Ok well I am very capable of standard tuning and drop d so its not that which is confusing me but currently the song i am trying to learn is in (aadf#aa) and i dont know how to get to that from standard tuning... please help a brother out! thanx...

If I had to take a stab at it I'm guessing the two a's on top and bottom are the same octave. So from standard tuning you would go up in pitch on the low e to make it the same as the standard A. The F# is down a half step from normal so you could match it to the 4th fret on the D string. Then for the a on the next string match it to the 2nd fret on the F# and for the last one go up until you match pitch with the a above it. That might work but it seems a bit complicated. What song is it may I ask?

Well the song is called fusions by erik mongrain... he is french canadian and i fell in love with his music.. the song im learning is by far not his best but its the only one that is tabbed... have you ever heard of erik?

http://www.erikmongrain.com/indexeng.asp?Page=Music

these are his vids and songs... the best is AIRTAP so give it a try and dont forget reply... hey that rymed!

If you wanna see wat im learning go to the partion on fusions...

Originally Posted by: magicninjaThe F# is down a half step from normal so you could match it to the 4th fret on the D string. Then for the a on the next string match it to the 2nd fret on the F#

I believe you mean 3rd fret, good sir.

I would do it the same way as Ninja said, but just to make it a little bit easier to understand.....

E---> up
B---> down
G---> down
D---> stays the same
A---> stays the same
E---> up

Thank You guys a lot for this... much appreciated and i will check it out!