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right Louis, That was in response to Robert Fripps NST http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Standard_Tuning When KC reformed after Fripp had changed. he was described as grimacing from learning all the old stuff in NST. It's amazing that after changing tunings RF still sounded exactly like RF.... His students The California Guitar Trio also use the New Standard tuning with great results J http://www.myspace.com/loopsinphasespace ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 3:33 AM Subject: Re: Alternate Guitar Tunings (OT) > yeah! he said he is content with that one and his low budget one > EADABE > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom > > > --- On Wed, 12/3/08, Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Jeff Duke <jeff_d@embarqmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Alternate Guitar Tunings (OT) >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 9:31 PM >> I always liked Adrian Belews old tuning E A D A B E. He used >> it alot on >> Twang Bar King and the 80s Crimson release Three of a >> Perfect Pair . >> >> Jeff >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com> >> To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" >> <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:59 PM >> Subject: Re: Alternate Guitar Tunings (OT) >> >> >> > My favorite altered tuning and a list of resources for >> many more down >> > below: >> > >> > I'm just in love with D A D E on a four string >> fretted or fretless bass. >> > >> > This sus2 tuning gives beautiful Lydian bar chords and >> lends itself to >> > really simple >> > sus chord diadic and triadic chord shapes. >> > >> > I'm just over using the hell out of it in the last >> year. >> > >> > I even tuned my twelve string steel acoustic to this >> tuning >> > >> > D A D E D D >> > >> > This gives a full 8 strings of D so the open tuning >> stuff just sounds >> > like a shimmering >> > god. It's just beautiful...................... >> > >> > I'm not a guitarist , but I play one on stage >> occasionally, by the >> > way........not in my brother, or Ted's league by >> any stretch >> > of the imagination, but I love the though of using >> the guitar as >> > almost an open tuned Zither. >> > >> > I love that David Crosby once had a D D D D D D open >> tuned guitar on a >> > tune. >> > >> > I even have two tribes at www.tribe.net called >> Weird Guitar (for >> > people using guitars in unusual, exotic and creative >> > 'out of the box' ways) and Weird Zither >> (for people doing the same >> > thing..............I have a Guitar as Zither thread >> > on the Weird Zithers tribe you might want to check >> out. >> > >> > *********** >> > *********** >> > >> > I was fortunate to record a few records and to tour >> with the wonderful >> > Alternate Tuning guru, Britain's Martin Simpson >> > for a while and he hipped me to a lot of cool things. >> He has a theory >> > that there are five basic simple chord shapes and >> that, once learned, >> > can be morphed around on any number of altered tunings >> for a guitar to >> > produce really beautiful results. >> > >> > I can highly recommend his book on Alternate Tunings >> > and this book/DVD package called >> > *MARTIN SIMPSON TEACHES ALTERNATE TUNINGS* >> > >> >http://www.guitargallerymusic.com/shopping.php?do=display_product&item_number=AL20415 >> > >> > Additionally, I've enjoyed these books excellent >> books by Mark Hanson >> > *THE ALTERNATE TUNINGS GUIDE FOR GUITARS *(one of >> those cool , fit in >> > the guitar case slender books) >> > and his larger >> > *THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ALTERNATE TUNINGS * by Mark >> Hanson >> > and a very cool picture chord book: >> > *ALTERNATE TUNINGS PICTURE CHORDS* >> > >> >> >> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1826 - Release >> Date: 12/3/2008 >> 9:34 AM > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1828 - Release Date: 12/4/2008 8:05 AM