Shtrudel Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 "Slightly sharp above Eb" I know I know, but how much exactly is "slightly"? Anyone looked for the exact number? Is it consistent throughout the entire album?
Flashback Posted July 21, 2021 Posted July 21, 2021 I don't think that they knew that. They tried to tune guitar and bass just with their ears and failed. The Eb tuning is the result
Star-LordAndTheAve Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/21/2021 at 2:49 PM, Flashback said: I don't think that they knew that. They tried to tune guitar and bass just with their ears and failed. The Eb tuning is the result Expand I thought Rob made them use tuners on Dookie?
Hammie Stein Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 I only ever found When I come around was significantly off. I dont know the Hertz that its tuned to, maybe 2 or 3 above 440? I find insomniac to be more the issue tuning wise
Virginia Lot Lizard Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 90s rock, punk, grunge had messed up tuning. The tuning of Dookie and Insomniac not being standard has always upset me. I am so bad at tuning and anything that isn’t standard throws me. I like unstructured structure. WTF is drop-d tuning?
Mato Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 12:03 PM, Virginia Lot Lizard said: WTF is drop-d tuning? Expand It's a standard tuning with the lowest E string dropped by one step down, which makes it a D. A lot of grunge, metal and even punk bands use this tuning. In Green Day's case the first song that pops up in my mind that it's used on is Whatshername.
Guest Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 12:12 PM, Mato said: It's a standard tuning with the lowest E string dropped by one step down, which makes it a D. A lot of grunge, metal and even punk bands use this tuning. In Green Day's case the first song that pops up in my mind that it's used on is Whatshername. Expand And only Whatsername is in Drop D (probably because it's a rip-off of One Headlight by The Wallflowers, can't imagine any other way why).
Mato Posted July 22, 2021 Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 11:05 PM, KyrTHICCal said: (probably because it's a rip-off of One Headlight by The Wallflowers, can't imagine any other way why). Expand 🤦♂️ --- Actually there are some drop D guitars going on at the end of Forever Now and a drop C# / baritone guitar on Meet Me At The Roof.
Guest Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 11:22 PM, Mato said: Actually there are some drop D guitars going on at the end of Forever Now Expand Does that mean it's in Drop D? It does not to my knowledge. The only Green Day song in Drop D tuning stays to be Whatsername in my eyes, factual info seems to prove that point. At the end of Forever Now there is one guitar in Drop D (and is probably played using the bow like Billie Joe said during the RevRad interviews). How does that fact invert anything about my previous post? No need to act so privileged. I admit I'm not that much of an expert so I'd be glad to carry out a discussion but really no need for this facepalm "actually" shit. I was merely a bit ironic with the rip-off part because it's such a random tuning for Billie Joe to write in, instead of playing a D5 on the 5th and 7th fret respectively which would be way more typical for him. Apologies for the ironic part from my side because it's hard to tell in written word and we don't really know each other, I'm a bit specific in that written word regard.
Shtrudel Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 I played a bit with the tuner and 442 seems to work the best. On 7/22/2021 at 8:53 AM, Star-LordAndTheAve said: I thought Rob made them use tuners on Dookie? Expand And why they're not tuned to exactly 440 - my guess is they were tuning to a piano in the room rather than a using a tuner. On 7/22/2021 at 11:46 AM, Hammie Stein said: I only ever found When I come around was significantly off. I dont know the Hertz that its tuned to, maybe 2 or 3 above 440? I find insomniac to be more the issue tuning wise Expand I've never really thought about Insomniac that way, I aslways assumed they were tuned perfectly. I should put attention to that the next time I listen to that album. On 7/22/2021 at 12:03 PM, Virginia Lot Lizard said: I am so bad at tuning and anything that isn’t standard throws me. Expand Don't ever try to play to Soundgarden songs then 🙃
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