Eb Tuning Guitar Tutorial - Tune half a step down - How and why

This is a pet gripe of mine. I have heard a hundred different reasons why e-flat tuning is supposedly beneficial. Personally, I see it as a cultish thing. There is one thing (besides playing with E-flat horn sections and "black-key" keyboard players) it comes to is, "Because Jimi did it!", BUT lo... Jimi was playing in E natural UNTIL he started singing as a front band leader for over a year. His first recordings Hey Joe, and the B-side Stone Free (of the UK single) were standard tuning. All of the Are You Experienced album is standard tuning. But from Axis on, he tuned low... so he could sing more comfortably. Only a bass-player had to adjust. But when he jumped on stage with Clapton and Jack Bruce to jam, you can bet your Marshall he was tuned to standard pitch. If you like the looser feel, use a short-scale guitar or lighter string gauges. Duh.

Eddie Van Halen used this tuning on most of the early VH records

Gog forbid the shitty 8 language pamphlet that comes with the tuner explains this.

Ive been playing for 25 years and I find half step down tuning the best because of the tension. I have a Maton expensive guitar and I made my best to low the tension, guitar action etc but it is not so easy and my technician was also helpless. So I decided to use this tuning to low the tension and play more comfortably. You are not in position like Tommy Emmanuel who has a technicians to addjust everything perfectly for E tuning with acceptable results without buzzing etc...

I have my 12 string tuned this way. Have done for years

So I was curious is there a way to get the same sound of capo 4th fret in standard on a guitar that's tuned a halfstep down?

Thank you mate

Thank you for explaining this , it can get complicated when you have D sharp = E flat etc . well done mate

i hope you can help me.. can you tell me what tuning metallicas fade to black has? i heard that it has d standard or eb.. but nothing works. please help me 🙁 thanks

Thank you for this, has helped so much.

Half step down

Recording at concert. Live at Eb to save the vocals.

What tuner are you using here?

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Thank you

If you're doing a video on tuning, try keeping the camera on the tuner...

Can I just hold the second fret while I tune it

In guitartuna it's -12 not 13..

Then remove it of course lol 😂 and play away

Helpful hint for beginners, tuning regularly with a capo on the first fret 👍😃