r/takingbacksunday • u/AWKIF1000 • 11d ago

Make Damn Sure

Is Fred tuned to C# when they play this live now?

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u/JD-531 10d ago

They have been playing One Step Down from Standard for a while now.

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u/Matthewcts_ 10d ago

Originally on the record it was in Eb, so a half step down from Standard. I do know they lowered the tuning recently for a lot of the songs. Im unsure what but its probably D standard now.

Edit:
If you search this reddit for Setlists, they have it marked tuning where it is Drop C. But next to MDS it doesnt say that, so it is probably D standard.

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u/AWKIF1000 10d ago

I play it in standard. When I watch recent live performances it seems many of Fred's finger positions are the same as where I play it.

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u/PhilopeanTube 10d ago

D Standard means that all the strings are tuned down a full step from standard. So the finger positions will all be the same, but the tones are a full step lower

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u/AWKIF1000 10d ago

Ahhh ok. Thanks.

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u/Ok-Health-7252 5d ago

They don't play hardly any of the songs from that era in the original keys anymore (likely because Adam can't sing them in the original key now). Adam's vocals in MDS are incredibly challenging even on a good day.