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Today i picked up an old guitar mag and found a song by slipknot tabbed out. I decided to give it a go. Since they're a grunge band, i guessed it would be in drop D tuning. I played the song through and thought it sounded ok, then tried it with the backing track on the CD. I have only just realised why it sounded so wrong: You DO drop D....then take every single string down a further 3 frets!!! It's MAD! The bottom string goes down to a B for christs sake!!! And a warning to all guitarists: NEVER play ANYTHING by slipknot unless your string gauge is at least [.053-.014]. Plus the tempo of this song (people=) is 237 bpm! So really all in all, being able to play at this pitch and speed seems to make slipknot a pretty talented bunch...
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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Ah, well, you beat me I guess.
Although, not many people would have 7 stringers, so the tab may have been tabbed specially for normal guitar so as not to alienate anyone with no more than half a dozen strings.
Although, not many people would have 7 stringers, so the tab may have been tabbed specially for normal guitar so as not to alienate anyone with no more than half a dozen strings.
Re: 7 strings
Possibly, but the tab is on 6 lines and it shows the pitch change (in very small font which is why i didn't see it!) going from E to B, A to F# and so on.
Possibly, but the tab is on 6 lines and it shows the pitch change (in very small font which is why i didn't see it!) going from E to B, A to F# and so on.
Okay, so their good musicians, but....c'mon.
I would guess they probably used a 7 string for that...they have drop B on the extra low string. Also, on the recording it might have been at stage pitch (1/2 a semitone down) which would add to the general lowness of the whole affair.
They're still a bunch of masked fudge packers though.
I would guess they probably used a 7 string for that...they have drop B on the extra low string. Also, on the recording it might have been at stage pitch (1/2 a semitone down) which would add to the general lowness of the whole affair.
They're still a bunch of masked fudge packers though.
Today i picked up an old guitar mag and found a song by slipknot tabbed out. I decided to give it a go. Since they're a grunge band, i guessed it would be in drop D tuning. I played the song through and thought it sounded ok, then tried it with the backing track on the CD. I have only just realised why it sounded so wrong: You DO drop D....then take every single string down a further 3 frets!!! It's MAD! The bottom string goes down to a B for christs sake!!! And a warning to all guitarists: NEVER play ANYTHING by slipknot unless your string gauge is at least [.053-.014]. Plus the tempo of this song (people=) is 237 bpm! So really all in all, being able to play at this pitch and speed seems to make slipknot a pretty talented bunch...
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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