Some of my favorite tunings are the that open A tuning you mentioned. Try these for inspiration:
Tune EBEBBE. The unison strings, tuned just a few cents out of tune for each other provide a nice mountain dulcimer sound without. Watch for intonation problems though as the G string tuned that high can feel weird.
Here's another one. Detune your E and B strings (the high ones) down a whole step. Now play your regular chords and see what happens! neat new chord voicings. (I'm showing off my ignorance with chord voicing theories)
Here's one if you're into spooky tuning. Take that fun open D tuning and drop your f# string to an F. Now use a slide and you get some WEIRD stuff. I picked this up by listening to David Eugene Edwards of 16 horsepower. In their early work, he used a lot of this Open Minor tuning stuff.
Alright, I'm at work...I'd better stop messing around. Have fun!
Twang,
PRH
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Paul
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Some of my favorite tunings are the that open A tuning you mentioned. Try these for inspiration:
Tune EBEBBE. The unison strings, tuned just a few cents out of tune for each other provide a nice mountain dulcimer sound without. Watch for intonation problems though as the G string tuned that high can feel weird.
Here's another one. Detune your E and B strings (the high ones) down a whole step. Now play your regular chords and see what happens! neat new chord voicings. (I'm showing off my ignorance with chord voicing theories)
Here's one if you're into spooky tuning. Take that fun open D tuning and drop your f# string to an F. Now use a slide and you get some WEIRD stuff. I picked this up by listening to David Eugene Edwards of 16 horsepower. In their early work, he used a lot of this Open Minor tuning stuff.
Alright, I'm at work...I'd better stop messing around. Have fun!
Twang,
PRH
Tune EBEBBE. The unison strings, tuned just a few cents out of tune for each other provide a nice mountain dulcimer sound without. Watch for intonation problems though as the G string tuned that high can feel weird.
Here's another one. Detune your E and B strings (the high ones) down a whole step. Now play your regular chords and see what happens! neat new chord voicings. (I'm showing off my ignorance with chord voicing theories)
Here's one if you're into spooky tuning. Take that fun open D tuning and drop your f# string to an F. Now use a slide and you get some WEIRD stuff. I picked this up by listening to David Eugene Edwards of 16 horsepower. In their early work, he used a lot of this Open Minor tuning stuff.
Alright, I'm at work...I'd better stop messing around. Have fun!
Twang,
PRH
