Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:27 pm
Did you ever notice that C tuning is an anagram on cnuting?jeremyb wrote:Loving the open C tuning, just sayin'....
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Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 6:26 pm
Embracing change, in an alternate tuning, E standard, haven't had a guitar in that for years, quite a hard thing to get my mind around 
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 6:48 pm
Saw Jeff Lang on the weekend. Mr open tuning himself.
https://www.classikon.com/concerts/musi ... -may-2017/
Great musician.
https://www.classikon.com/concerts/musi ... -may-2017/
Great musician.
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 9:24 pm
Love the don! been jaming some drop A stuff myself. I love the tune "chimes at midnight" a drop A delightsirvill wrote:druz15 wrote:I thought most of their stuff was drop C or B?sirvill wrote:
ooh, as in AADGBE? Yeah those kind of tunings are cool.
Mastodon have heaps of songs in AGCFAD (whole step down, with top one down to A), another cool option.
(although granted the only stuff of theirs I have actually looked up is off crack the skye, but most of their other riffs sound 'right' in drop C too)
But no I mean drop A as in AEADF#C#
Oh right... like a drop Baritone tuning! Yeah that's kinda what I had my 7 string in, its awesome.
Mastodon use three tunings mainly - D Standard (eg Blood and Thunder), Drop C (drop D down a whole step) (eg Oblivion) and Drop A (AGCFAD, which is the BADGBE tuning you sometimes see down a whole step) (eg High Road, Curl of the Burl etc).
The last one is cool cause you can make octaves with a power chord shape on the top 2 strings. Also means you get some 7 string style low chuggage but keep the feel of a regular guitar on the other strings.
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:13 am
Tuned my Acoustic to dadgad, kinda cool how tolerant of changing tunings they are...
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:46 am
I'm well into DADGAD at the moment, albeit down half a step (C#G#C#F#G#C# doesn't roll off the tongue quite so easily thoughjeremyb wrote:Tuned my Acoustic to dadgad, kinda cool how tolerant of changing tunings they are...
)Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:12 am
Interesting! What are you playing in that tuning?Sinbad343 wrote:I'm well into DADGAD at the moment, albeit down half a step (C#G#C#F#G#C# doesn't roll off the tongue quite so easily thoughjeremyb wrote:Tuned my Acoustic to dadgad, kinda cool how tolerant of changing tunings they are...
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:55 am
Mainly ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man...jeremyb wrote:Interesting! What are you playing in that tuning?Sinbad343 wrote:I'm well into DADGAD at the moment, albeit down half a step (C#G#C#F#G#C# doesn't roll off the tongue quite so easily thoughjeremyb wrote:Tuned my Acoustic to dadgad, kinda cool how tolerant of changing tunings they are...
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:16 pm
The entire James Blunt back catalogue, obviously
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:19 pm
Nothing in particular, just my own nonsensical noodlingsjeremyb wrote:Interesting! What are you playing in that tuning?Sinbad343 wrote:I'm well into DADGAD at the moment, albeit down half a step (C#G#C#F#G#C# doesn't roll off the tongue quite so easily thoughjeremyb wrote:Tuned my Acoustic to dadgad, kinda cool how tolerant of changing tunings they are...
I really like the open top strings ringing through on certain chords, plus it allows for nice heavy riffing too
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:51 pm
I've been messing with eadgbe, but with the E string up two octaves, ADG strings up an octave. Sounds like this:
https://youtu.be/0VpuGuxgb30
https://youtu.be/0VpuGuxgb30
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:33 pm
I believe Nashville has the low E one octave higher, this tuning has it two octaves up. But very similar in sound I'm sure.
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:28 am
I thought Nashville tuning was when you strung a 6 string using the lighter half of a pack of 12 strings?bbrunskill wrote:I believe Nashville has the low E one octave higher, this tuning has it two octaves up. But very similar in sound I'm sure.
But I could be wrong.Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:54 am
yup, that's right. This is only one string different
Re: Alternate tunings
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:00 pm
Thanks!AiRdAd wrote:Have you seen this guys lesson of cinnamon girl? It's in that tuning, and sounds great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERDnkmG9wzg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWwcexgIEbM
I need to warn you though - if you learn this song your 5e3 gas will become uncontrollable!!!