Read this guide on Guitar Strings to learn more about string gauge and tension. If you don’t like the lower string tension when you play in Eb Tuning, you can easily fix this by using a higher string gauge. Bends and vibrato feel easier to play, so it’s a good way to learn these techniques.

Many guitarists like to play in Eb Tuning because of this lower string tension. Any change in string tension will change how your guitar feels to play and some tunings can cause changes in the guitar’s neck stability.īecause Eb Tuning tunes every string down a half-step, you will notice a slight decrease in string tension across all strings.

It’s important to remember any time you change to a different tuning that you will be changing string tension. Just tune each string a half-step down (a half-step is one fret distance on guitar). Some people call Eb Tuning ‘Half-Step-Down’ Tuning, which makes it easy to remember how to change into this tuning.

This is an easy alternate tuning to remember because each string is tuned down the same distance. The strings in Eb Tuning are tuned to: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb To tune your guitar into Eb Tuning, you need to tune each string down one half-step (or semitone). 6.8 Related Guides and Lessons: How to Tune Your Guitar in Eb Tuning

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