How do you play Stay or Leave?

Buck23 · Post by **Buck23** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 11:56 pm

I just heard this song today for the first time, and I was spellbound. What an incredible song, I can't believe I've liked Dave for this long and hadn't heard this. How does everyone play this song? I'm looking for input, as it's definitely next on my list of songs to learn. Thanks everyone!

MWR · Post by **MWR** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:50 am

It's one of my favs. I play it in standard cause it sounds fuller when I'm playing solo. If it was a duet I would probably use a capo cause raised B would be a pain in the ass. Good luck learning it.

The Man of The Hour · Post by **The Man of The Hour** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 1:02 am

standard - the sound of raised B doesn't outweigh my extraordinary laziness toward alternate tunings

ncsu_davefan · Post by **ncsu_davefan** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:57 am

heh...i just tried to get to raised b tuning, and being the idiot i am, i snapped a string...ah well

is there an easier way to do raised b tuning?

mbgreen · Post by **mbgreen** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 4:18 am

ncsu_davefan wrote:heh...i just tried to get to raised b tuning, and being the idiot i am, i snapped a string...ah well

is there an easier way to do raised b tuning?

Credit goes to Winglet82 for this one.

Raised B tuning shouldn't be done with regular strings, you'll break them every time. From the Busted Stuff Tab Book:

"[Dave Matthews] uses the following gauges (low to high): .039, .029, .018, .014, .010, .016. To avoid restringing, capo 7th fret and tune 1st string down an octave."

So in other words he uses these strings in these positions:
High E: B string
B: high E string
G: B string
D: G string
A: D string
E: A string

hope that clears it up a little

Duffman · Post by **Duffman** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:04 am

To avoid restringing, capo 7th fret and tune 1st string down an octave.

does that mean tune the high e down?

Trippin Hillbilly · Post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:27 am

had a guitar in raised B, mmhmm

DreaminBassMunky · Post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:29 pm

Too lazy to do any of those things and the stong still sounds fine in standard.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:05 pm

i have my old acoustic in raised B

Duffman wrote:
To avoid restringing, capo 7th fret and tune 1st string down an octave.
does that mean tune the high e down?

yes. on a raised B guitar the high B is actually lower than the D and the F#......BEADF#(b)

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How do you play Stay or Leave?

How do you play this incredible song?

How do you play Stay or Leave?