The reason why standard tuning is the way it is isn't to make things easier - like pretty much anything in life it's a compromise. In the case of the guitar it's a compromise between being able to play in any …

For B standard and drop A I use a set of 8 strings, but I skip the 1st and 7th strings. 1st becomes a 13. It's a bit heavy, but it's somewhat stable.

Sep 13, 2023 · When I first started, I didn't know anything in standard and played in all sorts of alternate and open tunings. It was only 5 years later that I dedicated to standard. You will and should have all …

In standard tuning you can 1-finger bar a 2 octave unison on E as well as the 1.5 octave 5th for both E and A strings. In standard tuning the 5-1-3 major inversion is a single bar on the D string, and the b3 …

Tuning a 6 string in fifths adds range to the guitar that I don't need, and takes away possibilities for chords that I use. Because the NST is tuned in fifths, it is crazy difficult to play major/minor seconds …

The actual notes are E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4. You're tuning correctly. What are you using to tune that's showing an octave below? E1-A1-D2-G2 is standard bass tuning. At that tuning your 9-42s would …

Jan 5, 2024 · So it made me wonder, why is E standard the standard tuning for guitars rather than something like Drop-D? Once you get out of the rules of conventions and add a 7th or 8th string, it …

Dec 18, 2015 · The thing with tunings is, as long as you aren't playing with a band and don't have to worry about being exactly in tune, you can use any standard tuning to play any song in a standard …

Feb 4, 2024 · Live, the band is back to E Standard, including tunes from the past few down tuned albums. There are some interesting recordings of lesser known songs such as Megalomania in E …

Sep 28, 2022 · The big advantage of standard tuning is that it lets you create chords using the low strings which go 1-3-5 (scale degrees) as opposed to 1-5-1-3. The latter tend to sound muddy in …