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El, what led you to play almost exclusively in CGDGAD? Did you explore other tunings and land on this one instead? Thanks
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About 13 years ago I discovered that some part of my approach could be captured in Drop D, so I wrote some books for Mel Bay in Drop D - e.g., The Art of Dropped D Guitar, and The Art of Gospel Guitar. Something was lost in the process, however, but a lot remained. Still, I think in CGAD and not in Dropped D. Thanks for your interest. El
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Thanks for sharing your story! When I discovered your music last year it lead me to Dave Evans too because of the tuning. I personally find it quite appealing to devote oneself to CGDGAD like you have or DADGAD like Pierre Bensusan.
Out of curiosity have you played much in DADGAD over the years? I just ordered your Celtic Guitar Treasures book. I think I’m going to start with either South Wind or Pretty Maid Milking Cow
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CGCGCD is great for a lot of traditional music. I also like it for tune equivalents of songs or strong vocal performances — I find it works really well for gospel for example as much as traditional folk. DADGAD has that airy celtic feel but I also like it for the blues. DGDGCD is an interesting one, quite versatile and to my mind more so than open G. But, perhaps, the most all purpose tuning I have come across is CGCFCD — just one tone below the first tuning in the list on the 3rd string. Somehow, this seems a little less fundamental and a less in your face — I can clawhammer this where I can't with CGCGCD. It's also great for singing against giving easy access to C,D and Eb and so on. I have found it very fulfilling to explore these tunings. Martin Simpson — a master of this stuff — has taken a very different route than Pierre. I'm not saying one approach is better than the other but I like the variation!
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