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1998-01-05 21:05lwtcdiA bit of a poser that has been bugging me unconciously for a while.... Why are guitars tun

From:: lwtcdi <graham@lwtcdi.prestel.co.uk>
To:: IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 21:05:14 +0000
Subject:: (idm) Off Topic: Guitar Tuning

A bit of a poser that has been bugging me unconciously for a while.... Why are guitars tuned so that the last two string are one note higher than the rest? Wouldn't it make sense to tune them so that they are all parallel or whatever? There's probably a very good reason, but I find it most odd! Gb. -- "BIG UP YA CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR" from * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - L@@K WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED iN - ADVENT CRAZY http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/lwtcdi/all/ DAMN JUKEBOX http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/lwtcdi/all/4musjuke.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * X amount of party streamers...

1998-01-06 02:50Jeremiah Thomas IsaacsOn Mon, 5 Jan 1998, lwtcdi wrote: > A bit of a poser that has been bugging me unconciously

From:: Jeremiah Thomas Isaacs <jti0001@jove.acs.unt.edu>
To:: <lwtcdi@lwtcdi.prestel.co.uk>
Cc:: IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 20:50:03 -0600 (CST)
Subject:: Re: (idm) Off Topic: Guitar Tuning
Reply to:: (idm) Off Topic: Guitar Tuning

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, lwtcdi wrote:

quoted 9 lines A bit of a poser that has been bugging me unconciously for a while....

> A bit of a poser that has been bugging me unconciously for a while.... > > Why are guitars tuned so that the last two string are one note higher > than the rest? Wouldn't it make sense to tune them so that they are all > parallel or whatever? There's probably a very good reason, but I find it > most odd! > > Gb. > --

the third (in standard tuning)tween strings 2 and 3 (counting from the bottom, thinnest string) is to make chording easier. ive used the tuning you are proposing (eadgcf) and like it for the kind of playing it lends itself to. because there are 6 strings, and you have 4 fingers to use (ok, and sometimes 5) and chords (in their simplest form) have 3 notes... the fact that e repeats helps make chords involving e easier, however the third can be moved around, and has the same effect on chords (eadgce or eadf#be) that effect being making it easier to chord. ok, maybe it wasnt a clear explanation, but i think i got the point across. --- jeremiah jti0001@jove.acs.unt.edu people.unt.edu/~jti0001 --- excuse me but i just have to explode explode this body off me wake-up tomorrow brand new a little tired but brand new bj?rk

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