Drop B♭ tuning
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Drop B♭ tuning is a guitar tuning that is one half step down from B tuning. B♭ Standard, form of this tuning has been utilized for many years by popular death metal band In Flames, however the dropped version of this tuning has been utilized by other different hard rock and metal bands in recent years.
B♭, said as "B-flat", is the step in between B tuning and A tuning, an even lower tuning that was pioneered by nu metal band Korn in the 1990's.
This tuning can be achieved on a six-string guitar by dropping the strings, from low to high, B♭-F-B♭-E♭-G-C. This is one half step down from Drop B Tuning.
This tuning can be utilized in another version, known as B♭ Standard tuning, in which the strings are tuned B♭-E♭-A♭-D♭-G♭-B. This is the tuning that is used by In Flames.
[edit] Bands That Use Drop B♭ Tuning
- Breaking Benjamin - Used on the album Phobia. The use of the low B♭ string can be prominently heard in such songs as "The Diary of Jane", "Evil Angel", "Until The End", "Dance With the Devil", "Had Enough", "You Fight Me", and both Intro and Outro tracks
- Bury Your Dead - Used on Cover Your Tracks
- Chevelle - Used on This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In), this tuning was used on every song except "Vitamin R (Leading us Along), "Get Some", and "Another Know It All" which were all in B tuning. This tuning can also be found on Vena Sera, in such tracks as "Midnight to Midnight" and "I Get It".
- Decyfer Down - Used on the 2006 album The End of Grey
- Evanescence - Used on The Open Door, the song "Lithium" features this tuning. It appears to be noticeable in the track "Cloud Nine" as well, but it is immediately noticeable on "Lithium"
- Nonpoint - Used on the album To The Pain. Notable tracks featuring the low B♭ are "Bullet With a Name" and "Alive and Kicking"
- Parkway Drive - Used on the songs "Dead Man's Chest" and "Feed Them to the Pigs"
- Static-X - Used exclusively on most of their albums, with the exception of their 2001 album Shadow Zone, which also utilizes C Standard tuning
[edit] Bands That Use B♭ Standard Tuning
- In Flames - In Flames have used this tuning for many years. Can be heard frequently through their most recent albums: Reroute to Remain, Soundtrack to Your Escape, and Come Clarity.
- Dream Theater - Dream Theater have only used this tuning once, on a 6 string baritone guitar on 2005's Octavarium. The song "Panic Attack" makes use of this tuning.
- Cannibal Corpse whenever using a 7-string guitar
- Linkin Park - Used a baritone guitar to record their single, Somewhere I Belong, off their 2003 album, Meteora
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