m lazy for power chords I tune down where I can use one finger per fret for 2 strings for power chords and now want the same for my 7 string? (I only play by ear and dont know shit about tuning I just caveman mönkee brain match sound good)

[minecarter]

I tune to drop a, and sometimes use pitch shifter to go to drop f#. I chose drop a, because i started with 6 string guitars and if i am in drop a i still hyve e standard from the 6 string included. So the arpeggios are the same. Only on the low a i have to do it differently. But i like having an a string because b is a strange note and because of the powercord possibility. Also riffing is easier for me that way

[kirchhasel]

sorry i just got my ibanez 7 string and would like to know what exactly you mean by standard tuning? EADGBE? whats the 7th then? can anyone help please? or should the first string simply stay on B - so : beadgbe? thanks mates and rock on

[SevenPain]

tune is BEADF#BE and you can use your standard chords just like on you 6 string but of course my tuning is drop A have AEADGBE i dont half step G like i do in my standard tuning

[jazzedb]

Unless you want to play jazz and comp a walking bass line or play chord melody, then ok to drop to an A!

[OfficialNickMarquez]

You are doing amazing work with this channel and I know your channel is going to continue to grow. I would have loved to have had this content when I was first learning. I hope you can look back at this comment on the future when you’re much bigger and give me a reply that I was right! Haha