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" I've always wondered about that kink between the G and B string, a major 3rd gap, when all the other strings are spaced perfect fourth. It bothers me because
by dumpsterlid 4y ago
" I've always wondered about that kink between the G and B string, a major 3rd gap, when all the other strings are spaced perfect fourth. It bothers me because it's an anomaly that breaks the symmetry and increases the number of shapes to keep in mind."
One of the deeply beautiful things about the guitar is this "ugly" asymmetry. People with analytical minds that desire order always get bothered by this 3rd, why not go to all 4ths and be more elegant???
Because art and music arent always about being elegant! Tuning a guitar in all 4ths lets you play like a snooty stuck up jazz musician, but ultimately there are so many richer bar chords available with that 3rd in there that who cares if it is "ugly" to have the 3rd. People forget a plain jane normal guitar chord like a G chord or something is tonally actually very complex. It isn't like a basic g chord on a piano G B D. The "basic" G chord on guitar spans many octaves and has a non-obvious combination of notes. The 3rd in there for guitar tuning allows you to explore all those complexities with the given limitations of the human hand best.
- lapcat 4y ago> Tuning a guitar in all 4ths lets you play like a snooty stuck up jazz musician I'd love to play like Stanley Jordan, who famously uses EADGCF.
- KerrAvon 4y agoDo it! Keep a spare guitar around with just that tuning! Even allowing for inflation, nice guitars are still incredibly cheap by historical standards. If you want an acoustic,I don't think you can go wrong with any guitar on this first page: https://www.sweetwater.com/c600--6_string_Acoustic_Guitars?all&sb=low2high https://www.sweetwater.com/c600--6_string_Acoustic_Guitars?a... I'm less enthusiastic about the low-cost electrics; probably want to go at least $200 and maybe something from guitarfetish.com instead.
- elsherbini 4y agoLots of people have their favorite cheap electric guitar, but mine is definitely the Tagima TW-55 (not the woodstock series, has to be TW). Can often find it used for ~$180
- kofejnik 4y agoSomeone (Larry Carlton? Not sure) said, Stanley Jordan is two of the most mediocre guitarists But we love him anyway, of course