Pearl Jam Daughter tuning question

nate · Post by **nate** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:38 am

Hey all I was just wondering if it is actually safe to tune the low E string up to G or should I tune down to G. It just seems like tuning up would cause to much tension and the string will break. Any help would be great. I was playing it last night with it tuned down and the string was so slack it sound like crap. thanks again.

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:45 am

They tune it up. I've done it. It didn't seem to hurt anything. You can always compensate and then capo wherever.

nate · Post by **nate** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:36 pm

Thanks slimerdmb, I'll give it a try tonight.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:39 pm

I bet you break the string.

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:57 pm

Low E up to G? Not the best idea, but I doubt it breaks.

You_Enjoy_Myself · Post by **You_Enjoy_Myself** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:11 pm

dmbguitar718 wrote:I bet you break the string.

I've never broken a string going to this tuning, even when my strings were pretty damn old.

Tuning the high E up to a G is far more likely to break, the low E is quite a bit safer.

dmbguitar718 · Post by **dmbguitar718** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:22 pm

ahhh, the low e. nevermind. the high e would probably snap.

Duffman · Post by **Duffman** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:12 pm

what tuning are you trying to go to?

aleceiffel · Post by **aleceiffel** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:02 pm

GGDGBD, iirc.

MattJ · Post by **MattJ** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 6:00 pm

I play it in standard. Here it is, if you're interested:

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Verse
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0---/4--2-/4-4--0-0-0---/4-2-0--0-|
D|--0-0-0---------------0-0-0--------0--0-|
A|----------/5--3-/5-5----------/5-3------|
E|--3-3-3---/3--3-/3-3--3-3-3---/3-3-3--3-|
 
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0---/4--2-0-0-2--2-2-0--2/4-2--|
D|--0-0-0---------0-0--------0---------|
A|----------/5--3-----3--3-3----3/5-3--|
E|--3-3-3---/3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3/3-3--|

Chorus
E|---------|
B|--3--2---|
G|--0--0---|
D|--2--2---|
A|--2--2---|
E|--0--0---|

Bridge
E|-----------------------|------|
B|-----------------------|------|
G|--0-0-0-/4-2-4---------|--2---|
D|--0-0-0----------------|------|
A|--------/5-3-5---------|--3---|
E|--3-3-3--3-3-3---------|--3---|

nate · Post by **nate** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:35 pm

thanks mattj i'll give that a shot as well. Especially when I don't feel like messing with the tuning.

sunglassesatnight · Post by **sunglassesatnight** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:19 pm

MattJ wrote:I play it in standard. Here it is, if you're interested:

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Verse
E|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0---/4--2-/4-4--0-0-0---/4-2-0--0-|
D|--0-0-0---------------0-0-0--------0--0-|
A|----------/5--3-/5-5----------/5-3------|
E|--3-3-3---/3--3-/3-3--3-3-3---/3-3-3--3-|
 
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0---/4--2-0-0-2--2-2-0--2/4-2--|
D|--0-0-0---------0-0--------0---------|
A|----------/5--3-----3--3-3----3/5-3--|
E|--3-3-3---/3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3/3-3--|

Chorus
E|---------|
B|--3--2---|
G|--0--0---|
D|--2--2---|
A|--2--2---|
E|--0--0---|

Bridge
E|-----------------------|------|
B|-----------------------|------|
G|--0-0-0-/4-2-4---------|--2---|
D|--0-0-0----------------|------|
A|--------/5-3-5---------|--3---|
E|--3-3-3--3-3-3---------|--3---|

Nice job man.