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Guitarists use non-standard tunings all the time. "Drop D" tuning is quite popular, for example (granted, Drop D changes the tuning of only one string of the gu
by JKCalhoun 1y ago
Guitarists use non-standard tunings all the time. "Drop D" tuning is quite popular, for example (granted, Drop D changes the tuning of only one string of the guitar — but I'm sure there are other more elaborate tunings that some favor).
- adzm 1y agoI personally play primarily in DADGAD tuning, and I am very fond of several more esoteric tunings as well which I first learned from Nick Drake: CGCFCE, BEBEBE, though these usually need heavier strings for the lower notes to work well.
- Blackthorn 1y agoFor anyone reading this wondering "why do this" -- take a listen to some songs by Patty Griffin. Nobody's Crying is played on guitar in DADDAD tuning which is used to provide a drone DAD notes below the changing chord.
- hrnnnnnn 1y agoI use all-fourths tuning on guitar (EADGCF) which makes the fretboard isometric. You lose some idiomatic guitar vocabulary, but if you don't care about that you gain the ability to construct your own chord voicings much more easily, and only need to remember one fingering for each chord instead of three.