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Originally Posted by afterthefact
Good question. Also, why do people have alternate tunings, and then figure out how to make regular chords with them? Doesn't that defeat the purpose?
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the alt tunings that i use are for different reasons.
one of my guitars is tuned to
g
g
g
g
b
b
and our other guitarist is tuned to
g
g
g
g
d
d
ie when we play open its a g chord.
that guitar is usually used for songs that i play melodies on one string or songs that i jam to cause i use the low strings for drones and it gives the guitar a very deep sound.
another guitar is tuned to
e
b
e
e
a
a
i made this tuning then years later found out that lee has one that is near identical. thisn one is good for power chords and more rocking songs, i can get i nice rocking sound with it. i usually find a tune in a different tuning and then realize what chords im playing. i also use standard a lot. alt tuning isnt an ideology with me. sometimes it works, sometimes it dont