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Latest email from guitarist: "The Killers record is played In D but they tune half a step down - so the D sounds like a C#."
My response: "A song (or indeed a single note) that’s played in D, but tuned down a semi-tone is no longer in D – it’s in C#. It sounds like it’s in C# because it is."
Initially, I thought this was another example of the naming and communication confusion caused by guitarists' use of capos and detuning, as summarised by Steve Woodcock above. I'm sure many of us have experienced this. However, the more I talk to the guitarist, the more uncomfortable I get because he insists that the [i]shape[/i] of the chord he's playing dictates what the chord actually is. That instantly causes problems when he, keys player and myself are trying to sort out problems in songs.
We've decided to drop Mr Brightside from the setlist for now.
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Does he have a tuner ? Get him to play the downtuned note and ask him to tell you what the tuner says ..