alternate tunings - Guitars101

cormack · 07-13-2005, 07:28 PM

i recently have messed with dadgad on my acoustic and one of my electrics... im getting some weird stuff out of there, its kind of fun. i was wondering if anyone likes to mess around with alternate tunings and if they got any neat ones

Paper Bag · 07-13-2005, 11:56 PM

GGDGBD is one I found when looking up alternate tunings online a while back ... I tried it out and it had a really interesting sound. I'll probably try to compose something with that at some point when I get a better acoustic. (:

I think I found it here ...

I really liked what is described here:
..."The #6 and #5 strings, being tuned to the same note, have the tendency to phase in and out of frequencies with each other - creating a really big bottom-end, in the process."

Chord chart for some chords in this tuning...
http://www.alanhorvath.com/i_Gchart.php

*shrug* ... have fun. (:

P.J. · 07-14-2005, 12:26 AM

Yeah I've played with DADGAD - it sounds great. The Elliot Easton tune "Walk on Waldon" was done in DADGAD. It sounds rather cool. Check it out. .

Rythameen · 07-14-2005, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by GuitarPlayingPJ

Yeah I've played with DADGAD - it sounds great. The Elliot Easton tune "Walk on Waldon" was done in DADGAD. It sounds rather cool. Check it out. .

I've tried these with various levels of success

E F# B E B E
E A D G C F
D A D D A D
D G D G B E

C G C G C E

The last one, Open C I really like a lot

MusicIsNeat · 07-14-2005, 03:22 PM

G D A E B F# (5ths instead of 4ths)
E B F# G# C# D# (Cool Chord)

P.J. · 07-15-2005, 01:37 AM

Cool tunings! Thanks!

Open C eh??

DannyBoy · 07-15-2005, 02:14 AM

i always keep a guitar in DADADD tuning for playing My Sacrifice by Creed . you can get some cool stuff out of that . i also like the aforementioned Open C tuning CGCGCE , you can get a nice Danzi sound from that tuning

... dunno how you are meant to solo in it though hehe!

Rythameen · 07-15-2005, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by GuitarPlayingPJ

Cool tunings! Thanks!

Open C eh??

Very nice tuning, you can do some cool stuff, Peter Lang, if your familiar with him, used this tuning a lot, that is where I first discovered it. Since then I have found a lot of people using it, John Fahey to Jimmy Page. Maybe I can whip something out on acoustic and post it.

cormack · 07-15-2005, 10:03 AM

oh wow you guys like a whole lot of different ones cool...

P.J. · 07-15-2005, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rythameen

Very nice tuning, you can do some cool stuff, Peter Lang, if your familiar with him, used this tuning a lot, that is where I first discovered it. Since then I have found a lot of people using it, John Fahey to Jimmy Page. Maybe I can whip something out on acoustic and post it.

Jimmy Page?? What tune did he do in Open C??

I've done FACFAC but not Open C. .

Rythameen · 07-15-2005, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by GuitarPlayingPJ

Jimmy Page?? What tune did he do in Open C??

I've done FACFAC but not Open C. .

He used Open C for Hats Off (To Roy Harper)

and he used a variation CACGCE for Friends

P.J. · 07-16-2005, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rythameen

He used Open C for Hats Off (To Roy Harper)

and he used a variation CACGCE for Friends

Well thank you sir. I'll have to see if I can track those tunes down..

**jimmerwoo** · 07-18-2005, 04:43 AM

Of course, there's Top Jimmy by Eddie VH (DADACD) on the 1984 album. www.jfrocks.com has a good tab for this if you are interested.

P.J. · 07-23-2005, 02:48 AM

Cause Top Jimmy, he's the King. . .

**jimmerwoo** · 07-23-2005, 03:36 AM

Oooohhh Jiiimmmyyyyy!