Talk:Drop C tuning

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First it says that drop C is CGCFAD (which is false), then it corrects itself saying that it really is CADGBE (which is correct), then we go to the "usage" part of the article which again describes CGCFAD, and finally it gives a list of artists which I would assume does not tune in drop C, but instead drop D tuned down one whole step.

I removed the last line of the opening paragraph and changed it so that it clarifies that what is referred to as "drop C" in this article is really drop D tuned down one whole step, but in my opinion the whole article is wrong and should be either rewritten or deleted entirely. It's embarrassing to have an article here on Wikipedia where we actually know it is false, yet it is still up. I would suggest that if anything, parts of it could be merged into the article on drop D tuning. Lars Holm (talk) 17:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

...The term Drop C is used for tuning the guitar down one whole step, then tuning the Low D down one step further.. It's just way easier to say "Drop C" in conversation, although this may lead some to believe that the tuning is standard with the low E tuned down to C (not a very usable tuning).—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.198.42.180 (talk) 03:38, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Here here to the above. An example if you will: Drop D inherently implies two things. Most people only think of notes in and of themselves while the whole nomenclature for guitar tunings is not note basted but interval based. Its not that Drop D tuning is only the lowest string of a standard tuned guitar, tuned down a whole step. Its that insdead of being 5 half steps lower than the string above it, it is 7 half steps lower. Its all relative. So Drop C tuning is not a standard tuning with the E string dropped 2 whole steps. That would be silly. It is the lowest string tuned to a C with the string above being 7 half steps higher, the one above a 5th higher, etc. Drop C is CGCFAD. Nuff said.

The entire concept of "Drop C" is ridiculous. Drop C IS IN FACT "CADGBE." Any dropped tuning is just that; the low string "dropped." The tuning that we all know as Drop C, CGCFAD, is D standard with a dropped C, or, Dropped D tuned down a step. This is another case of something that's so commonly misunderstood that it becomes the proper term.

Furthermore, is it really necessary to make special note of all the times a band uses a tuning other than "Drop C?" For example, if System of a Down decides to use Db from now on, that's now unrelated to this article.65.189.210.173 (talk) 06:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

hay guys, the sond thunderhorse by dethklok is played in full C standard tuning, not drop c...or drop d tuned down one step or w/e. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.230.80 (talk) 00:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

You're right, and I removed it, but, for future reference, it's a lot less work to edit something like that yourself instead of posting here about it and waiting for someone else to do it. No big deal, it's just more productive.65.189.210.173 (talk) 06:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)