Ha! I know what you mean, but I think it was ruined for me the moment I figured out the words.
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
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Jon B. - Mar 26, 2007 1:26:24 am PDT #5442 of 10003
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Tom Scola - Mar 26, 2007 1:34:16 am PDT #5443 of 10003
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I can't listen to it without picturing Viking kittens.
How do you know that wasn't Robert Plant's intention when he wrote the song?
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:11:08 am PDT #5444 of 10003
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Hey, can anyone explain "drop-tuning", as in this example:
Guns N' Roses used to drop-tune at least a half step quite frequently, such as Sweet Child O' Mine. Rage Against the Machine would frequently drop a whole step, as in Killing in the Name. That is the kind of depth and power I wanted to infuse into my arrangement of Watchtower, while simultaneously acknowledging Dylan's original choice of key.
I know both of the songs referenced, and I don't get what's being referrenced. I don't think he's talking about a modulation in the song -- does it have something to do with the tuning of the instruments?
sumi - Mar 26, 2007 7:13:50 am PDT #5445 of 10003
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I would guess so.
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:15:18 am PDT #5446 of 10003
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Okay, so having looked at Wikipedia, he means that the instruments are tuned a half step or whole step below standard guitar tuning?
Jon B. - Mar 26, 2007 7:29:48 am PDT #5447 of 10003
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There are many different drop tunings. The most common is where the top E-string, the lowest-note string, is tuned down to a D. So instead of E-A-D-G-B-E, you have D-A-D-G-B-E. This makes it easier to play certain chords.
In this case, it looks like they may be talking about lowering all the strings by a half or whole step, making it easier to transpose a song down a half or whole step. You can use a capo to transpose a song UP, but tuning all the strings down is one way to easily do the opposite.
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:33:02 am PDT #5448 of 10003
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"Capo" means something totally different to a singer, so I had to go to wikipedia on that one too.
So I guess, if you're a strong enough instrumentalist, you can actually tell just by listening when instruments are drop-tuned? Cool.
Sheryl - Mar 26, 2007 8:13:09 am PDT #5449 of 10003
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A common alternate tuning is D-A-D-G-A-D, which drops the top and the bottom .(This is as much as I know about it, since my guitar never leaves standard tuning)
Hayden - Mar 26, 2007 8:16:06 am PDT #5450 of 10003
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Many metal bands drop-tune all 6 strings to make the music heavier.
lisah - Mar 26, 2007 8:18:30 am PDT #5451 of 10003
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Many metal bands drop-tune all 6 strings to make the music heavier.
OMG I'm amazed I understand this but that's exactly what my guitarist had to figure out and do when we played a set (an AWESOME set) of Motley Crue songs last year.