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alternate tunings
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:10 am
by Seaside Lounge_Archive
toomanyhelicopters wrote: anybody messed with this? the possibilities for extremely fucked-up sounding piano stuff seem plentiful.
So do the possibilities for snapping piano strings and having them hit you in the eye.
As for myself, I've been experimenting with alternate drum tunings lately.
alternate tunings
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:50 pm
by Angry_Dragon_Archive
Open D or E
low to high E G# E G# B
I"ve used many many others but they have been lost long ago.
alternate tunings
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:34 am
by A vs B_Archive
I like to change just like one string
E A D G C E
E A D G B B
E A E G B E
and I used to use Drop D religiously
Double drop D is pretty sweet too
or Dminor variants
D A D F A A
D A D F D D
alternate tunings
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:00 pm
by Angry_Dragon_Archive
Angry_Dragon wrote:Open D or E
low to high E G# E G# B -> this is wrong. It's E G# C# G# B
I"ve used many many others but they have been lost long ago.
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:36 pm
by sndo_Archive
EGDGBbD - like having Drop-D but in the 2nd position.
(low E as D sometimes, depending on key signature)
Gm GM Cm CM
---------------5-----5--
---------------5-----6--
---------------5-----5--
-5-----5------5-----5--
-3-----4------5-----5--
-3-----3----------------
CGDGBE
This tuning is like playing a classical instrument because of the first few intervals being in fifths. Like having drop D in the first two positions with the ability to add a major or minor third on top when playing in the first position. 9ths are easy to reach in both positions.
Dm DM
---------------
---------------
---------------
--3--------4--
--2--------2--
--2--------2--
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:48 pm
by sndo_Archive
and another favorite alt tuning - EADGBx
The 'x' is where the high E should be... except I always break 'em so I've stopped using that string. It's actually for the better, because then I can tune the B a 1/2 step flat and not worry about hitting diminished 5ths.. It really changes what you play when your upper drone note (Bb) doesn't match the lower drone note (E)
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Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:51 pm
by garble_Archive
I've been playing this for about a year now:
low to high
E ,A, D, octive higher D, E,E
Fairly easy to get used to switching between this and normal tuning. The double high E makes for some great hypnotic/repetitive stuff.
Some of the above tunings look damn interesting. Thanks.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:39 am
by Angry_Dragon_Archive
sndo wrote:and another favorite alt tuning - EADGBx
The 'x' is where the high E should be... except I always break 'em so I've stopped using that string. It's actually for the better, because then I can tune the B a 1/2 step flat and not worry about hitting diminished 5ths.. It really changes what you play when your upper drone note (Bb) doesn't match the lower drone note (E)
good to see another person throw that string away. it's alot nicer without it.
alternate tunings
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:33 am
by sndo_Archive
Buzz from the Melvins also uses no high E.
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Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:54 am
by shagboy_Archive
sndo wrote:CGDGBE
This tuning is like playing a classical instrument because of the first few intervals being in fifths. Like having drop D in the first two positions with the ability to add a major or minor third on top when playing in the first position. 9ths are easy to reach in both positions.
love that one... use it all the time. you can easily make a lot of great chords that sound unfamiliar to rock listeners weaned on standard.
love em or hate em, at least half of all pavement songs use that tuning