Tuning Down 1/2 Step

This lesson relies on some of the fundamentals of a previous lesson on tuning I did called Tuning Using Fretted Strings. Please check that lesson out if any questions that aren’t answered here.

In theory tuning down is pretty easy. In reality well, it takes a while for the ears to get used to it. I’ve done the first half of this video lesson for those of you who will be using a tuner to downtune (given some tips and such) and the second half is for those who either don’t have a tuner, or can’t figure out how to get it to work (some tuners don’t do downtuning.) Click the image (left) and study it and learn the string names below.

string names, down 1/2 step

6Eb or: D#

5Ab G#

4Db C#

3Gb F#

2Bb A#

1Eb D#

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