My Ibanez is setup so that the E string is tuned at Eb, while my Les Paul is tuned to the traditional tunings. Actually, every string on the Ibanez is a half step lower. I can play the flat chords and keys fine on Keys withpout transposing, but I gotta "cheat" on a guitar a little. Also, I like having a low Eb note instead of a low E.

Not being an expert on guitar ( or even close ), I am guessing though that what you guys are referring to is just the one string being tuned a step lower yes ? I wanna try this sometime, maybe on my acoustic. I think there is a way on one or more of my apps to change the tuning of only one ( or more ) note individually, but I'm not certain whether I could go a whole step down. Now I'm interested enough to try this.


BTW, many of the current better guitar emulations ( some of the Motif ES6 patches, Sonic Impants etc ) won't play notes below low E, because the keys below are reserved for different effects. I like to be able to play the low E "string" open as a low Eb here as well, so I have to transpose the KB when I want to go below low E, and this throws me a bit when I play keys, because otherwise I rarely use the Transpose feature. A few, like Real Guitar, allow you to transpose from within the app, but it still sounds funny to me when I hit a B key on the keys and a Bb comes out.

AJ


[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 06-01-2005).]