The importance of Listening

Ok so the guitar lick I posted yesterday completely in the wrong key. My guitar was tuned down but not the backing track. I'm going to leave it up to demonstrate the differences but I recorded a version in standard tuning so you could hear the way it should have been. Lowering every thing down works sometimes but you'll note the increased tension when its not in the right key. I could tell something was off when I recorded it but it didn't hit home until I listened through a small speaker - with the guitar turned up I didn't hear the track clear enough.

Here is the guitar tab again. If you want to hear the "error version" it is in the last post.