Everything you didn’t realise you wanted to know about guitar tuning: fresh perspectives from Ming Dynasty manuscripts to modern psychoacoustics, via jazz, Joni Mitchell, Madagascar, and more! Ad-free, open access (2021+)
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Tuning, despite being a universal guitaristic experience, rarely gets the attention it deserves…[under construction]
• Menu of Altered Tunings (100+) •
In-depth database: ‘palate expander’ of 6-string tunings from around the world – with notes, songs, breakdowns, origin tales, etc.
• Tanpuras: Divine Indian drones •
Longform drone samples: heighten your overtonal awareness and add psychedelic texture to your jams with HQ tanpuras in all keys
• Joni Mitchell’s stringed canvas •
Lesson article: How does Joni’s ‘colour palette’ approach to tuning and songwriting draw from her lifelong passion for painting?
• Megatable: Hidden interrelations •
Comparison spreadsheet: analysing all 100+ tunings on the Menu – intervals, tensions, Hz, & more. Please peer-review my DIY science!
• Feedback: corrections & ideas •
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• Puzzle: James Taylor’s ‘stretch’ •
• EADGBE by ear: All you need •
• Social, scientific, & spiritual dimensions •
• Altered-tuned artists: tracks & tunings •
• Microtonal guitar: the infinite spaces •
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Everything you didn’t realise you wanted to know about guitar tuning – fresh perspectives from Ming Dynasty manuscripts to modern psychoacoustics via jazz, Joni Mitchell, Madagascar, & more. Ad-free, open-access multimedia resources, continually updated (‘tuned’) over time. Feedback encouraged!
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George Howlett is a London-based musician, writer, and teacher. I play guitar, tabla, and santoor, loosely focusing on jazz, rhythm, and other global improvised traditions. Above all I seek to enthuse fellow sonic searchers, interconnecting fresh vibrations with the human voices, cultures, and passions behind them. Site menu above, follow below, & get in touch!
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Dedicated to Nigel Tufnel – a true tuning connoisseur
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