I would guess so.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
sumi - Mar 26, 2007 7:13:50 am PDT #5445 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:15:18 am PDT #5446 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, so having looked at Wikipedia, he means that the instruments are tuned a half step or whole step below standard guitar tuning?
Jon B. - Mar 26, 2007 7:29:48 am PDT #5447 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
There are many different drop tunings. The most common is where the top E-string, the lowest-note string, is tuned down to a D. So instead of E-A-D-G-B-E, you have D-A-D-G-B-E. This makes it easier to play certain chords.
In this case, it looks like they may be talking about lowering all the strings by a half or whole step, making it easier to transpose a song down a half or whole step. You can use a capo to transpose a song UP, but tuning all the strings down is one way to easily do the opposite.
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:33:02 am PDT #5448 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"Capo" means something totally different to a singer, so I had to go to wikipedia on that one too.
So I guess, if you're a strong enough instrumentalist, you can actually tell just by listening when instruments are drop-tuned? Cool.
Sheryl - Mar 26, 2007 8:13:09 am PDT #5449 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
A common alternate tuning is D-A-D-G-A-D, which drops the top and the bottom .(This is as much as I know about it, since my guitar never leaves standard tuning)
Hayden - Mar 26, 2007 8:16:06 am PDT #5450 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Many metal bands drop-tune all 6 strings to make the music heavier.
lisah - Mar 26, 2007 8:18:30 am PDT #5451 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Many metal bands drop-tune all 6 strings to make the music heavier.
OMG I'm amazed I understand this but that's exactly what my guitarist had to figure out and do when we played a set (an AWESOME set) of Motley Crue songs last year.
Hayden - Mar 26, 2007 8:22:01 am PDT #5452 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
when we played a set (an AWESOME set) of Motley Crue songs last year
I think the AWESOME goes without saying. Hey, I have a song or two from your band on my iPod and want more. What does a guy have to do to get hooked up?
lisah - Mar 26, 2007 8:32:22 am PDT #5453 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Hey, I have a song or two from your band on my iPod and want more. What does a guy have to do to get hooked up?
Compliments!!!
Send my your address to my profile addy and I'll send you our cd.
and I'm totally happy to give it to you but if you want to buy it:
We are actually going into the studio (aka our friend's basement) this weekend to record 9 new songs!! When we're finished with that we're planning to make the whole new record downloadable from our website.
Hayden - Mar 26, 2007 8:37:38 am PDT #5454 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Yowza! That's some expensive shipping. Can I just give you the $10?