Iheartreverb Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 hi all, So this band I'm in so far has about 30 mins of music (just two songs. Long instrumental stuff you see) and when we started the guitarist preferred to be in drop C# so has written everything in that tuning. At the time I matched this tuning thinking it would be much easier and quicker if I did. I'm really not happy with it for a number of reasons but I really don't know where to start with re writing the music I have a,ready written in this tuning and writing new stuff going forward. I'll probably tune to Eb so that the other 3 strings are the same but some of the stuff so far utilises both the top and bottom of the neck (the second and 15th frets) and if I tune to this I simply won't have these notes anymore, or at least anywhere I know. Any advice for how to deal with this without playing something that just sounds odd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 5 string ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iheartreverb Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hiya. Sorry, should have said. Really dot want to 5 string. To add context I'm playing a 4 string short scale. Some of the issues I'm having are caused by having super heavy strings on it to achieve tuning and getting no subtlety from my playing. The other is that on any recordings if I'm playing root notes they just sound far too low against he guitars. I assume another tuning would sound bette, I just don't know how to play the stuff or how to write (and any potential issues of this) if not in same tuning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Maybe B-E-A-D ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iheartreverb Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm trying to get away from anything that low on my short scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 If the bass root notes sound too low when you use alternative tuning is it worth just using standard tuning and learning to play the parts up around the 4th fret? Obviously this is going to involve more work but in the long run being able to switch fingering is a good skill to have anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Exactly what don't you like about the C# tuning? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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