Re: Tuning guitar in fifths for wider orchestration options

[Raul Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com>]

since the days i picked a chapman stick, i've used mainly fifths.
coming from sax/piano and not guitar it was a better thing as i thought
that days...

formerly i also tuned the melody side of the stick fifths (which is
usually set up in fourths,
no trace for the lost fret here).

nowadays, the 8 stringed warr with aproximattely the same range as the
stick tuning i used, but with less strings ;-), also in fifths, from
low to high: BbFCGDACD.

superexteeeeended range !!

2009/2/25 Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>:
> Thanks! Nice music too! :-)
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Art Simon <simart@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Ariel Rzezak <arzezak@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> a few years ago i posted my first experiments on looping with an 
>acoustic
>>> guitar tuned in fifths (nst). i think the web is still up.
>>>
>>> Yes.. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=454726
>>>
>>> I can proudly say there´s a remixed/reowrked/remangled piece by Rick 
>there!
>>>
>>> The gauges i was using there were 11, 13, 22, 32, 47, 59. NST standard.
>>>
>>> very best, Ariel.
>>>
>>> On Feb 24, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Per Boysen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone here on the list having tried tuning a guitar in fifths for
>>>> wider orchestration options? Or even wider intervals? Would make sense
>>>> when looping to get lower bass and higher highs. I guess you have to
>>>> pick a custom string set for this.
>>>>
>>>> Greetings from Sweden
>>>>
>>>> Per Boysen
>
>



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