The Pros and Cons of Drop C Tuning for Guitar
517Why use Drop C tuning and what is it? This video explains what this popular guitar tuning used primarily in metal music is and its benefits and drawbacks.
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Drop C is a tuning I have all but a few of my six strings in and have used it extensively in my music career, for longer than any other tuning. It has many of the advantages as the drop D tuning has with the added bonus of being tuned down one whole step beyond. While a six string guitar tuned to drop C doesn't have quite as much range as a seven string guitar in standard tuning, it does come close, allowing the player to have the familiar feeling of a six string while playing lower and having more possibilities than standard tuning may offer. And of course, drop tuning a guitar down low sounds really cool.
The guitar pictured in the thumbnail is the Ibanez RG5121 Prestige.
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00:00 Intro and not sponsored
What is Drop C
00:29 Drop D as a precursor to drop C
01:04 What drop C is
Pros
01:37 Sounds cool
02:03 Easy power chords
02:17 Advantage over drop D
02:24 Avoids acoustic beating
03:07 Sound demo to showcase difference of thirds between one octave
03:22 Power chord adding intervals
04:04 Drop C with distortion
04:20 Extra range and why it’s important in playing music
05:45 Low tuning without resorting to a seven string
06:29 8 strings and beyond
07:13 Overview of advantages of drop C
Cons
07:23 Drop C isn’t standard
08:29 Relearning the fretboard might not be worth it
08:53 Many other drop tunings besides drop C
09:30 Lose a little range up top
09:46 Other guitarist might not be using this tuning
10:06 Different setup and string gage required
10:49 Extra range won’t work for songs written for specialized other tunings
11:24 Why I use this tuning on almost all of my 6 string guitars
12:13 Outro
12:39 Cat