r/Guitar • u/Ok-Conference-2061 • 2h ago

QUESTION What tuning is this?

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I recently started playing guitar a few months ago and messed around with some tuning. Since then I’ve made this one that I like and made a few songs with. However I was wondering if this is even a real tuning and if so, what would it be called? I’d like to know so I don’t have to use this app anymore…

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 2h ago

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u/WhatMichaelScottSaid 1h ago

Bro has waited 12 years for this moment

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u/-Redstoneboi- 1h ago

TWELVE YEARS

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u/iliveoffofbagels 2h ago

name checks out

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u/stuntmonkey420 1h ago

Your time to shine

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u/RealHobbyBob 1h ago

To make it extremely obvious for beginners:

D# is the same as Eb. Traditionally we’d refer to this as Eb standard.

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u/curiousblinker 1h ago

AKA down a half step?

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u/Pol__Treidum ESP/LTD 2h ago

Username checks out

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u/GanjaArcher 1h ago

This was incredible, thank you!

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

Guys, my gf is out of town and I've been drinking.

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

Tribute cat.

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

This is fantastic.

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

If you contribute in here, you better prepare to get upvoted, sport.

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u/ChadlyJuice 26m ago

Brother are you talking to yourself? 😂😂😂 this is amazing

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 19m ago

Get upvoted, pal.

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u/ChadlyJuice 19m ago

I've upvoted all of your comments here, sir 🫡 It's your night to shine lol

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u/BuzzedtheTower Epiphone 15m ago

My guy, us mere mortals cannot fathom the HYPE that he is feeling right now

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 7m ago

I'm the prettiest girl at the dance!!!

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u/Minute-Story301 53m ago

Light a candle, get the smooth jazz on and enjoy

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u/Professional_Roof293 Epiphone 2h ago

This is standard half step down tuning. It's probably like the one of the top 3 most common tunings with drop d and standard

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

:)

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u/Professional_Roof293 Epiphone 1h ago

Bro is the tuning

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u/the_Russian_Five 2h ago

It's just D#/Eb standard. It's a pretty common tuning. It's just a half step down on all strings

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u/DennisfromWork 2h ago

Just down a half step down from standard. Normally we see it written as Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

:)

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u/DennisfromWork 7m ago

The legends are true! He is real!

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u/BustinxJustin 1h ago

Bro's been waiting 12 years for this question.

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago

I believe this is what the kids call, "getting ratio'd."

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u/Mediocre-Act-5091 2h ago

Eb. It’s just every string down 1/2 step from standard

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u/ImightHaveMissed 1h ago

Half step down man

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u/poorperspective 1h ago

Eb standard but in sharps.

Why? Because tuning apps default to sharp accidentals although most keys starting on an accidental are flat keys.

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u/_3point14_ Ibanez 1h ago

yeah, if there were a D# major scale it would be D#, E#, F𝄪, G#, A#, B#, C𝄪. two double sharps, and E# and B# are enharmonic equivalents with F♮ and C♮ respectively

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u/RealHobbyBob 43m ago

I would say there is a D# major, it’s just not used. It’s not an “if”, though, because it technically exists.

Adding to this, there’s a very practical way to figure out when to choose # vs b for a given scale: any time a scale results in over 7 accidentals, don’t use it (D# would include 9).

There are some weird toss ups where C# and Db, for example, are both used. It’s more common to see Db with 5 flats, but C# occasionally makes sense when you’re modulating to another key with sharps or… if you’re Bach (who knows with that guy).

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u/JTEstrella Ibanez 2h ago

That’s just a half-step down from E standard. I hate to burst your bubble but you didn’t make that tuning. It’s been around since at least the 1940s, perhaps even earlier.

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u/Eb_Ab_Db_Gb_Bb_eb Ibanez 1h ago edited 16m ago

:)

Edit: :D

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u/FalcosLiteralyHitler 53m ago

People need to never use this sub to learn guitar lmao

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u/falloutisacoolseries 1h ago

Van Halen tuning

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u/asmcint 1h ago

Eb standard. It's just a half step down across the board.

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u/cominguproses97 1h ago

It’s just the standard tuning but lowered a half step

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u/TomoAries 57m ago

that's just Eb

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u/frodeem 6m ago

GNR tuning