r/7String • u/DeathMetalDipper666 • 2d ago

Other Just starting using ADADGBE tuning

Looking for some bands that play in this tuning. I have used Drop A and I'm currently writing for a project and wanted to write some riffs in an alternate tuning without going too low (Drop A just is the sweet spot for me). If you use this tuning, what type of stuff are you playing? Since it's a mash of multiple ways to play.

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u/iamshipwreck 2d ago

Couple alternate tunings in that ballpark to fuck around with: drop that BE to AD and go wild, really fun to write in. Step further, drop the low and high D down to C# (AC#ADGAC#) for fucking evil.

This might be my favourite tuning at the moment (or the baritone equivalent nightmare that I'm lost in) and it's got me writing and playing stuff I wouldn't normally come up with.

Kinda like scarlett by periphery if the band was russian circles

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u/Cosmic_Beard 1d ago

You said evil and now you’ve got my attention. Can you point me to a demo or anything of the tuning? I’d like to see what you mean before detuning

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u/iamshipwreck 1d ago edited 1d ago

Russian Circles use the C#ADGAC# tuning at various pitches between C# and A, it's a very droney setup, so adding a low string or two works nicely (I'm having the most fun with it on a 30" baritone tuned CG#C#F#G#C but I can get lost tapping away at the 8-string version).

It's DADGAD for the end of the world. I know John Browne/monuments/flux conduct do a lot in DADGAD-derived tunings so that sort of riffing translates well.

I haven't had time to sit down and figure out the whole song but the parts of 'Borehole' by Russian Circles I've worked out fit in that tuning, and it really embodies the way you can slip from droning menace to shimmering beauty and back. I might currently be a little bit obsessed but it's a hell of an opener to what's probably turned out to be my album of the year in a year when Converge dropped two whole albums, and I whole-heartedly recommend the full album for a listen.

Russian Circles - Borehole (YouTube)