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cur .


Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 7291
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:39 pm Post subject: slide tunings? |
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So I am screwed for a while.
Figure I can at least mess around with a slide. Any tunings better than others for slide guitar? _________________
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blacktaxi .


Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 537 Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Go with any open tuning, like G or D, or maybe C. Basically, it's easier to do with an open tuning. You might even come up with your own. _________________ i like chocolate, i like fudge
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Haze .


Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 4924 Location: Tulsa, OK
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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DADGAd is always good to mess around with. standard tunings good for me because i don't have to translate any chords or scales. |
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Gavin I Beat BBC News

Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 10797 Location: Scotland
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Too much finger banging will do that. |
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cur .


Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 7291
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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It was a real shocker when it happened. _________________
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Freddy V-C NOD FLANGERS

Joined: 17 May 2009 Posts: 4203 Location: Leeds
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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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DGDGBD is my favourite. _________________ BEIGE PALACE |
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Gavin I Beat BBC News

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Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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cur wrote: |
It was a real shocker when it happened. |
LeL |
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aen Turdscreamer

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Rhysyrhys The Kraken

Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 2920 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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My standard slide tuning is DAFFAD. It's really nice for some cool droney bits and does a faux 12 string with the Fs in the middle. Good for blues and really pretty all round.
John Butler uses some crazy tunings, might want to check his flow man. _________________
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samuelcotterall .


Joined: 09 May 2010 Posts: 99 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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That sucks, dude.
I normally have one guitar in DGDGBD, which slide or no slide, is a nice tuning. |
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twangster .


Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Posts: 34
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Keith Richards used "open G"(DGDGBD) for songs like "Honky Tonk Woman", "Brown Sugar", and many more. He learned it from Ry Cooder. Bonnie Raitt uses the same tuning up a whole step to make "open A"(EAEAC#E) Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson also used this tuning as well as others.
"Open D"(DADF#AD) or "Open E"(EBEG#BE) is the Elmore James "Dust My Broom" tuning. Also used by Muddy, R. Johnson, and Hound Dog Taylor.
DADFAD pronounced Dad-Fad is used by a lot of songwriters without a slide and can give a droning celtic vibe.
I had the same problem once and bought an old lap steel and metal bar. It was easier than trying to play slide. If you get a really heavy bar you want have to push down with a lot of pressure which helps too.
Good Luck! |
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George .


Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20468 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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I believe Keith actually uses 5 strings, no bottom E; hence his methodology, "five strings, three notes, two fingers and one arsehole to play it". I've certainly never heard the bottom D on Stones records but I may just not be that well trained. Having tried it myself the low D muddies his riffs up and makes the lowest note a 5th which isn't too helpful.
Personally, I like open G but leaving the bottom E as E (EGDGBD). As it's the relative minor you can get some nice voicings come out with it (but don't use the string all the time!)
Also look at this...
DGCGBD - it's open G with a dropped D string to C, very nice and spatial. It's actually banjo open C tuning but on a guitar. |
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twangster .


Joined: 26 Jun 2010 Posts: 34
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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You are right Keith takes the 6th string or bottom D off of the normal DGDGBD tuning that the blues player used.
Also, I forgot! Dobro "G" tuning that the bluegrass dobro players use is "GBDGBD". |
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George .


Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20468 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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twangster wrote: |
Also, I forgot! Dobro "G" tuning that the bluegrass dobro players use is "GBDGBD". |
Nice! I'll have to try that one! |
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George .


Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20468 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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Hahaha sorry cur but I've just realised how fucked off you're gonna be switching between all these tunings without your left hand.
Hope there's enough guitars to go round sir. |
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millagurnzie .

Joined: 05 Sep 2010 Posts: 60 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 2:20 am Post subject: |
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DADF#AD is my fav
wrote this song using it:
http://store.copsemusic.com/track/intervention |
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