7 Awesome Alternate Tunings

[rcnewman.]

Use F F F F F F tuning for more respect.

[andreasw]

Cant wait to try these 7 different tunings with my floyd rose

[MenchieExtrakt]

0:51 Black key tuning: F# A# C# F# A# F
1:53 Banjo Tuning GDGBD
3:39 Open D DADF#AD
5:40 New standard tuning CDGAED
7:32 Nick Drake Tuning CGCFCE
9:08 Baritone Standard Tuning BEADF#B
9:47 DADGAD!

[felipegalvao]

DEADGF, great one to write songs about breaking up.Also try DEADBF.

[SamRobson]

These riffs you're playing are fresh AF

[Evannith]

For anyone who doesn't want to remove the low E, tune it to D.

[robertlittle]

Two of my favorites:


Open C: C G C G C E
Drop C: C G D G B E, which keeps the upper four strings on familiar ground, and given a bit more oomph to the bass register

[craigdamage]

"Ostrich" tuning is most fun. D-D-D-D-D-D. Some Ds are a bit tight and tense. Some Ds are floppy and loose. With an acoustic you wan't to bend the Hell out of the loose Ds for a cool Indian Sitar sound. On electric you need huge amounts of reverb and a tremolo cranked at maximum volume.

[ShallieDragon]

Most alternate tunings used by Soundgarden are fun to play around in. Also +1 for baritone guitars, I got an ML1 modern and it changed my world. Such an underappreciated instrument.

[themadkraken]

I just love drop D for how soft it can make songs. Everlong is a perfect example- there's some beautiful soft, slow and low areas where the D string adds a sort of rumble under the chords. The chorus uses it to get some more bass for the powerchords. Best alternate tuning, by far.

[peevin]

i really like FACGCE
or as i call it: "american football tuning"

[scottvelez]

One octave down from Standard E
DEBAGD (Dimebag Darrell tuning)
BAGDAD (Bomb tuning)
One octave down from Drop A

[intotheprog]

Oh, I am so glad to see/hear you play something in New Standard Tuning!

[StJimmy]

I get Keith Richards didn’t use the low E string but it’s easier to just drop it to a D and use it as a drone note it’s also killer for playing with a slide

[LoreAccurateHusky]

Here are my favorite tunings I've sort of stumbled upon through my playing with weird tunings.

6 String:
D-A-B-D-A-B (good for Thursday style emo)

7 String:
F-C-G-C-F-G-D (F and G allow for easy minor 2nd intervals)

8 String:
C-G-D-G-C-F-G-D (The high C constantly changes to add more interesting or harsh intervals/adding mirco-tones in relation to the F string)

[emilebreseghello]

A man can be good, but when he inspire hendrix, he's the man

[gtr]

That baritone was the best sounding of all the tunings i loved that heaviness to the riffs

[nuhmorelikeyuh]

whenever i hit my guitar, the tuning goes to

[Not_what_it_used_to_be]

One of my favorites is FACGCE, it's used in a lot of twinkly math rock stuff, American Football, TTNG, Yvette Young, just to name a few.

[daffy]

Also good tuning(s) that i use are
Fmaj9 FACGCE
Dmaj9 DAC#EAE
Gmin7? or Bb6/D - either way i'm using the first 3 strings as a drone chord DGDFBbD

Try em out, they fun