| C tuning is a type of guitar tuning. The strings of the guitar are tuned two whole steps lower than standard tuning. The resulting notes can be described as either C-F-A#-D#-G-C or more often C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C. The tuning is commonly used by metal and hard rock artists due to the dark sound it produces. It also makes bending easier for the player. Heavier gauge strings can be used in order to maintain tension in the strings. It is possible to play without them, but difficulty can be experienced as it becomes quite easy to unintentionally bend notes and chords out of tune. However, the ease of bends can be desirable, depending on playing style of the musician. Generally, the tuning is used by heavy metal artists. Tony Iommi tuned his guitar 1 1/2 steps down to C# on most of the tracks featured upon the Black Sabbath album Master of Reality. While he did so primarily for physical reasons (his fretting fingers were tipped with hard plastic prosthetics due to an industrial accident in his youth, making string breakage a constant problem), this produced a new sound, which became coveted by many bands in the emerging stoner metal genre. |
| Regular John by QOTSA (C F A# D# G C tuning) Glass Casket - Pencil Lead Syringe (C-F-Bb-Eb-G-C tuning) |
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