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Old 05-03-2008, 08:00 AM
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Default Want Alternate Tuning Tabs, Please / Good Ones to Learn On....

Hello to all:

I would appreciate some ideas on this subject. I'd like to get into some alternate tunings - starting with the more "common" ones like DADGAD for fingerstyle; and Dropped D, Open D, Open G, for Country Blues.

Can anyone recommend a good web site - that would have tabs that a person new to alternate tunings - might use to get started?

Thanks in advance.... As always, the advice and input here on the AGF is great and very much appreciated.

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Old 05-05-2008, 03:55 AM
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Have you thought about getting some materials from Mark Hanson?

www.accentonmusic.com

He wrote the book "A Complete Book Of Alternate Tunings". His books also have some alternate tuning songs in them.
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Old 05-05-2008, 06:16 AM
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Have you thought about getting some materials from Mark Hanson?

www.accentonmusic.com

He wrote the book "A Complete Book Of Alternate Tunings". His books also have some alternate tuning songs in them.
Hi CJ...
Mark does have some good material. So does Al Petteway. Over at Acoustic Music Resource there is a DVD of his which is including a CDr with the notation & TAB for all the songs.

It has some really fun tunes on it...

Al's DVD - click
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If you have Windows you are in luck. Tons of tabs here in alternate tunings. They are not organized that way so you have to browse.
http://www.tabopolis.com/index.php/tab/show/id/21388
http://www.acousticpower.com/index.html
Another site for Celtic tunes is http://www.celticguitartalk.com/phpBB/
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...it's an easy one but you do have to tune up a bit. I dedicate my American Acoustech to this tuning and she is fine; just a little truss rod adjustment and all is well. Think 4&20, Carry On and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes; I call it the CSN tuning. It has a nice drone to it, easy to slide, easy to find runs on, and is great for a higher vocal range. I am in the Nash range so it suits me just fine. A beautiful tuning if you don't mind the extra tension. You can find tabs for the aformentioned songs all over the web or just pick up the big CSN Anthology (essential learning for summer cookouts in my family). DADDAd is another fun tuning to mess around with, nice for slide, and no one really uses it (well, maybe Mike Doughty); no tabs come to mind but you can one finger barre out chords anywhere, all strings (now that's easy). Keep the faith!

Harley's Alternate Chord Charts...it helps to know some chords to go along with those tunings and his charts are easy to read, sorted by key, printable and...mmm free!
http://www.personainternet.com/harleys/tunings.html
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