Alternate tunings

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  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    So promise me you'll learn the major and minor triads ( the 3 notes in each chord by the end of next week!)
    eg: A,C#, E / B D# F#/ and on and on.

    THEN you can look at this website!

    http://guitar.to/folder/guitar.html

    I'll try not to peek :D And I'll try to learn them, sir!

    thanks for the advice :)


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  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    What a godsend thread. This is one of my weakest areas in learning the guitar which is getting better. I haven't hit anyone lately. Just picking up on and REMEMBERING the different tones when tuning is frustrating, I'm so bass oriented. Exhausted this is where your switch really comes into play and has been very helpful. Also, I get no static feedback that you were concerned about.
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  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    quote]Originally posted by puremagic
    What a godsend thread. This is one of my weakest areas in learning the guitar which is getting better. I haven't hit anyone lately. Just picking up on and REMEMBERING the different tones when tuning is frustrating, I'm so bass oriented. Exhausted this is where your switch really comes into play and has been very helpful. Also, I get no static feedback that you were concerned about. [/quote]

    Hi Puremagic!

    I hope your Thanksgiving was great!
    There's a mess of music theory over on the other thread about the b chord.
    Poor Gherkin just wanted to play a B, now he's got a year's worth of work to do!

    I'm glad nobody got hit with the lefty guitar,,,lately!
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  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    Well, I too have trouble with alternate tunings, so I cant contribute too much to this thread. I will say though, that if your a fan of the goo goo dolls, look up their music, because Johny Rzeznik has crazy tunings. Its gives the chords he uses, especially in a song like "iris" a cool "echoish" sound. Very nice
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    Originally posted by who's_pearljam?
    quote]Originally posted by puremagic
    What a godsend thread. This is one of my weakest areas in learning the guitar which is getting better. I haven't hit anyone lately. Just picking up on and REMEMBERING the different tones when tuning is frustrating, I'm so bass oriented. Exhausted this is where your switch really comes into play and has been very helpful. Also, I get no static feedback that you were concerned about.

    Hi Puremagic!

    I hope your Thanksgiving was great!
    There's a mess of music theory over on the other thread about the b chord.
    Poor Gherkin just wanted to play a B, now he's got a year's worth of work to do!

    I'm glad nobody got hit with the lefty guitar,,,lately! [/quote]

    My Thanksgiving was great!!! Its not the theory so much, its the coordination that is making for slow progress. You can't take a left-handed bassist and turn them into a right-handed guitar player over night without hitting at least 2 or 3 people at each session. But its fun, sometimes turn backs to think I'm playing left handed but my fingers don't buy it. hahaha. So I just practice slow, very slow. The only good thing so far that I've learned is how to hold a note til it kills your ears.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by puremagic
    Hi Puremagic!

    I hope your Thanksgiving was great!
    There's a mess of music theory over on the other thread about the b chord.
    Poor Gherkin just wanted to play a B, now he's got a year's worth of work to do!

    I'm glad nobody got hit with the lefty guitar,,,lately!

    My Thanksgiving was great!!! Its not the theory so much, its the coordination that is making for slow progress. You can't take a left-handed bassist and turn them into a right-handed guitar player over night without hitting at least 2 or 3 people at each session. But its fun, sometimes turn backs to think I'm playing left handed but my fingers don't buy it. hahaha. So I just practice slow, very slow. The only good thing so far that I've learned is how to hold a note til it kills your ears. [/B][/quote]


    You'll get it keep banging out those notes sweets.
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  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    Originally posted by Pacomc79

    You'll get it keep banging out those notes sweets.

    Thanks for the support.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    anything worth doing is worth doing badly.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • ImInbedlam
    ImInbedlam Posts: 5
    if yr idiotic enough to tune yr guitar cgdd#cc this a# major7 chord sounds sweeeet:

    c 0
    c 10
    d# 12
    d 11
    g x
    c 10
    ........I fell asleep
    Holding your Jumper,
    The Scent of your skin,
    It drunken'd my heart.......
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Here are some tunings that work with more than one chord!

    CGCGCE
    CGDGAD
    CGDABD
    DADABD
    EBEGBD
    DADEAD
    DADFAD

    oh, I forgot the more well-known
    DADF#AD
    and
    DGDGBD
    slide tunings. See above about DADGAD.
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Here goes, here's a comprehensive list of funny tunings, some of which I've given before, but hell, a long list with all the tunings in one place saves scrolling the board for others.....

    By the way: the little b symbols signify flats!

    EADGBE
    DADGBE
    CGCGCE
    (Drop C) CADGBE
    (Drop CG) CGDGBE
    (C Spanish) CGDGBD
    CGDGAD
    CGCGAE
    CGCGCEb
    (Lute tuning) EADF#BE
    (Perfect 4th tuning) EADGCF
    (D7) DADF#CD
    (G7) DGDFBD
    (Gmaj7) DGDF#BD
    (Dmaj7) DADF#AC#
    (Gm7) DGDFBbD
    (Dm7) DADFAC
    (Am7) EAEGCE
    (Em7) EBDGBE
    DADDAD
    DGDDGD
    EAEEAE
    EBEEBE
  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    This is great. No I just need to know what to do with them to make em sound good!
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    At the risk of blowing up the board with excessive info, I'll send a PM of sorts tomorrow.....

    F*k...this is my 500th post. Soldier of Love, y'all!
  • stefanwa
    stefanwa Posts: 43
    Check out some of Sonic Youth' tunings!

    You can also find LOTS of other interesting stuff here at this site. It really rocks!

    http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Bumping this thread, because I think there are a lot of good tunings here for guitarists to try. :)
  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    Is it just my guitar, or when anyone else tries to tune their high e to G, you always break a string?
    "Even if your heart would listen, I doubt I could explain"-Jimmy Eat World
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Originally posted by djyman15
    Is it just my guitar, or when anyone else tries to tune their high e to G, you always break a string?

    Erm ...

    Well, even on 12 string guitars, the octave G is often about 10 or 11, the same gauge as an E, so this gauge should theoretically go up to G. You have to wind the string up slowly and carefully but it should reach G.

    Is you guitar neck/action/etc okay?
  • djyman15
    djyman15 Posts: 181
    in reality its probably just my tuner that is cheap. Normally I get it by ear, but im just not trained to remember that note yet. Its probably telling me my G is flat when in reality its sharp
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Open D rocks on an acoustic! Sounds so full and deep. Have that with an electric with standard tuning and the magic is ready to be made!
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  • PJamGrunge10
    PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    Originally posted by pearlwax
    (low) EBBF#BB (high)
    i dont know how to tune it when it shows it like that:(
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