Andrew Lamprecht
Minion of One
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What are some interesting alternate tunings?
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jon the art guy
Nerdy Nerd
Re: What are some interesting alternate tunings?
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Funkfingers
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Re: What are some interesting alternate tunings?
You could do a lot worse than start here. http://jonimitchell.com/music/tuningpatterns.cfm Read the notes then click on Transcriptions By Rating. Select from the list.
You could do a lot worse than start here. http://jonimitchell.com/music/tuningpatterns.cfm Read the notes then click on Transcriptions By Rating. Select from the list.
ItsaBass
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Re: What are some interesting alternate tunings?
I used my own (AFAIK) open B tuning for one song when I played guitar for this singer songwriter several years ago. If I remember right, it went (high to low):
B-B-F#-B-F#-B
It's basically two sets of fifth chords an octave apart from each other, with two drone strings on top. It has more in common with dulcimer or hurdy gurdy than a guitar. I did this on my '68 Guild F50 (all maple jumbo), using a standard set of 13's. So there was also a great difference in tension and buzz from string to string, which added to the unique sound.
Over all, that gig sucked, because she wasn't that good (typical I-moved-to-L.A.-from-Texas-to-try-and-make-it-in-the-industry-despite-my-lack-of-anything-interesting-to-offer singer/songwriter), and I needed to bring three guitars to every [non-paying] gig: that Guild, a standard acoustic, and a nylon-stringed acoustic...plus my harmonicas. But that one tuning was actually pretty cool.
I used my own (AFAIK) open B tuning for one song when I played guitar for this singer songwriter several years ago. If I remember right, it went (high to low):
B-B-F#-B-F#-B
It's basically two sets of fifth chords an octave apart from each other, with two drone strings on top. It has more in common with dulcimer or hurdy gurdy than a guitar. I did this on my '68 Guild F50 (all maple jumbo), using a standard set of 13's. So there was also a great difference in tension and buzz from string to string, which added to the unique sound.
Over all, that gig sucked, because she wasn't that good (typical I-moved-to-L.A.-from-Texas-to-try-and-make-it-in-the-industry-despite-my-lack-of-anything-interesting-to-offer singer/songwriter), and I needed to bring three guitars to every [non-paying] gig: that Guild, a standard acoustic, and a nylon-stringed acoustic...plus my harmonicas. But that one tuning was actually pretty cool.
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