In a message dated 11/12/2002 7:20:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> While she did not invent open tunings for the guitar, she got minimal, and I > mean *minimal* instruction on the topic. > Basically, Bree, she heard chord shapes in her head that she couldn't find the fingering for in standard tuning - it would require great stretches of the fingers across the frets. So, the solution; re-tune the strings so you CAN play the chord. Once you've done one of these "martian" tunings, you can simply play barre chords or other combinations to create new chord sequences. So for the most part, at least to my understanding, the open tunings came about because of physical limitations. Bob
