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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 07/24/2024 : 4:38:50 PM
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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?
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 07/24/2024 : 4:49:22 PM
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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.... |
Edited by - Earl on 07/24/2024 4:55:13 PM |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2172 Posts |
Posted - 07/28/2024 : 07:35:17 AM
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| Well stated, Earl. Distance gets in the way of kanikapila. |
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
529 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2024 : 05:23:03 AM
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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. |
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 07/31/2024 : 06:09:46 AM
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| 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. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2172 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2024 : 07:34:57 AM
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| 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. |
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Earl
`Olu`olu
USA
529 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2024 : 08:33:34 AM
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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.  |
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - 08/01/2024 : 09:45:06 AM
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| Pretty sure Glen Smith of Ho`okena only plays in Open G |
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rleach
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 08/06/2024 : 2:28:04 PM
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| 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. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2172 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2024 : 08:08:12 AM
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| 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. |
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2024 : 08:47:32 AM
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| 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. |
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rleach
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 08/23/2024 : 11:03:54 AM
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| Me too Chunky. I subscribe to his site and am a frequent on-line student of his Saturday zoom classes. |
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2024 : 2:23:08 PM
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| Ron, do you know what happened to forum? I found it useful for asking questions and getting ideas. |
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rleach
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2024 : 09:11:29 AM
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| Terry. Not sure. I just emailed Jeff the question and will let you know when he answers. |
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rleach
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2024 : 09:37:45 AM
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| Terry. He said the forum plugin was creating an issue with the website and causing it to crash so he had to take it down for the time being. Ron |
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2024 : 06:19:37 AM
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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 |
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Tunings....li'dat....
