slaaapadabass Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Joined a new band. They play in drop b tuning. How would I tune my 5 string bass to drop b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 You don't. You've already got a low B string. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaaapadabass Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Aye that's what I thought man but some dude on a website said all this weird tuning. B. E. A. D. G is what i said but he said its incorrect pfffft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles'tone Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, slaaapadabass said: Aye that's what I thought man but some dude on a website said all this weird tuning. B. E. A. D. G is what i said but he said its incorrect pfffft Drop B just means that the guitarists will drop their lowest string down to a low B. You don't have to, as you know, because you already have a low B. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaaapadabass Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 Yeah man. Cleared that up then. Messed with my head well and truly. Heavy weekend ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 It means your guitarists are tuned C# instead of E but their lowest string is tuned down an extra step to B, so across the strings is BF#BEAbC# It means they can barre the bottom three strings and get a power chord easy peasy. Most of their stuff will probably be in the key of B as a result, in which case you should be fine. If they do any riffs off that open F# string, it might call for some dexterity on your part but it shouldn't be anything you can't find a way around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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