Favourite open tuning and why?
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Favourite open tuning and why?
Luckily I brought my overpriced, heavy, Rich Robinson signature brass slide in hand luggage so plan to get into it with the resonator.
Got me thinking, what's your favorite open tuning and why?
Got me thinking, what's your favorite open tuning and why?
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
I like three open tunings. G for the most part as it's the easiest to convert the standard tuning note patterns to. D because it's the other de facto open tuning and easy to drop the G string a semitone for the minor Bentonia version. Favourite sounding though is C ( CGCGCE ) cos it just sounds huge although I use it least . Being a lazy ( and fortunate ) bastard I have a guitar for each.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
Years back a band mate would tune his 12 string to C#
But I think that was downtuning not open tuning iirc
But I think that was downtuning not open tuning iirc
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
My favourite tuning is Open D, simply because I love the sound. Open G I also like and there is a lot more tutorial material out there for it.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
I like to just drop both E's down to D.
Makes it easier to not sound like a drowning cat and it's quick to go back and forth between that and standard tuning on a single guitar.
Makes it easier to not sound like a drowning cat and it's quick to go back and forth between that and standard tuning on a single guitar.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
C is great but it's a bitch to tune to. A dedicated guitar really is the answer.Dharmajester wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 6:33 am I like three open tunings. G for the most part as it's the easiest to convert the standard tuning note patterns to. D because it's the other de facto open tuning and easy to drop the G string a semitone for the minor Bentonia version. Favourite sounding though is C ( CGCGCE ) cos it just sounds huge although I use it least . Being a lazy ( and fortunate ) bastard I have a guitar for each.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
Open Dm. Skip James territory and that small part of the western Delta (that currently escapes my mind) that heavily used this tuning and resulted in the deepest material.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
Bentonia MS. Got a sound of it's own. Been close but haven't quite made it there.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give them a try.
I've always gone with DADF#AD which sounds bluesy to me. Rich Robinson seems to use G a lot so I might have to get around that if I want to play any of his stuff. Foal, I went with DGDGBD.
Recall watching a Rory Gallagher acoustic performance where he had to banter with the audience as he continually re-tuned between songs. No electronic tuner that I could see.
Just had a sense of deja vu about this thread. I think I started the exact same one last time I bought a resonator.
I've always gone with DADF#AD which sounds bluesy to me. Rich Robinson seems to use G a lot so I might have to get around that if I want to play any of his stuff. Foal, I went with DGDGBD.
Recall watching a Rory Gallagher acoustic performance where he had to banter with the audience as he continually re-tuned between songs. No electronic tuner that I could see.
Just had a sense of deja vu about this thread. I think I started the exact same one last time I bought a resonator.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
DGDGBD usually
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
Cheers mate
I’ll have a read up about open tunings.
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
I like the Buck Rogers Twiki tuning
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Re: Favourite open tuning and why?
So Open G tuning is the 2nd Inversion of G major triad
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