Re: OT: Tuning guitar in fifths for wider orchestration options

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

This is interesting, Per. Of course, a guitar has different resonances 
for different keys too, but maybe not so dramatic a difference, which I 
wasn't aware of.

I hear what you're saying with regards to range. That makes a good 
argument, if sticking with a six-string.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com

> All wind instruments have completely new fingering for every key. And
>   
> the resonating pillar of air behaves totally different if you just
> transpose the key a half step up or down. So the risk of getting in a
> rut is way smaller than when sticking with the guitar.
>
>   
>> Honestly, I don't see a world of possibilities in switching tunings.
>>     
>
> My question, when I started this thread, was to find out ways to do
> solo looping with guitar and have instant access to a wider range,
> i.e. being able to play like with a piano; making deep bases and high
> melodies in one go. The Stick is also good for that, but I thought
> that maybe you can tune a guitar "wider" to expand the range? But
> maybe a fifths based tuning will interfere badly with the ability to
> play fluent melody lines?