08-28-2011, 11:50 AM
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Half step down Metallica songs?
Can anyone give me a list of Metallica songs that are tuned down a half step? would be greatly appreciative
 I fancy learning some Metallica. but i don't fancy tuning my Ironbird back to standard encase i snap a string cheers guys. |
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08-28-2011, 11:59 AM
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No Leaf Clover. Only one I can think of.
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08-28-2011, 11:59 AM
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I believe they play most if not all their songs live a half-step down nowadays. So you can just pick a live recording.
I wouldn't worry about breaking a string by just going from standard to half-step down and back. I've done it a lot for years and I don't remember any of my strings ever breaking that way.
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08-28-2011, 12:00 PM
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The Colonel.
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Sad but true would be another one...
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08-28-2011, 12:00 PM
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I think the load and reload albums are all half a step down, as well as about half of garage inc album. Apart from that they're mostly standard
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08-28-2011, 12:00 PM
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They play most of them a half step down nowadays except for jump in the fire, seek and destroy and sad but true
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08-28-2011, 12:02 PM
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Everything off of Load and ReLoad, and everything they do live now is in Eb.
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08-28-2011, 12:03 PM
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sad but true is a full step down |
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08-28-2011, 12:08 PM
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All the recent live versions of songs, including the S&M album, are half a step lower than originally recorded so all the earlier stuff like MoP is in Eb and things that were a full step down to begin with like The Thing That Should Not Be are in C#.
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08-28-2011, 12:15 PM
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Thanks guys
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08-28-2011, 12:20 PM
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You can always keep your favorite tuning and adjust the pitch of the backing track to the same tuning. Audacity works wonder.
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08-28-2011, 12:38 PM
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Why are they doing that? Is it just James' voice straining to hit those same notes?
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08-28-2011, 01:02 PM
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The God That Failed, don't remember if it's a half step or full step down.
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08-28-2011, 01:23 PM
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After James ****ed up his voice, they played everything in Eb. Sad but True is drop D if I'm not mistaken, though. I think the Eb standard sounds pretty badass. I was working on technique and found a few books on metal guitar basics, and one had Kirk Hammet making up riffs in Eb, and they sounded really good with a medium distortion added.
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08-28-2011, 01:57 PM
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I just don't understand the "James f*cked up his voice" explanation regarding the down tuning. His voice actually used to be a lot deeper and darker so shouldn't they tune up instead?
 Or they tune down to compensate for the lack of power in James' voice? |
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08-28-2011, 02:06 PM
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Lowering the key a half step makes it easier to hit some of those notes that are pretty hard to hit in the first place. That's why a lot of bands in the 80s played in Eb standard and some bands still do to this day (Protest the Hero comes to mind).
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08-28-2011, 02:16 PM
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Yeah, but Rody from Protest can hit some high notes. Dude has quite the range.
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08-28-2011, 02:30 PM
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Touring for 2+ years takes its toll on you. That half a step makes quite a difference when it comes to pushing your voice too hard and too frequently.
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08-28-2011, 02:31 PM
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Sad But True is D standard. Quote:
His voice is deeper now than it was back in the day by quite a way, he can't reach the higher notes any more and had to have vocal lessons to be able to do almost anything again.
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08-28-2011, 03:20 PM
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they only play halfstep down live i beleive
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