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Post by jono1uk on Aug 17, 2019 12:57:38 GMT
I am trying to find a optimum tuning for my 4 string CBG that will sound good low end chord stuff and high end slide stuff
anyone suggest a good one please?
Regards
Jon
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 13:40:27 GMT
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Post by jono1uk on Aug 17, 2019 13:49:19 GMT
Thanks Graeme ..u use any of these tunings?
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 17, 2019 14:23:28 GMT
If you are looking for ways to approach chords and using a 4 string instrument, I suggest looking for tenor guitar information, rather than CBG information.
Or open tunings....
D F# A D
D A D A
A D A D
D G D G
G D G D
D G B D
Or divide up a six string....
D G B E
E A D G
Or Mandola, Violin, Viola, Bouzouki tunings....
G D A E
C G D A
S H I N E O N#
Michael
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Post by jono1uk on Aug 17, 2019 16:15:23 GMT
Thanks Michael!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 22:37:35 GMT
Thanks Graeme ..u use any of these tunings? I only have three string guitars Jono so no but Justin Johnson knows how to get a full sound. |
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Post by pete1951 on Aug 18, 2019 8:10:08 GMT
For 3 string slide I would always go for 1 5 1, (G D G, or DAD) 1515 is ok for 4 strings but with a 5th between the top 2strings solo licks can be challenging.
Taking your most familiar 4 string pattern off your 6 string would be the easiest way into it
Pete
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 18, 2019 8:31:18 GMT
Pete is correct that for a three string instrument it has to be 1 5 1 >D A D >E B E etc. Other intervals don't really work because they make it awkward. (etc is not a tuning!)
Shine On
Michael
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Post by ken1953clark on Aug 18, 2019 9:30:58 GMT
Dulcimer types use DAD for Mixolydian and DAA for Ionian (Major) scales but this is probably to do with the fact that they are (mostly) diatonic instruments with less frets than a chromatic CBG
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 18, 2019 9:42:49 GMT
Dulcimer types use DAD for Mixolydian and DAA for Ionian (Major) scales but this is probably to do with the fact that they are (mostly) diatonic instruments with less frets than a chromatic CBG Is CBG a tuning?  --------------------------------- 1 5 1 >D A D is used on instruments all over the world. It is almost the natural way to tune a stringed instrument. Shine On Michael |
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Post by ken1953clark on Aug 18, 2019 9:49:16 GMT
Hmm, a Cmaj7 with missing 3rd? ;-)
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Post by ken1953clark on Aug 18, 2019 9:49:57 GMT
Or maybe a dominant 7th?
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Post by pete1951 on Aug 18, 2019 10:14:28 GMT
The great thing about 151 is that it is not major or minor. It takes on the mood of the other players or the soloists emphasis.
PT
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Post by Michael Messer on Aug 18, 2019 11:16:16 GMT
That is true about 1 5 1 being modal, but it then depends on what scale is played as to whether it is major, minor, or minimus  In fact regarding melody, a 1 5 1 tuning is almost limitless, but for harmony is not so great which is why we added the major third and other octaves of the same two notes... D A D F# A D This is an area that in recent years having been around many Indian musicians I have studied in depth. Shine On Michael |
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Post by joephoto on Aug 19, 2019 15:19:18 GMT
I think a lot of the nice sounds Justin is getting is due to that nifty little Roland Micro Cube amp he's using. I've got one that I bought used and it's incredible for the size.
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