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What tuning did Elliot Smith use?
For most of the songs he would use standard D tuning (one tone down). For some other songs such as Ballad of Big Nothing or Independence Day he would use the open C tuning, where open chords sound as a C chord by default. Also he had some songs in standard E tuning.
Did Elliott Smith use a metronome?
He was incredibly on tempo live but using a metronome during practice and recording probably helped that. The demo for Either/Or probably.
Is Elliott Smith emo?
The music of American Football and Elliott Smith can both be lumped under the umbrella of "emo rock." But the ways they approached the genre couldn't be more different: While American Football's music started as an extension of the hardcore scene, Smith—the late artist whose album Either/Or turned 20 years old on ...
