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kanaka2010
Aloha
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 Posted - 04/18/2007 : 10:15:18 AM
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AlOOOOOHA
I was wondering if anyone can show me how to tune my guitar to taropatch style
MAHALO
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Pupule
USA
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Posted - 04/18/2007 : 10:27:39 AM
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Welcome. If your guitar is tuned EADGBE, you will:
- Lower your 6th string (largest) a whole step to D
- Lower your 5th string (2nd largest) a whole step to G
- Lower your 1st string (smallest) a whole step to D
Taro patch tuning = DGDGBD |
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Mika ele
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/18/2007 : 2:34:53 PM
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That will be for the key of G Major. If that is too high or you play with ukuleles you can lower all six strings down two more notches to (F taropatch) CFCFAC.
BEWARE - your strings might get REAL FLOPPY. |
E nana, e ho'olohe. E pa'a ka waha, e hana ka lima. |
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Ianui
Lokahi
USA
298 Posts |
Posted - 04/21/2007 : 10:02:33 PM
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Try
Bb - F - D - F - Bb - D
Use C tuning fingering Sounds great |
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/22/2007 : 3:39:37 PM
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I hope you don't mind me asking a stupid question, but I've had a look and can't find the answer.
Why is this G tuning referred to as 'taropatch?' I've come up with a theory, but I hope someone actually knows.
Apologies if it's really obvious, or been answered before. |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/24/2007 : 12:51:36 PM
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Not a stupid question at all, Trev. I haven't a clue, outside of the obvious "downhome" connotations.
Sorta like why a bowlback mandolin is called a 'taterbug.
Wot's yer theory?
Oh, and I have heard some seriously salacious answers to the related question: Why are wahine tunings called that?
No hints.
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Trev
Lokahi
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2007 : 01:18:27 AM
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My theory is quite possibly half baked but here goes. As I understand it, an actual taro patch is where a staple food would be grown, and something that a lot of Hawaiian households would have had - whatever your family, the taro patch would be something that was common to most people.
In the same way, there are a lot of slack key tunings that are used, depending on your family, who's taught you etc., but the 'open G' tuning is one that is common to most slack key guitarists, so it got called Taropatch.
I suspect the real answer could be no more complicated than "well everything has to be called something, Trev. Otherwise the world would be full of 'wossnames' and 'thingies'."
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/25/2007 : 06:43:42 AM
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Actually, you are probably closer than you thing Trev. Every part of the Taro plant has a name that is synonymous with a part of the family (Ohana). Since the taro plant represents the family a taropatch would represent a group of families or the extended family.
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Mahope Kākou...
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