Eh, you guys. Jus' checking foa see how many tunings yufela know. Get G Taropatch, F Taropatch, Leonard's C, C Wahine, G Wahine, D, D Wahine, D Mouna Loa, C Mouna Loa, li'dat. What else you guys know?
E A D G B E ---- standard C G D G B E ---- Keola's C D G D G B D ---- G Taro Patch D G D F# B D ---- G Wahine C F C F A C ---- F Taro Patch C F C G C D ---- F Wahine D A D F# A D ---- Open D D A D F# B D ---- D6 C G E G C E ---- Atta's C
I don't really play slack key in Open D (mostly blues and slide) or in standard tuning. My standard tuning repertoire is mostly Piedmont blues and ragtime.
I need to learn more tunes in Atta's C. There is only one John Keawe song in that tuning right now. So many tunings and songs, so little time....
In my case, I come across a new and interesting tune and learn it. Then I look for a few other songs in that tuning to flesh things out. I don't want to completely retune for only a single song. Going from taro patch to G wahine doesn't count, as that is only one string.
I was stuck for a few days years ago while traveling. Fortunately I had my guitar with me. I spent a lot of time in the hotel re-working several tunes from taro patch to F Wahine. That was interesting, and I still play both versions.
An interesting thread. I play mostly in Taro Patch F. I'm a Taylor guitar fan (owned 13 but currently have 3) and over the years I've learned that they like the lower registers (not sure why). I'm also a big John Keawe fan and play about 20 of his tunes or arrangements. John likes D tunings, particularly D6 (check out his "D-Tour" CD). I've also play Uncle C's "Lulabye for Pops" in D6/9 that I got from a Jeff Peterson transcription. Sonny Lim's "Malie" is in D6/9 also. I've always struggled with Atta's C. I'm apparently not interested enough to "know" lots of tunings; it's challenging enough to just do a couple.
I've learned that some mele are more easily played in C in Gtaropatch. Led does a few tunes that way and the old steel guitarists used to play in taropatch, going from G to C.
I know of one professional musician and songwriter (Peter Case) who only plays in Open G tuning, regardless of the style and who he plays with.
There is also a school of thought that beginners should maybe first learn in Open G and then after some learning success can move on to the weirdest tuning of them all -- standard EADGBe.
You guys have a lot more experience than me. I play mainly in Taropatch open G and some in C Wahine and a few in double slack ( G Wahine ). For me it really helped to learn a bunch of songs in Taropatch and then when I really knew the chord shapes and some of the scales on the melody strings, I felt comfortable enough to venture out into the other few tunings.
Right you are! The guy that taught me the basics showed me GTaropatch, 3 weeks of the right thumb before anything else, then learning vamps, then the chords.
For what it's worth: Jeff Peterson's instructional website is brilliant. He does lots of different tunings at every skill level. Even though I seldom wander into some of these tunings, I have been a subscriber for 5 years. There is always something to learn.
Thanks Ron. I was going to email him, but I know he's super busy. For many reasons I don't do the Sat workshops. but I do occasionally check out the the recorded stuff
Edited by - chunky monkey on 09/05/2024 06:20:55 AM
Tunings....li'dat....
Posted - 07/24/2024 : 4:38:50 PM
