Every string down two whole steps — a huge, crushing low end used across doom, sludge and modern metal while keeping standard chord shapes. Low to high: C F Bb Eb G C.
C Standard (Two Whole Steps Down) tuning is, from the low (6th) string to the high (1st) string, C F Bb Eb G C.
Start in standard tuning. Lower every string by two whole steps (four semitones). Result, low to high: C F Bb Eb G C. All the intervals stay the same as standard, so every chord and scale shape still works — it just sits much lower and heavier. Use heavier strings (.012–.060 or a baritone set) to keep the low strings from going floppy.
Popular songs in C Standard (Two Whole Steps Down) tuning include No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age, Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age.
Every string down two whole steps — a huge, crushing low end used across doom, sludge and modern metal while keeping standard chord shapes.
More tunings: see all 19 tunings · standard tuning chart