Bastard of 1969 Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 How the heck is "Whatsername" played in Drop D? Every guitar part that I play on that is standard tuning. Quote
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 How the heck is "Whatsername" played in Drop D? Every guitar part that I play on that is standard tuning. I think Billie plays it in Drop D. It's a bit easier. But it doesn't matter much if you don't. Quote
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 I think Billie plays it in Drop D. It's a bit easier. But it doesn't matter much if you don't. How the heck can he play that? None of his guitars, as far as I know, were never tuned in Drop D. Or maybe you're right. Quote
Karl Karlson Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 How the heck can he play that? None of his guitars, as far as I know, were never tuned in Drop D. Or maybe you're right. Pretty much every time he played it acoustically live, he tuned his guitar down. If you watch a video from South America 2010, you'll hear him tuning it down. I can't link it, since I'm having a problem with YouTube right now... 3 Quote
BilIie Joe Armstrong Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 Also I remember him changing guitars before they played Whatsername. He didn't use that guitar for any other song so he apparently prefers playing it in Drop D. 1 Quote
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 30, 2014 Posted December 30, 2014 Pretty much every time he played it acoustically live, he tuned his guitar down. If you watch a video from South America 2010, you'll hear him tuning it down. I can't link it, since I'm having a problem with YouTube right now... Yup, I think I know which video are you thinking of... However, he didn't have much to tune since Drop D is only one string difference from standard tuning. 2 Quote
Guest Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Some people downtune to drop D to get a fuller sound when they play an open D chord. I do it myself sometimes. Quote
Certified Nimrod Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Some people downtune to drop D to get a fuller sound when they play an open D chord. I do it myself sometimes. But then doesn't it mess up your other chords? Quote
Jon Benjamin Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 But then doesn't it mess up your other chords?Billie doesn't play full chords, drop d actually makes power chords easier, for standard 3 note ones, you play on the same fret. Quote
fatherotti Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 So quick question. I just bought my very own physical copy of 21st Century Breakdown and I'm a bit worried about something. I ripped the tracks to lossless WAVS, yet for some reason, Song of the Century keeps coming out as having a frequency cutoff at 17khz; meaning there is a good chance the track is an mp3. I'm not sure if it's a fake copy. I bought it from a used record store and the CD looks pretty authentic. Has the correct catalouge codes and what not. It even sounds lossless. Sucks cause it's obviously used and I'm not sure they'd exchange it. Quote
Bastard of 1969 Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 I play only White Stripes stuff at drop D. Green day is half step down and standard, depends of the song. Quote
Guest Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Depending on the song it doesn't matter, you can just work around it. Listen to Biffy's first album, every song except Joy.Discovery.Invention is in drop-D. Especially Scary Mary, it's almost entirely open chords in drop-D Quote
Certified Nimrod Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Billie doesn't play full chords, drop d actually makes power chords easier, for standard 3 note ones, you play on the same fret. I know about the power chord thing. It's just that Ceadog said: Some people downtune to drop D to get a fuller sound when they play an open D chord. I do it myself sometimes. Depending on the song it doesn't matter, you can just work around it. Listen to Biffy's first album, every song except Joy.Discovery.Invention is in drop-D. Especially Scary Mary, it's almost entirely open chords in drop-D Is that album better than Infinity Land? I don't care for most of that album. Quote
Guest Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Is that album better than Infinity Land? I don't care for most of that album. HERESY I dunno, it's easier to listen to than IL. There's some very weird heavy stuff on it, but songs like Justboy, 57, 27, Joy.Discovery.Invention, and Scary Mary are very accessible and could easily have been on their later albums. Quote
Sarcasm Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 Open D sounds cool, Bat Country is one of the songs I know of that has drop D tuning with open D in there Quote
Bastard of 1969 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Wait, open D chord exists? I know about open d tuning, tuning that I common use. Quote
Certified Nimrod Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Wait, open D chord exists? I know about open d tuning, tuning that I common use. Quote
Jon Benjamin Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 An open d chord is that with the low d and a string added Quote
Certified Nimrod Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 An open d chord is that with the low d and a string added What? Quote
Bastard of 1969 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I know that as a D major chord. Chord for "Everybody Hurts". Quote
Guest Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I know that as a D major chord. Chord for "Everybody Hurts". The open D chord is D major except all 6 strings are played instead of the usual 4. Quote
Bastard of 1969 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 The open D chord is D major except all 6 strings are played instead of the usual 4. Thanks! Quote
Certified Nimrod Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 The open D chord is D major except all 6 strings are played instead of the usual 4. I'm pretty sure I always play that one by accident, then. Quote
Guest Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I'm pretty sure I always play that one by accident, then. It's only open D if you play it in Drop-D tuning Quote
Certified Nimrod Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 It's only open D if you play it in Drop-D tuning Then I'm just a slob. Quote
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