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Jun 6 2012, 03:33 AM
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If you look at tablature books which include Drop C songs, you'll see they are usually notated as if it was in Drop D. Then they add a note something like "Tuned to Drop C. Song sounds a whole step lower than notated" or "Tuned to Drop D, down 1 whole step". The advantage to this is you don't have to learn a new fretboard
 .So I'd like to suggest that, when tabbing out a Drop C lesson, like Cosmin's excellent Alter Bridge lesson, tab it as if it was drop D to make it easier to read. -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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the positions are the same, right? Even if the tuning is different. 
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Jun 6 2012, 06:29 PM
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As an example, look at the tablature for your Alter Bridge lesson. An open high string is notated as a "D". Now look at any tablature book or magazine with a Drop C song. It will show an open high string as an "E". It sounds as a "D" of course, so the tablature will have a textual note to that effect, like I mentioned above. But by notating it as a "E", it's easier to read since you don't have to think of a new fretboard layout for the 5 high strings.
In other words, even though the lesson is in Drop C, use the Drop D tuning setting in GuitarPro. Then just put a textual note somewhere that the lesson is tuned to DropC. Sorry to use your lesson as an example. It's only the most recent one I've encountered on GMC -------------------- Cyber-industrial music and video animations:
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Jun 6 2012, 06:52 PM
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QUOTE (Dinaga @ Jun 6 2012, 05:42 PM)  it shows numbers, not actual notes. Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I'm talking about the notes, not the numbers. That's the way every book or magazine I've ever seen works, so this isn't my idea
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Jun 6 2012, 06:56 PM
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I know what he's trying to point out but have to think how to display this to show it.
"Cosmins Tab" has the strings listed as this. Drop C D||----- "Others Tab" has it listed as this. Drop C (Whole Step Down) E||----- I'm with you Dinaga, on it doesn't really matter but me and my friend got into this discussion the last time we went out. When your tuned to say B Standard and you chug with. E|--- Tho its in B people still refer to it as E tuned to B. -------------------- Guitars:
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Jun 6 2012, 07:14 PM
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I suppose it depends on whether you read the musical notation or not. If you only use the numbers in the tablature, then it doesn't matter what's in the musical notation. But if you use the musical notation, it's easier to read if GMC lessons use the standard convention and notate "Drop C" as "Drop D tuned down a whole step". Anyway, just a suggestion.
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Jun 7 2012, 12:03 AM
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Here's a picture from the Disturbed Indestructible transcription book to show what I'm referring to. This song is in Drop C, but is notated as if it was in Drop D.
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