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| Carl |
Posted - 04/01/2004 : 06:09:52
Okay, seeing as the topic of 'Nashville' style tuning was discussed recently(FB uses it on 'Orange/Yellow', as it's known), here's a better explaination of it, which I gleaned from a couple of old guitar mags(by the way, since FB is gonna record in Nashville, it kinda ties in!!)
Nashville tuning gets it's name from it's use by producers in Music City studios, Nashville to brighten up rhythm guitar tracks. Apparently, it's used exclusively on acoustic guitars. To get the right sound, you'll need to restring your guitar;I think it's better to use a 12-string, but I'll explain the 6-string version first:
6-STRING;
Replace the lower 4 strings(E,A,D,G)with light-gauge strings. Tune them up one octave.Leave the B and high-E as they are. And that's it....Pretty simple, really!
12-STRING;
Remove the heavy strings of the lower 4-E,A,D,G-and replace them with light gauge ones. Tune these strings up one octave. leave the B and high-E as they are.
This tuning has been used by various guitarists, such as Joe Satriani,
Albert Lee, David Gilmour and Keith Richards(The Stones' 'Wild Horses'). Albert Lee has actually used it for lead work. David Gilmour uses a bit of a variation on Pink Floyd's 'Hey You' and 'Comfortably Numb'. Using the 6-string method, he replaces the low E with a high-E string, and tunes it up TWO octaves in unison with the high-E!
I hav'nt actually tried this tuning out, but obviously with the tuning-up involved, avoid string-snappage!!
CARL.
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| PsychicTwin |
Posted - 04/01/2004 : 07:45:38
Nice..I was never 100% clear on what Nashville Tuning entails exactly, just having picked up snippets here and there.
Now I'm curious to try it out...just to see what it sounds like. Maybe I'll even try doing some recording with it. I think alternate tunings add a kind of "color" to certain songs that just can't be acheived any other way. Sonic Youth are a good example of this.... |
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