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I'm with you Daryl, I have messed with alt tunings some but when I play I always use standard. Well until I met your partner Jim Goodin (virtually). I have taken up the oud, tuning E A B E A D which I find that damnd B string course to be very counter intuitive to the way I play. I still "think" guitar. And being fretless it's taking alot of practice to be acurate. I love it though and new things keep my old brain from atrophying (I hope). For guitar though after all these years I have not even scratched the surface with the good old standard. Ahh, so many notes, so little time.. peace, Jeff http://www.myspace.com/loopsinphasespace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl Shawn" <highhorse@mhorse.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Alternate Guitar Tunings (OT) > Yup, called the "Nashville tuning" in fact (though traditionally it > changes the bottom four strings, using a 12-string set). Pat Metheny > uses it a lot, in particular on his "One Quiet Night" record, albeit on > a baritone guitar. > > I played exclusively in DADGCF for five years, which was great for rock > and helped me break out of certain ruts, but I never use alternate > tunings anymore because I know I'll never be as comfortable as in > standard tuning. I always want to be able (or aspire to be able) to play > what jumps into my head at any given time, and playing in a different > tuning is a handicap, to me, for that goal. > > Daryl Shawn > www.swanwelder.com > www.chinapaintingmusic.com > > >> If I recall, that' an old Nasville country music recording trick. >> >> You can hear it on many C&W hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s. >> >> Not done so much any more though. >> >> On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:57 AM, Per Boysen wrote: >> >>> Another good tuning for zing-zing-a-zing backing acoustic is to >>> change the three lower strings to thinner strings that are tuned the >>> same but one octave higher. Then you simply play the chords as usual >>> and get kind of minimal chords, never wider than a triad, but with a >>> very rich and layered tone. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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