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

[van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk>]

Exactly!  While alternate tunings are interesting, so is more strings ;)
I was set for a 7-stringer, but decided to wait it out till I can afford 
an eight or nine stringer.



Daryl Shawn wrote:
> 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?
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rgds,
van Sinn