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Used also by Silverchair in the songs "One Way Mule" and "The Lever" from their album Diorama and Stephen Brodsky used this tuning a half step down (A#G#C#F#A#D#) in Cave In and Mutoid Man; Drop B-E – B-E-D-G-b-e Standard tuning with the 6th and 5th string lowered two and a half steps down. Used by Tool in the songs "Parabol" and "Parabola".
To tune a guitar from standard tuning to open D tuning, lower the 1st (high-E) string down a full step to D, 2nd (B) string down a full step to A, 3rd (G) string down a half step to F ♯, and 6th (low-E) string down a full step to D. In this tuning, when the guitar is strummed without fretting any of the strings, a D major chord is sounded.
D Tuning, also called One Step Lower, Whole Step Down, Full Step or D Standard, is another alternative. Each string is lowered by a whole tone (two semitones) resulting in D-G-C-F-A-D . It is used mostly by heavy metal bands to achieve a heavier, deeper sound, and by blues guitarists, who use it to accommodate string bending and by 12-string ...
The guitars and bass are tuned down a half-step on the Hawkwind version, effectively making the song's key E♭ Major, but are described here as if in standard tuning. The bass follows the root note for all the chords, with a riff on the F♯, based on the A string between the tenth and twelfth frets.
The song was composed in tuning half a step down (E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B♭-E♭) and in its original form, which was twelve seconds longer than the final version, had heavy emphasis on piano, with the opening chords (Am-G-Dm-Am) being strummed on guitar in the background.
"Simple Man" is written in the key of A minor/C major, though all guitars were tuned down a half step, effectively making it G♯ minor/B.The song begins with an electric arpeggiated chord sequence made up of the chords C major, G major and A minor (though with the tuned-down guitars, effective progression of B major, F♯ major and G♯ minor).
"Lenny" is the tenth and final track on the first Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble album Texas Flood. [1] The song is in 4/4 time and notated in the key of E flat major (but instruments are tuned down a half-step, so the chordal structure is in E).
The following is a list of commonly used chord progressions in music. Code Major: ... two note moves by half step motion) V7–III7: 2: Major Montgomery–Ward bridge ...