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absurdist lover
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Who uses alternative tunings confidently?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 8:42 AM
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I'm really getting into this. In particular I've become a fan of stretched octaves, whole tone scales, and well-temperament, but I'm also experimenting with things like 16tet and using multiple scales for different parts within a piece.
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A Bit Crusher
Joined: 01/26/02
Location: Tilburg
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RE: Who uses alternative tunings confidently?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 11:03 AM
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i'm sometimes fiddling around with alternative tunings, but to be honest I haven't got a clue what I'm doing...
So most of the times these experiments sound awfull...
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P9FM
Joined: 03/29/02
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RE: Who uses alternative tunings confidently?
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 5:34 PM
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I will be posting the last 3 songs in my Lucy scale series before the end of the year. I still haven't tried "flipping" any of these pieces to standard tuning, in order to hear the differences.
For guitar, I am a big fan of DADGAD or open G tunings - especially on a 12-string
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Sonic Wallpaper
Joined: 05/22/01
Location: San Diego, CA
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RE: Who uses alternative tunings confidently?
Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 8:04 AM
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I play a few tunings on my guitar -
* Dropped D: DADGBD
Used On: Originally Wanted, Composed In Thin Air, Heavy Meditation, Galactic Alignment
* an open G tuning: GGDGBD
Used On: a lot of songs I play for Lou, nothing released
* an open C tuning: CGCGDC
Used On: Brewdog Strut, Stomping Grounds
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I use alternate tunings to find new progressions and chords i wouldn't normally play or find in a standard tuning. With open tunings, you can also get a nice drone/sitar like vibe if you play only a few strings and let the rest ring out - which I've done on a few tracks. I find alternate tunigs to be a lot of fun.
Earlier this year, I released "Down Here, Over There," which uses an alternate tuning. In that case - I just kept detuning the guitar and plucking until something started to sound interesting - once I found a sweet spot on the low E (i think i took it down to Bb) the rest of the tuning came together. Unfortunately, I didn't find out what the tuning ended up being. What's cool, is that the song couldn't have happened unless that tuning happened first.
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Do I use tunings with confidence... no... it's more of a feeling around in the dark experience 
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Sonic Wallpaper
Joined: 05/22/01
Location: San Diego, CA
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RE: Who uses alternative tunings confidently?
Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 8:15 AM
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here's a link to the tunings used by one of my favorite guitarists... Michael Hedges.
http://www.stropes.com/index.php?glbm=19&fa=7
Michael Hedges was an amazing artist - I'm soooo glad I saw him live while in college. His style is amazing to watch. If you don't know anything about him - there's some videos on youtube. He's known for playing a 'tap' style - he plays with both hands usually on the neck and augments his playing with slaps on the guitar body, harmonics and rich sounding open chords. Just as a person would accompany themselves on a piano, Hedges does so on a guitar. Listening to him, you would sware you were listening to more than one performer. 
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Michael Chocholak
Joined: 01/14/04
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RE: Who uses alternative tunings confidently?
Monday, January 1, 2007 at 5:24 PM
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umm... why not just sit down and twist the tuning knobs back & forth until you hear something that sounds intriguing? I do it all the time. certainly for slides & drones, but a year or so ago I used it for leads & melodies too. if you don't really know where you're at you can discover all sorts of surprises & challenges. and after all... it's just tuning knobs. 
Que la musique sonne - Edgard Varese
You don't need a mouth to communicate, you don't need rules to create. Anything is a potential instrument. Play it. - MC
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