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Post by blueshome on Mar 17, 2010 10:33:21 GMT
For interest one and all, what is your favorite tuning and why?
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Post by Michael Messer on Mar 17, 2010 10:46:37 GMT
Being 'in tune' is my favourite  Shine On Michael |
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Post by Michael Messer on Mar 17, 2010 11:02:20 GMT
On a more serious note - DGDGBD, DADF#AD, GBDGBD, are the tunings I use every day. There are others that get used on a particular song, but those three tunings are the ones I can work in at any time, on any song, in any key.
I would think most of us are much the same.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Gerry C on Mar 17, 2010 11:55:23 GMT
Standard, Dropped D and Open G for this here picker...
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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Post by andys on Mar 17, 2010 16:07:35 GMT
Until recently I had used open G on my resonators, and sometimes DADGAD or dropped D on my acoustic.
I would sometimes think "Why dont I try open D?", tune my resonator to this tuning, play it for a bit, and rapidly run out of inspiration. On this metal bodied reso it just didnt seem to work for me at all.
Then when I got my wood bodied Cannon, I have started to rediscover open D. Seems to work much better on this little guitar, and I am finding more things to do in this tuning on this Cannon than on my MM Blues.
So now Open G (sometimes Gm), open D, dropped D and DADGAD on the old dreadnought.
I sometimes have a Sollophonic around in open G, and sometimes put an electric in open A for a bit of fun too.
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Post by blueshome on Mar 17, 2010 17:31:56 GMT
I prefer Open D for sliding as it suits the songs I play - in the styles of Tampa Red, Kokomo Arnold etc. I also play a lot in Spanish tuning, but little sliding, as for bottleneck (not lap) I find it quite restricted and there is not a large repertoire. Of course I also play a lot in standard (including some slide) plus a little bit in G6 (Bo Carter) tuning.
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Post by pete1951 on Mar 17, 2010 20:20:00 GMT
The magic notes [for me] are the G,D,G on `G` tuning or D,A,D on `D` if I had a 3 string that would be the way to go. They have no 3rd so can be major or minor and always in the blue zone. Because `D` has Fsharp in the middle of things blues is less polyphonic, often only a tune on the top 2 strings rather than 3 or 4 note chords. 3 frets up on G and every note fits The Blues . So I`m sold on G for blues.
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Post by Stevie on Mar 17, 2010 23:42:21 GMT
Mostly C add 9 or CGCGCD. Well, that's the tuning that I seem to be in most of the time. Got it from Martin Simpson but Chris Whitley semed quite partial to it also.
Newtone nickel 15-56 copes well.
No problem with the low pitch on the MM Blues that I have. Yet another plug for these instruments ;<D
I like it because I have a predominantly open C chord with the added bonus of easy quick slide runs on the top three strings.
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