BAND: Deftones
ALBUM: White Pony
SONG: Back to School
By: ChIsUs >> RxMaScArArx@aol.com
Complex of way of understanding the tuning:
string 1. C#
string 2. G#
string 3. E
string 4. B
string 5. F#
string 6. B
More simply, from standard tuning, Drop the sixth string to D and then drop
all strings down 1 1/2 steps. this gives you drop d tuning in the absolute
pitch of B.
If you don’t want to tune down to B, that’s fine. If you just drop your
sixth string down to D, you’ll just be in dropped D tuning in the pitch of E,
instead of the pitch of B.
Into riff: 2x (slight dirty with high treble dist. strum pick on the bridge
or over the treble (rear) pickup to get the scratchy strumming sounds.)
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——————————–10-10-10—–10—-10
10–10–10—-10—-10——————————-
———————————7—7—7——-7—–7
8—–8—-8—–8——8——————————–
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Chorus/bridge/coda: 8x
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———–10—10—10
10-10—10—10—10
8—-0—–7—-7—–7
8—-0—–0—-0—–0
8—-0—–0—-0—–0
Verse: 4x (hit all the notes and especially the opens as hard as you can with
your pick in order to achieve the “bwah” sound)
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5–5-5–4–4–8–0–0-0–0–0-0
Chorus: 8x
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11-11-11—11——————–13——8-8-8—8—–7-7-7—4
10-10-10—10—–10-10-10—10——7-7-7—7—–6-6-6—4
8—8—8—–8—–10-10-10—10——5-5-5—5—–4-4-4—4
8—8—8—–8——0—0—0—-0——-5-5-5—5—–4-4-4—4
8—8—8—–8——————————5-5-5—5—–4-4-4—4
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