RE: Alternate Guitar Tunings (OT)

["Dave Gallaher" <micdave@hiwaay.net>]

Correct--I've heard that described as 'Nashville tuning' in the past.

dave 
 

If I recall, that' an old Nasville country music recording trick.

You can hear it on many C&W hits of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Not done so much any more though.

On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:57 AM, Per Boysen wrote:

> Another good tuning for zing-zing-a-zing backing acoustic is to
> change the three lower strings to thinner strings that are tuned the
> same but one octave higher. Then you simply play the chords as usual
> and get kind of minimal chords, never wider than a triad, but with a
> very rich and layered tone.