source file: mills2.txt Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 21:55:03 -0700 Subject: Alternative Guitar Tunings From: clucy@cix.compulink.co.uk (Charles Lucy) mr88cet@texas.net (Gary Morrison) suggested tuning your 22tET guitar in fourths The following list may trigger some more useful ideas re: Alternative Guitar Tunings. The following alternative open and "slack-key" guitar tunings are intended for use on LucyTuned Guitars. The same notenames may be used for 12 and other et systems, plus meantone tuned guitars, (Pythagorean etc.), and will work within the limitations of those tuning systems. [To achieve the unique LucyTunBIonics and intervals, you will need a LucyTuned guitar, or to refret your instrument.] The open strings should be tuned to the frequencies assigned to the notenames in the corresponding tuning system. [eg for LucyTuned guitars with conventional notenames - strings 6&1 (E) are tuned 4.5 cents flatter than 12et E; 4th string (D) 4.5 cents sharper than 12 et D; 3rd string (G) 9.0 cents sharper than 12et G; and 2nd string (B) 9.0 cents flatter than 12et B.] * Notes marked * will be sharper than conventional tuning name. String numbers/ MegaMode & Notenames Code Open Chord Name 6 5 4 3 2 1 E A E* E A E 1/0 A (no III) C G C G C* G* 1/0 C (no III) D A D D A D 1/0 D (no III) DadDad C Bb*C F Bb F* 2/0 Fsus4 or Bb9 (no bVII or III) D G C G C* D 2/0 Gsus4 or C9 (no bVII or III) D A D E A D 2/0 Asus4 or D9 (no bVII or III) D A E* E A A* 2/0 Asus4 or D9 (no bVII or III) E A D E A E 2/0 Asus4 or D9 (no bVII or III) E B* E* F# B E 2/0 Bsus4 or E9 (no bVII or III) C G C G C* F* 2/0 Csus4 or F9 (no bVII or III) D G D D A D 2/0 Dsus4 or G9 (no bVII or III) D A D G A D 2/0 Dsus4 or G9 (no bVII or III) DadGad D A D G D* G* 2/0 Dsus4 or G9 (no bVII or III) D G D G A D 2/0 Dsus4 or G9 (no bVII or III) C G D G A D 2/0 Dsus4 or G9 (no bVII or III) C G D F G C 3/0 Dm7 (noV) sus4 B F# B E A E 3/0 F#m7 (noV) sus4 D A D E A B 3/0 E7 sus4 or A9 (no bVII) sus4 or D6&9 (no III) D G D E A D 3/0 A7 sus4 or D9 (no bVII) sus4 or G6&9 (no III) E G D G A D 3/0 A7 sus4 or D9 (no bVII) sus4 or G6&9 (no III) E G D E A E 3/0 A7 sus4 or D9 (no bVII) sus4 or G6&9 (no III) D A D A* C* D 3/2 D7 (no III) C G Bb Eb F Bb 4/0 Cm7sus4 C G D D A E 4/0 D9 sus4 (no III) C G D A* E* G* 4/0 D9 sus4 (noIII) (Robert Fripp) D A C G C* E 4/0 D9 sus4 (no III) D A D G C* E 4/0 D9 sus4 (no III) D A C D E* G* 4/0 D9 sus4 (no III) E B* E* F# A D 4/0 E9 sus4 (no III) D A D F# B E 4/0 E9 sus4 (no III) & D6&9 (no VII) E A D F# B E 4/0 E9 sus4 (no III) Lute D A D G B E 4/0 A9 sus4 (no III) Em7 & G6 (Drop D) D A E* G C* E 4/0 Am7 sus4 or C6&9 E A D G B E 4/0 Em7 sus4 or G6&9 (Standard Tuning) E B* D G A D 4/0 Em7 sus4 or G6&9 E B* E* G A D 4/0 Em7 sus4 or G6&9 E A E* G B E 4/2 Em sus4 or A9 (no III) E B* E* G A E 4/2 Em sus4 or A9 (no III) D Bb*D G Bb D 4/23 G minor D G D G Bb D 4/23 G minor E A C E A E 4/23 A minor E A E* A* C* E 4/23 A minor E B* E* G B E 4/23 E minor C# G# C# G#*C#*E 4/23 C# minor F#*A C# A* A E 4/3 F#m7 & A6 C G C G A E 4/3 Am7 & C6 C A C G C* E 4/3 Am7 & C6 Eb Bb*Eb*G C* Eb 4/3 Cm7 & Eb6 D A D F C* F* 4/3 Dm7 & F6 D G D G B E 4/3 Em7 & G6 F* Ab C Eb Ab Eb 4/3 Fm7 & Ab6 E A C# A* C#*E 4/34 A Major E A E* A* C#*E 4/34 A Major (Open Blues) C G E* G C* E 4/34 C Major (Cyail C) C G C G C* E 4/34 C Major (Open C) D A D F# A D 4/34 D Major (Open D) E G# E* G#*B E 4/34 E Major (Slide Blues) E B* E* G#*B E 4/34 E Major D G D G B D 4/34 G Major (Taro Patch) (Open G) D A E F# A D 4/4 D9 (no bVII) E C E* G C* D 4/4 C9 (no bVII) D G D G C* E 4/4 C9 (no bVII) C A D G B E 5/0 C Maj9 + 6 E A D G C* F* 5/0 F Maj9 + 6 (Chain of IVths) G* B* E* F# A D 5/0 G Maj9 + 6 B F# C# D A D 5/3 D Maj7 + 6 E A E* G#*C#*E 5/34 A Maj7 C# A C# G#*A E 5/34 A Maj7 D A D F Bb F* 5/34 Bb Maj7 C G E* G B E 5/34 C Maj7 (Gabby C) Emb6 E B* E* G C* E 5/34 C Maj7 G* C* E* G B E 5/34 C Maj7 D A D F# A C# 5/34 D Maj7 D A C# F# A E 5/4 F#m7b6 D A C# E A E 5/45 A sus 4 E B* E* G#*B D# 5/45 E Maj7 D G D F# B D 5/45 G Maj7 C G D G B E 5/45 C Maj9 F* Bb*C F A D 5/45 Bb Maj9 (Wahine) Dm7b9 C D? 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G B E 5/45 C Maj9 (no III) C G D G B C 5/45 C Maj9 (no III) C G D G B D 5/45 C Maj9 (no III) Em7b6 C G C F C* E 5/45 F Maj9 (no III) D A D G A F#* 5/45 G Maj9 (no III) F* A C A* Bb F* 5/45 F sus 4 Eb Bb*C F C* D 5/45 Bb9 sus4 (no VII) C G D F C E 5/5 C9 (no bVII) sus 4 F* A D G B E 6/2 Dm + Em D A D G C* Eb 6/236 Cm6+9 (no VII) E A C# G C#*E 6/256 A7 F#*A C# A* A D# 6/256 F#m6 D A D F# C* D 6/256 D7 E G# D G#*B E 6/26 E7 E B* D G#*B F#* 6/26 E9 E B* C# G A E 6/2 A9 E A C G#*C* E 8/23678 Am Maj7 D A D F C#*F* 8/2368 Dm Maj7 E B* E* G B D# 8/23678 Em Maj7 Eb Ab E* F B Eb 9/35678 Fm7 Maj7 Aug 4 (no V) Replies, comments etc. to lucy@hour.com Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:41 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA31432; Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:41:29 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA31354 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id FAA10212; Sat, 26 Apr 1997 05:39:32 -0700 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 05:39:32 -0700 Message-Id: <970426083600_1555474168@emout07.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu