how do i tune my electric guitar to Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (C# G# C# F# A# D#)??

Question

if anyone knows a website where i can listen to this tuning on an electric guitar that would also be great also explaining how to tune step up and down would also be great thank you very much!!

Answer 1

I'm assuming you know how to tune a guitar manually (E-A-D-G-B-E).

Well, tune it all down a half step starting with the high-E string.
Just tune it to the fourth fret on the B string (Eb). Then tune the B string to the third fret on the G string (Bb). Then tune the G string to the fourth fret on the D string (Gb). Then tune the D string to the fourth fret on the A string (Db). Then tune the A sting to the fourth fret on the E string (Ab). Then, to tune the low E string to Db, tune the E string to the seventh fret on the Ab string (Db). Oh yeah, make sure the two strings ring together when playing the same note.

Answer 2

These guys have explained fairly well what tuning down a half step is. Before I get into it, know that every time I list the notes for a tuning, I'm going from low (fat string) to high (you're a beginner, so it's probably the broken string.) Western music is measured in half steps. They are: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#. This can also be expressed using flats: A, Bb, B, C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G, Ab. Notice there is no sharp/flat between B and C, E and F. Standard tuning on guitar, as mentioned above, is E A D G B E. It's common to tune down a half step or a full step, to D# G# C# F# A# D# or D G C F A D, respectively. This is done for a number of reasons, either to make strings last longer (less tension means longer life) or to adjust for the vocal range of a singer, or just because a guitarist prefers the sound. I've been playing for seventeen years, I tune a half step down for the first and third reasons. There are a number of alternate tunings, enough of them to make your head spin. Don't worry about them yet. Standard tuning became the standard for a reason. Using that tuning, you can reach all the notes with very little hand movement, called by some "economy of motion." It also lines up scales in a very convenient way, although you may not notice that until you've been playing for a while. The only other tuning I think is worth mentioning is drop D. In this tuning, the low E string is tuned down one full (two half) step(s) to D. I'll line up the two tunings so you can see the difference: E A D G B E D A D G B E Notice the "D A D" right at the beginning. That makes a power chord, and when you hold those three strings together at any fret, it makes a simple, one finger power chord. It's a commonly used tuning, and in modern music is used probably just about as much as standard. You may notice when you look up tabs that it says "drop C." That's a combination of the two concepts I just talked about. First, the entire guitar is tuned down a full step, then the low string (now a D) is lowered one full step (again, two half steps) to C. Again, lined up: D G C F A D C G C F A D And "C G C" is still a power chord. So anyway, good luck with that. Practice often and you'll get it, but it takes a lot of determination.

Answer 3

It's simple: Find a piano and tune it to the notes you want.