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Which tuning should be used for Gymnopedie 1 on steel string guitar [closed]
I am trying to tune my steel string acoustic to sound like the interpretation performed by Brandon J. Acker, although his guitar is gut strung. I tried E major and D major but it doesn't sound like ...
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How do I tune my guitar like a bajo sexto
I was just wondering how to tune my guitar to sound like a bajo sexto. I watched a video on YouTube, but it was confusing.
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Tuning vs truss rod
I've been going back and forth between standard, open E, and D tuning on some songs I play. A lot of the time strings will break even when I'm tuning down. Is this because of the truss rod? Are there ...
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How to stop a 5-string capo blocking my fretting of the bottom E string?
I want to play a fingerstyle guitar based on open-voiced chords in the key of D, capoed to be in D, Eb or E for performance. I'd love to have the low D from a drop-D tuning but this messes up some ...
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Stringing an acoustic for down-tuning
Any acoustic guitar experts willing to help me out with some info?
I would like to have an acoustic guitar tuned down a step and a half (C#F#BEG#C#, and at times open Bsus2 BF#BEbF#C#) for a big warm ...
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How to learn a new guitar tuning
What techniques and practices are best to learn a new guitar tuning?
I am familiar enough with standard tuning to play rhythm parts in several places and also improvise with different scales.
I want ...
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What do you think of attempting to tune an Acoustic 12-string one full step up?
Many like to tune a 12 string 1/2 to 1 full step down. I understand it reduces tension, reduces breaking the high G string and/or allows you to run thicker gauges for a fuller sound.
However I ...
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Is it possible to tune a short scale (22.4") acoustic guitar up to ADGCEa with 10-47 strings?
I'm considering getting this guitar: http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ds_10_mini.htm?ref=search_rslt_benton+mini_321012_0
According to the description, the scale is 568mm (~22.36") and it comes ...
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Is there a tuning that gives open Maj7 chords?
A song I'm playing with (Ordinary People by John Legend) basically has a 3-chord pattern BbMaj7, EbMaj7, FMaj7.
I can strum these as barre chords OK but not reliably finger-pick, and as I'd like a ...
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Tuning Acoustic from Drop D to Standard Repeatedly
There are a few songs I play where Drop D tuning is required to get some nice, bass-heavy, open 6th string notes. It also facilitates many of the chords in the song in addition to adding a full tone. ...
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Nylon strings for alternative tunings on hollowbody electric
I have a hollowbody electric guitar on which I put some ball-end nylon strings as an experiment and tuned to by preferred tuning (G-D-d-f-g#-b). I really liked the distinction in sound between the "...
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Are there guitar strings for very high tunings?
David Gilmour used a special tuning for the rhythm guitar in the song Comfortably Numb. It was a regular EADGBE, but the lowest two strings were two octaves higher, and the middle two were one octave ...
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How best to setup an acoustic guitar for multiple tunings?
I like playing compositions in various tunings, and retune the guitar frequently. I only have one guitar, so that leads to two problems:
Strings tend to break (much) faster when tuned up, e.g. D to E....
