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Post by rob on Jan 6, 2017 11:22:33 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 6, 2017 11:55:44 GMT
- yup - have had a few experiments with that in the past. Interesting chimey sound, and great for adding a second part to a "normal" guitar when recording, or live. never kept a guitar strung that way for very long though. I prefer my terz tuned guitar as a higher voiced instrument. Would be v interested to hear how you get on though!
Keith
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Post by rob on Jan 6, 2017 12:02:36 GMT
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 6, 2017 12:16:19 GMT
...sorry, Rob - in my case tis just terz tuning - standard intervals 3 frets up - GCFBbDG. A purpose built terz guitar would have a much shorter scale. I keep one guitar like that so that when playing with others I can capo at lower positions than I would with a normally tuned guitar, yet still have plenty of space between the frets.
When played with no capo the tonality and response are very different from playing a normal tuned guitar with capo at fret 3.
Here's my Fylde Ariel in Terz tuning with no capo (equivalent pitch to capo3 normally)-
and with capo at fret 4 (same pitch as capo 7 normally) -
The guitar is 630mm scale and has 11-47 low tension Newtone heritage strings on to avoid any neck issues!
Keith
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Post by rob on Jan 6, 2017 12:57:24 GMT
Very nice keith...☺
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Post by scorpiodog on Jan 6, 2017 13:10:45 GMT
I tried it once. Might do it again. But I prefer the sound of a proper 12 string which (I believe) Nashville tuning was invented to emulate.
But if you're not used to re-entrant strings on any instrument, it takes a bit of getting used to. If you've played a uke or a banjo, it'll have given you some experience of re-entrant strings, but with Nashville tuning it works the other way around, so the B is lower than the G, as is the top E. It makes arpeggios sound ever so different.
I'd suggest you try it. After all, £5 is a pretty small investment for a chance of getting a different sound, and it's much easier to transfer your playing to Nashville tuning than real alternate tunings.
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Post by carloc on Jan 6, 2017 18:13:49 GMT
When you have more than 2 guitars strumming away in an "ensemble" it adds an interesting additional voicing
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Post by dreadnought28 on Jan 7, 2017 3:46:26 GMT
Here's a good example of the sound of a high strung guitar. It's John Gorka playing Girl From the North Country from the superb Nod to Bob album.
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Post by martinrowe on Jan 7, 2017 6:36:08 GMT
Over the last two weeks I've been thinking about doing this. I have a Baby Taylor that I got second hand for a really, really good price as it had an unsightly scratch on the soundboard. I used to use it for alternate tunings, as a guitar that I didn't need to be too careful about, and that I could experiment with. I now use a Flambeau for the open tunings that I use so the Taylor is now redundant. I'd be interested to hear how you get on. Should this thread be categorised as Dangerous? Is this one of the ways GAS starts. Martin
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