Raised B tuning

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Raised B tuning

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How do you tune your guitar to raised B?
eg: for drop d you would tune your low E one full step down and leave the rest untouched.
imo there should be an explanation of tuning on guitar sites - this one too - where it says how to actually tune your guitar to a particular style, instead of just saying 'tune to raised B'. no offence guys :wink:
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I found this on another site: Hope it helps.

All u have to do is tune the strings to those notes. Like tune the e string to you b string, tune the A string to your high E string, tune your d string to the 3rd string 2nd fret then tune your g string to the 3 fret second string, then tune your b string to 2nd fret 1st string, then finally tune the bottom string to your top string which is already tuned to B.

Also try a capo on the 7th fret
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Actually, you have to do quite a bit more than just retune. It's kind of takes some time to get your guitar into raised b and you have to completely restring your guitar. Follow this link:

http://www.dmbtabs.com/faq.php?id=7

Hope that helps. :)

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IM not being a dick but do ya'll really want to go through the trouble of doing the Raised B setup for 2 or 3 songs? :wink:

Use a capo..sounds good enough
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DropD-MB wrote:IM not being a dick but do ya'll really want to go through the trouble of doing the Raised B setup for 2 or 3 songs? :wink:

Use a capo..sounds good enough
if you've got more than one guitar, why not
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whipy wrote:How do you tune your guitar to raised B?
eg: for drop d you would tune your low E one full step down and leave the rest untouched.
imo there should be an explanation of tuning on guitar sites - this one too - where it says how to actually tune your guitar to a particular style, instead of just saying 'tune to raised B'. no offence guys :wink:
in my opinion people should do searches to find answers to questions that have been answered a hundred times or just look on the FAQ where the answer is too

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Matty, I think I love you.....oops freudian slip
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Don't do it man. It's not worth it. Just capo 7.
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Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh beeeeyotches capo that sucka
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Matty Boom:

in my opinion people should do searches to find answers to questions that have been answered a hundred times or just look on the FAQ where the answer is too

Oh come on now... He is a newbie. This time we'll let him slide

Next time though.....We will make your life hell for asking a question that has already been asked. (sarcasm)
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I <3 Newbies!

I am the Newbie god!
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My brother is headed out for the summer so I'm taking care of his guitar for him. Well, since he left I raised b-ed his guitar and it's pretty cool. Not all too differnt from using a capo on 7, but some of the chords I couldn't do before are do-able and sound cool. If nothing else, it's fun to play along with the 3 songs I can think of (SOL, Oh, YNK) and it's fun to fool around with. Making up new chords and shit is kinda fun. But I sure wouldn't have done this if I hadn't had the spare guitar. Point being, if you don't have a spare guitar, don't bother becaues it isn't ALL THAT cool.
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