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Post by stringdriventhing on Oct 1, 2021 13:14:20 GMT
Anyone play in CGCGCE?
I put a guitar into this tuning once in a blue moon to re-learn a couple of John Fahey tunes and generally muck about. I soon tire of this and back into standard tuning or DADGAD it goes, until the next time.
I do like this tuning and I think I'd use it more if I knew more stuff to play in it. Any recommendations for good fingerstyle tunes to play, youtube videos etc.?
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Post by stevie2sticks on Oct 3, 2021 17:57:54 GMT
Maybe drop from DADGAD to open D. Loads of Blues stuff
(Drop G to F#)
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Post by jwills57 on Oct 3, 2021 22:26:43 GMT
Hey, There--I play in Open C quite a bit. Fahey's "Sunflower River Blues" is a favorite. I also play several originals in this tuning. I would encourage you to just muck around a bit 'til your ear starts to recognize the intervals. There's lots of beautiful music in Open C. I've found that a little experimentation goes a long way.
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Post by stringdriventhing on Oct 4, 2021 0:39:22 GMT
Maybe drop from DADGAD to open D. Loads of Blues stuff (Drop G to F#) Cheers! I do play some stuff in open D, but it's a similar situation to Open C where I don't have many things to play in the tuning.
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Post by stringdriventhing on Oct 4, 2021 0:43:28 GMT
Hey, There--I play in Open C quite a bit. Fahey's "Sunflower River Blues" is a favorite. I also play several originals in this tuning. I would encourage you to just muck around a bit 'til your ear starts to recognize the intervals. There's lots of beautiful music in Open C. I've found that a little experimentation goes a long way. The Fahey ones I (attempt to) play are Horses and Sail Away Ladies, which are quite similar tunes. I'll check out Sunflower River Blues - it's a long time since I've heard it. Yeah, you're right, I should probably just dive in and explore the tuning more.
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Post by jwills57 on Oct 5, 2021 0:48:17 GMT
Another thought about Open C tuning. In Open D, say, you have the root note on the 6th string and the 1st string, the bottom end and the top end so to speak, so this makes a very full, rich chord when you just strum the open strings. In Open G, then, you have the 5th, D, on the bottom end and the top end, a bit of a different flavor, but the relationship of the root to 5th is extremely tight in music theory, which explains the term "Perfect 5th." But in Open C, you have the root, C, on the 6th string, the bottom end, but the 3rd, E, on the first string, the top end. I think, just my ear talking now, that this gives Open C a bit more interest and uniqueness, having the 3rd on the top end. These Open Tuning are really, cool, for sure.
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Post by Welshruss on Oct 6, 2021 10:00:10 GMT
I play Kensington Blues by the late Great Jack Rose and Missionary Ridge by William Tyler in Open C. I keep my Bashkin permanently tuned to Open C.
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Post by stringdriventhing on Oct 6, 2021 12:29:30 GMT
I play Kensington Blues by the late Great Jack Rose and Missionary Ridge by William Tyler in Open C. I keep my Bashkin permanently tuned to Open C. Cheers! I've checked those out and I'll have a bash at them - I wasn't familiar with either of those guys, so thanks for the introduction. I like both of those tunes very much - they are both channelling that John Fahey vibe I think, especially the Jack Rose one. Maybe everything in Open C sounds a bit like John Fahey, which is no bad thing
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Post by Welshruss on Oct 6, 2021 20:26:24 GMT
I play Kensington Blues by the late Great Jack Rose and Missionary Ridge by William Tyler in Open C. I keep my Bashkin permanently tuned to Open C. Cheers! I've checked those out and I'll have a bash at them - I wasn't familiar with either of those guys, so thanks for the introduction. I like both of those tunes very much - they are both channelling that John Fahey vibe I think, especially the Jack Rose one. Maybe everything in Open C sounds a bit like John Fahey, which is no bad thing Check out House of Dragons by Nick Jonah Davies as well though that’s in CGCGCD I believe. Jack Rose definitely channels Fahey. William Tyler was the last person we saw live just prior to COVID, I listen to his music allot. I also play my Weissenborn allot in Open C.
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Post by jackorion on Oct 28, 2021 12:18:24 GMT
I think I saw an instagram video from Laura Marling saying how she found her way around new tunings was to focus on finding fingerings that approximated the diatonic chords (so in Open C Major you'd be looking for C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, and Bdim - although I think you can get away with Bm) and then linking them into the 'scales' she liked the sound of - she said scales but I think it was more a 'mode' to be honest but I'm not sure!
Anyway, in Open C you can get close enough to all those chords by just using two fingers on the 1st and 3rd strings - let the rest drone out (it get a little dissonant in places but that's part of the appeal of open tunings I think!) - then it's a case of using those shapes to compose your own tunes...
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