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    Posted: August 04 2011 at 00:25
Guitarists, which are your favourite tunings?

At present, I'm really digging Open D and Open C. I also play around with custom tunings, more often than not forgetting to write them down or remember them. Makes for some nice experimentation.


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DADFAE (open d-minor) is probably my favourite, my Danelectro is permanently in this tuning.
DADGAD is a classic
DGDGBE (G6 open)
GGCEAE (where the bottom two strings are in unison)
GGDGBE (as above)
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Originally posted by Triceratopsoil Triceratopsoil wrote:

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DADFAE (open d-minor) is probably my favourite, my Danelectro is permanently in this tuning.
DADGAD is a classic
DGDGBE (G6 open)
GGCEAE (where the bottom two strings are in unison)
GGDGBE (as above)


Open D minor is nice, I often use that as well.

DGDGBE is one I've never tried, nor the bottom two. I may have to check that out.
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Those three are very good for droning music.  I'm especially fond of open G6 on an acoustic guitar.
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Going from lowest string to highest:


C Bb D# C# G# C# (no idea what this tuning is called, used a ton in Sun Kil Moon's stuff. Great for fingerpicking)

D A D G B F# (had to use the F# to play one song, sounds good with the drop D too)

D standard is always nice too, even if it's fairly basic.
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DGDGBD is duh best evah (after standard of course) drop D is also fun as well as open tuning with a slide or for tapping!
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Somewhere between loose enough to get the brown notes and so tight you break strings.
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I tune my fretless to BEADGC  so it's all fourths.  It makes so much more sense than ruining everything with the random major third interval for just one string.  Yeah it makes it more difficult to play generic music with open chords, but it's better for everything else.  Sometimes I take it up to E and do the same, so EADGCF
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

DDDDDD


That one is fun too
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I found a couple more I've used in some notes for songs I had written down a long time ago.  FGDGBE is pretty good, and DADEAE is very silly but can work well.
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EADGBE, all the time. Open D and open A are fun though.

But if I'm feeling adventurous:
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E.

I cut off the other strings.
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My guitar is missing two strings and hasn't been tuned with a tuner in months, I twist the knobs randomly. So avant.
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DGCGCD

DADGAD

Most of the time though I'm just in standard, but alternate tunings are a great way to experiment with different textures and tones.
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Standard B all the time but I really love Open C to noodle around with. 
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Open Hexatonal: EA#DF#CE

Once i played this tuning with bottleneck in a jam, with a flute. Never had so much fun.
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Bass and guitar always tuned to E flat because of what I play.
I like this and standard tuning also.
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Points: 26 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2011 at 14:31
 I like open g minor for some of the really nice celtic pieces. Alot of Pentangle/John Renbourn/ Bert Jansch uses this tuning.
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