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

[bill bigrig <billbigrig@yahoo.com>]

Howdy,

 Speaking of Leo Kottke, Where could one get the tablature, notation, etc. 
for his 12 string slide guitar version of Cripple Creek. The one that was 
on the "John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Peter Land album of the mid 70s. I gave 
myself 30 years to learn it and the clock is running out. MOST helpful 
would be what open tuning he used. Thanx in advance.
Rig


--- On Sat, 2/28/09, richard sales <richard@glasswing.com> wrote:

> From: richard sales <richard@glasswing.com>
> Subject: Re: OT: Tuning guitar in fifths for wider orchestration options
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Saturday, February 28, 2009, 10:44 AM
> On Feb 27, 2009, at 11:45 PM, Andreas Willers wrote:
> 
> > Daryl wrote:
> > 
> > "I was tuned DADGCF, so suddenly I started
> writing everything in D minor.
> 
> That's why God invented capos!
> > 
> > I'll second that. Spent years of working towards
> the point where I can play the stuff I hear in my head on
> the neck fast and intuitively, although I regulary use
> simpler open tunings and retune on the spot in some improv
> situations. Also I immediately bought this new Woodies
> G-band partial capo
> > http://www.woodiesuk.moonfruit.com/
> 
> you can make your own by sawing off Keyser capos.  Works
> great and definitely scrambles the eggs for open tunings or
> standard.  I keep three or four on hand for when I get
> stumped.
> > 
> 
> 
> Of note to all lovers of open tunings, and I count myself
> as one of them, I've heard that Leo Kottke has
> transposed all of his songs to standard!  Taking multiple
> guitars to gigs - and keeping them tuned - is a pain in the
> butt, and when you're flying it gets quite spendy.
> 
> I can't imagine Vaseline Machine Gun in standard!
> 
> I can't understand why no one has successfully invented
> a tuning peg that could auto tune your guitar.  I talked to
> Paul Smith (PRS) about this a while back and he said it was
> because of the weight of the tuner changing the tone of the
> guitar.  But I think I saw that Gibson had one coming out.
> 
> I'd like to have that for a Q Stick guitar.
> 
> Paul has some KILLER amps that should be available soon!
> And acoustic guitars.
> 
> For me, to address Per's original thought, the C
> tuning, CGCGCE, seemed to have the widest range.  But I
> don't experiment much any more.  I thought I'd
> invented that tuning in the sixties, but then I heard Peter
> Lang using it so it must have occurred to multiple seekers
> at once - as ideas tend to do.
> 
> I get sea sick reading about all the tunings for lap steel!
>  Sheesh!  So I'm saving that for my old age!  :)
> 
> DADGAD is a very strange tuning to solo in.  I've heard
> folks do it well, but I would be more inclined to a standard
> open D major or minor.  But DADGAD is the bomb for all that
> Norwegian Wood kind of stuff.  I've done a lot of that
> and still love it.
> 
> Like an old farm wagon, I continue to find new stones,
> twists and challenges in my old ruts.
> 
> richard sales
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