Thursday, June 16, 2011

What about CGDABE?

After playing with the DGAD concept for a bit now, the thought suddenly occurred to me:  why not CGDABE for a tuning?  Some interesting attributes, compared with the CGDGAD option I've been considering as a general-purpose tuning:
  • Six individual tones, as opposed to four.
  • A true four-string group (6543) in all fifths.
  • Fifths-based scales available on five strings, simply skipping the second string to do it.
It retains all the advantages of the DGAD relationship that matter to me, and the partial-capo options would seem to offer a great deal of flexibility with these tones, while retaining the ability to play up-the-neck with consistent available intervals.

Interesting thought.  I may string up the SoloEtte that way, and see what happens.

1 comment:

Paul Murray said...

This is similar to the Guitar Craft tuning (CGDAEG), which is all fifths except for the minor third on the first string. The resonances work a lot better.