alternate tuning

  1. billkilpatrick
    what's your favorite?
  2. catmandu2
    catmandu2
    sawmill, AEAE (or GDGD)
  3. David M.
    David M.
    In order: AEae; GDgd; ADae. Sometimes DDad (dead man's tuning). They call these cross tunings, typically.
  4. mzurer
    mzurer
    Any songs in particular you guys like to play with these? Or do you just play anything that would sound good with drones, and go extra crazy?
  5. catmandu2
    catmandu2
    A couple of my favorites are Sail Away Ladies, and Jeff Sturgeon.
  6. farmerjones
    farmerjones
    Black Mountain Rag tuning: AEAC#
    i don't cross tune much b/c im lazy. I used to keep a fiddle cross-tuned, but lent it to a student.
  7. Mandoviol
    Mandoviol
    Stupid question that probably could be answered with a little research that I've always wondered about....in alternate tunings, do you still read the music normally and finger normally, or do you have to adjust your fingerings to still play the notes as seen on the page?
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