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Title: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: chrisbDTM on March 05, 2010, 05:13:52 PM

(non DT of course)


any suggestions?

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: Sigz on March 05, 2010, 05:36:46 PM

All of Lacuna Coil's stuff uses seven strings
I believe all the songs of off Shogun by Trivium use seven strings (I know Torn Between Scylla and Charybdis does, and that's a cool song).

Beyond that, I have no idea.

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: 7StringedBeast on March 05, 2010, 09:31:55 PM

Play some Nevermore shit.

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: brakkum on March 05, 2010, 09:44:36 PM

A seven string song that you wrote yourself...

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: sonatafanica on March 05, 2010, 10:21:34 PM

Don't Say A Word by Sonata Arctica

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: TheCor on March 06, 2010, 02:07:32 AM

"burn it to the ground" by nickelback.  :lol  it is in B and it actually is kinda fun to play.  but as previously mentioned, nevermore and trivium have some really cool shit.  other bands that i know of off the top of my head that utulize 7 string guitars (or 6 string detuned to B or A) are korn, slipknot, steve vai, rusty cooley, all shall perish, and pretty much every other black/death metal band. 

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: ddtonfire on March 14, 2010, 11:28:46 PM

Any Periphery song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeIIx0fwVRs

It's in drop Ab, though.

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: LTE on March 16, 2010, 08:01:33 AM

Early Meshuggah.

They play standard 7 string half a step down

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: Summers on March 30, 2010, 08:20:00 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGzltK_tlc

Pretty fun song to play.  A lot of Epica stuff is, have a look  :metal

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: MykeHavoc on April 02, 2010, 10:00:47 PM

Type O Negative is 6-string tuned down to B, so you could just use the 7 string for it.


I also recommend Nevermore. They're my favorite 7-string band.

Also, Fear Factory. Soul/Demanufacture era are standard 7 string tuning, while later
stuff is tuned down a step. The new album has 8-string shit on it (sounds like it's tuned down as well,
which would put it at F...which is just fucking silly :lol)

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: TimmyHiggy on April 03, 2010, 03:44:33 AM

Circus maximus songs are either mostly or entirely 7 string.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPqUrAEBLU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsBQ1v_CeFg

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: ddtonfire on April 03, 2010, 11:59:53 AM

Oh, this is a good one too, but not if you're a beginner.

Tempting Time by Animals as Leaders:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ho4-tExpTE

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: RobD on April 04, 2010, 09:20:59 AM

All of the Addicted album by Devin Townsend. He play's open tuning, but the songs are simple enough for easy playing on 7 string, bar one or two MASSIVE stretches. :P

Think it's mostly in B, one in Ab, one in Db, one in C. Good fun even if it's not difficult to play.

Title: Re: Cool 7 String Songs To Play??
Post by: Fuzzboy on April 04, 2010, 07:38:15 PM

Quote from: Obi-Wan KeRobDi on April 04, 2010, 09:20:59 AM

All of the Addicted album by Devin Townsend. He play's open tuning, but the songs are simple enough for easy playing on 7 string, bar one or two MASSIVE stretches. :P

Think it's mostly in B, one in Ab, one in Db, one in C. Good fun even if it's not difficult to play.

Universe is in Bb, not Ab

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