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Post by Hexspa on Feb 7, 2017 16:28:37 GMT
Anyone ever play in open G minor tuning on guitar?
I've always felt that standard tuning was fine. C1 is 32.70Hz so it makes sense from an audio standpoint to not go lower. Unfortunately I never feel comfortable singing in C.
I've read about improving relative pitch and one advice was to stick to one key. I'd previously tried going around the circle of fifths, learning songs in all keys etc. but staying in one key has it's own merits.
I'm on a new quest to write and upload an original song each week. Since it's in Bb, and since standard tuning on guitar lends itself more toward sharp keys, I want to try this alternate tuning.
Of course I've used down tuning in the past as a Metal guy: dropped D, tuning down a minor third or more, seven string guitars but this is different.
Open G minor (D G D G Bb D) allows for your top-3 set chord voicings on the top three and second-top three strings while giving you flexibility for your root notes. Here you can root your tonic off the 5th string (as opposed to usually doing it on the 6th string in standard tuning) and go lower for your fifth which is something that sounds cooler and more typical for bass players.
Anyway, kind of a rant but I'll be using this tuning for the song I upload on Thursday. I suggest anyone to try it. It's very comfortable, triads and extensions are easily reached and if you want to play in C, it's right in the middle of the fretboard where the guitar is best intonated.
So ya. Open G minor ftw.
-m
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Post by Hexspa on Feb 7, 2017 16:43:35 GMT
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Post by Hexspa on Feb 7, 2017 16:48:18 GMT
So those'll be your I-ii-IV/5-V-vi chords. I realize the IV chord is an inversion - I just started playing with this today. Either way it's easiest to play it there from Bb. -m
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Post by Hexspa on Feb 7, 2017 17:01:18 GMT
Might as well throw in the iii/3 chord in there. A little more awkward to finger but you can always drop the F on top. Idk if you call it the iii/b3? I know this isn't classical nomenclature but it's what they taught at MI and Berklee. Actually I think they'd call it the IIIm/3 or IIIm/b3. Can't remember if the right side gets the accidental or not. -m
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Post by Ethan Winer on Feb 8, 2017 20:43:08 GMT
I never did much with open tunings, though with one exception: Many years ago Jimmy Page did a neat tune called White Summer, which I learned and eventually mastered. He dropped both E strings and the B string a whole step. This is a live version that's much fancier and less structured than what he did on the Yardbirds' Little Games album: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKPNkINFo9U
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Post by Hexspa on Feb 9, 2017 0:23:43 GMT
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Post by Hexspa on Feb 9, 2017 12:48:09 GMT
Page really had a sound. The octaves, bends, legato flourishes and the way he could dig in.
Seemed to have a contempt for precision except for when it served him.
Thanks for sharing - haven't heard that side before.
-m
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Post by Hexspa on Feb 11, 2017 15:29:40 GMT
Made a video on this tuning: youtu.be/AvCIkMgav_4Please check it out if you want to know the notes and see a demonstration of the chord shapes posted above. Thanks, -m
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