Well, only LIKE in as much as the G string is a couple of semi-tones below the A, but in Open-D tunig it is the D which is the root - not the A - so it isn't really the same. Having an open string tuned a fourth above the root doesn't, for me at least, saeem to give a tuning any particular advantage. If it were a third above the root, then I could see the attraction of having a full chord on open strings - though, depending on whether it was tuned to F or F#, the tuning would be rooted in either D major or D minor. I would personally find this an unneccessary limitation. I much prefer to just use an uncommitted D-A-D-A-D for an open-D tuning - a sort of 'power chord' - where you can define the mode by dropping in your chosen third as appropriate. I feel that DADGAD became popular most probably because it is so easy to get to from a standard guitar tuning - you just detune three of the strings - not because of some inherant merit in the open G string. D-A-D-A-D is one of my favourite Cittern tunings, provided the tune has been written in a key sympathetic to the tuning of course. D-A-C-A-D might seem a bit of an odd choice, but it leads to slightly easier chord shapes I think. Back to guitar try D-A-C-G-A-D, in other words drop the D string down to C. I find this an amazingly versatile tuning and am surprised that I know of nobody else using it. I guess someone on this list will probably tell me that it is the tuning which was used a few centuries ago on some obscure instrument fro an unknown region of a country I have never heard of before ! Kevin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peedu Timo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LIke popular DADGAD tuning on guitar. Timo
________________________________ Lähettäjä: KEVIN LAWTON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Lähetetty: la 6.10.2007 16:29 Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Aihe: [CITTERN] Re: Oh, and another question I've not heard of that specific tuning before, but have tried similar tunings on some instruments. Having an instrument tuned to an open chord in one key but with one string just a step or two lower than the root can actually make it easier to play once you get used to it ! Can't explain it very well - I think you would have to try it to see what I mean. Kevin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank Nordberg wrote: A completely different topic, has anybody heard of these cittern tunings before? Six course: f bb d' f' a' d'' Seven course: Bb f bb d' f' a' d'' They're from a late 18th C. cittern manuscript by the Norwegian poet Edvard Storm and look a bit peculiar to me. Bb major tuning but with the second course tuned to an A. Frank Nordberg http://www.musicaviva.com http://www.tablatvre.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- --
