Dropped-C mood
The Drop C tuning is a Scordatura the guitar . The lowest string is tuned two whole tones lower than the standard tuning (E - A - d - g - h - e 1 ) , while all other strings are tuned one whole tone lower. Thus the tuning scheme of a dropped-C-tuned guitar is C - G - c - f - a - d 1 .
The dropped C tuning can also be described as a dropped D tuning tuned a whole tone lower . Mostly it can be found in Metalcore and Nu Metal , but some bands from other Metal - and Post-Hardcore styles also use dropped-C-tuned guitars and basses . Thicker strings are often chosen here.
Music samples
Song examples in Dropped-C tuning:
- August Burns Red - Various
- Children of Bodom - Diverse
- Metallica - St. Anger
- Heaven Shall Burn - Diverse
- As I Lay Dying - All songs on Shadows Are Security
- Rammstein - Diverse, u. a. Germany, Reise Reise and Los
- Bullet for My Valentine - Various
- Black Veil Brides - Diverse
- System of a Down - All titles on System of a Down and Toxicity
- Hatebreed - All songs on The Rise of Brutality
- Chimaira - All titles on Resurrection
- DevilDriver - All tracks on The Last Kind Words
- We Butter the Bread with Butter - Diverse
- Mastodon - Diverse, u. a. The motherload
- Threat Signal - Various
- Three Days Grace - Various
- A Day to Remember - The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle
- Skillet - monster
- Crush 40 - I Am All of Me
- Biffy Clyro - Various
- Slipknot - Various
- Escape the Fate - This War Is Ours
- Enter Shikari - Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here
- Nickelback - Someday
- Daughter - No Care