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Originally Posted by Bill Reid
Seems like a strange tuning; no third in the open chord. Are you sure it's not CGCGCE? All altered strings tune down except the 2nd, which tunes up to C. Use standard gauge or the lower strings may buzz. I like the tuning, and keep a 12-string in it. Also have a chord chart for it that I created back in the '60s (nothing fancy); you're welcome to a copy.
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The tuning doesn't have to contain a third and a fifth to be useful. Several of my favorite artists have songs played in DADDAD, and Nick Drake notably used BEBEBE tuning on From the Morning and Time of No Reply