Re: Anyone tried this mandolin-friendly guitar tuning?
A tuning that Joni Mitchell used a lot is CGDGBD. See "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire," "Don't Interrupt the Sorrow" and others. I read somewhere that her use of the tuning was inspired by a mandocello. (There is a sort of reference in Song for Sharon: "I went to staten island./To buy myself a mandolin" and there is also a picture of her playing a K-4 at Mandolin Bros).
I used to do a lot of Joni's songs back in the 70s with my then-girlfriend/duet partner. Used the "bluegrass" gauge strings with medium bass and light trebles so that we could do the dropped tunings without floppy bass.
Been a long time since I've thought about those tunings... Thanks for reminding me!
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