• Godzilla tuning •
Db-Ab-Eb-E-B-E • OVERVIEW • Jagged, uneven sequence used on Godzilla by Canadian-Mi’kmaq acoustic star Don Ross. Blends high-end clarity with a touch of bassy slack – ideal for his rhythmic thumb-slapping style. Brings out tantalising, part-resolving harmonies, mixing perfect intervals (5ths & 4ths) with more dissonant separations (minor 2nds & 6ths). Features an ultra-rare ‘perfect […]
• Dracula tuning •
C-G-C-F-Bb-D • OVERVIEW • A deepened tuning showcased on Dracula and Friends (Pt. 1) by Mi’kmaq-Canadian fingerstyle virtuoso Don Ross (who thankfully deviated from his original career plan: he was once enrolled in priesthood training at at San Damiano Friary, set to become a Franciscan friar…). Robust interval pairs, set in neat descending order (perf. […]
Category: Artist/Track tunings
. Tunings associated with specific guitarists, pieces, or performances: somewhat loosely delimited [32 tunings] Std. | Drop | Open | Interval | Global | Artist | Misc. (Also see Menu, Tags, & Homepage) • Support this site! • —Airtap!— • F-A-C-F-C-F • Fostered to facilitate the viral virtuosity of Erik Mongrain’s lap-tapping style… —Albert Collins Fm— • F-C-F-Ab-C-F • Take a high-wound blues walk with the jovial […]
• Math Rock F tuning •
F-A-C-G-C-E • OVERVIEW • This gently undulating maj9 sequence doesn’t take much peg-twisting to reach – but the shifts (two single-semitone raises and one double-semitone fall) will immediately put fresh melodic motions on the menu. While the tension shifts are fairly subtle (no restring is required), you can still feel them: the 6+2str are […]
• Menu of Guitar Tunings •
In-depth ‘taster menu’ of 100+ guitar tunings from around the globe. You’re probably yet to find your all-time favourite… • What’s on the Menu? • The guitar offers incredible freedom to choose our ‘starting canvas’. Unlike a piano, horn, or drum, guitars can move fluidly between different tunings, opening up fresh geometries and spaces […]
• Lute (‘Vihuela’) tuning •
E-A-D-F#-B-E • OVERVIEW • The main layout of the Renaissance lute moves Standard tuning’s ‘irregular’ 4-semitone jump back a string, instead placing it right in the middle between 4-3str (i.e. 5>5>4>5>5 vs. 5>5>5>4>5). Reshuffling the same set of intervals (four 4ths and a major 3rd) preserves the same 2-octave open range, and also most of […]
