A Bluesy thing and feeling Pensive
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:00 am
Every so often in all this exploration of alternate guitar tunings I find myself noodling something bluesy. Vaguely bluesy that is!
Some tunings work better than others for this. Recently I've been using Csus2 tuning quite a lot. (CGCGCD). Something bluesy emerged while noodling around on the TW73 acoustic yesterday so I did a quick recording on the Zoom H4n portable recorder using its internal microphones.
There's some out of place notes but not too bad for a first attempt. Easy to find the Eb (3rd fret on 23 strings) and bend up to give that minor / major variation / blend.
In casting the net wider for more unusual tunings to try to write "tunes" in I have encountered Csus4add9. That is CGCFCD.
There's a tuning to try and get the head around! This was one of the better attempts with it.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13362559
The Tanglewood Java and the usual Avantone CK-1 microphones.
Some tunings work better than others for this. Recently I've been using Csus2 tuning quite a lot. (CGCGCD). Something bluesy emerged while noodling around on the TW73 acoustic yesterday so I did a quick recording on the Zoom H4n portable recorder using its internal microphones.
There's some out of place notes but not too bad for a first attempt. Easy to find the Eb (3rd fret on 23 strings) and bend up to give that minor / major variation / blend.
In casting the net wider for more unusual tunings to try to write "tunes" in I have encountered Csus4add9. That is CGCFCD.
There's a tuning to try and get the head around! This was one of the better attempts with it.
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13362559
The Tanglewood Java and the usual Avantone CK-1 microphones.