Topic: Good Alternative Tunings

Just got this off a tabbed Andy McKee (great player) song.

EADGAD

Any others?

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Re: Good Alternative Tunings

I have been using double drop D tuning (DADGBD) for learning A Song For George by Eric Johnson.

It is the first time I have really experimented with altered tunings and you can get some interesting results!

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I've been playing around with some stuff in drop D - mainly because a couple of Rammstein tracks use that.

Another used drop C - but I decided that was a lot of hassle as I needed to retune every string  so had a play and left that one...

Although if I found more in drop C, i'd probably leave one guitar in that (i normally have the ESP in drop D and the schecter in open, but as the schecter doesn't have a floyd rose changing from open to drop D is no biggie  default/smile )

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I keep it al EADGBE.

Imagine if the words of Imagine ever came true.....

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I usually use Drop D tuning while performing live,
for songs that use bar chords..

Re: Good Alternative Tunings

A lot of modern fusion guitarists seems to be using all fourths tuning (EADGCF). Keeps all your scale and chord shapes the same!

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for anyone interested in exploring alternate tunings, I coded an advanced chord voicing finder tool:

https://fineincrements.com/guitarmonizer.html

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