[musictlk] Drop-C Tuning?
Timothy Clark Music
theblindguitarist1992 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 13 17:50:57 UTC 2014
you are correct in your research.
i don’t tune mine normally.
think of standard tuning.
now drop standard tuning down a third.
On Adar I 13, 5774 AM, at 8:15, National Association of Guide Dog Users <blind411 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Dear All,
> This explanation does not match my understanding of drop-C tuning;
> rather, it seems to simply tune the whole guitar down a major third,
> resulting in the tuning being C F Bb E G C. From a technical perspective,
> drop-C tuning refers to dropping the sixth to a c and the fifth to a G
> (creating a fifth), rather than the usual fourth) and the remaining strings
> staying in standard tuning. This tuning can be heard in Lindsey Buckingham's
> "Never Going Back Again" by clicking on the following link
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHyQS9blvIc
>
> As a classically trained, more theoretical guitarist I wanted to
> know if I was mistaken, and did some research on drop-C tuning and found the
> following that seems to confirm my understanding and is supported by a
> number of other explanations.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_C_tuning
>
>
> I hope this information is helpful to you.
>
> Peace!
> Marion
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Timothy
> Clark Music
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 11:57 PM
> To: Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Drop-C Tuning?
>
> personally i play in drop c and the way i do it is to tune the entire
> instrument down.
>
> so, think of your regular standard tuning now dropped down to a drop c.
> that's how i play my electric and acoustic.
> my other guitar only has 5 strings as i'm to busy to put new ones on it.
>
> i'm studying for a vary important exam.
>
> anyway, hope this helps.
>
>
> peace
> On Adar I 12, 5774 AM, at 17:15, National Association of Guide Dog Users
> <blind411 at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Josh,
>> I wanted to ask about your message stating you tune your guitar in
>> drop-C. My perception of drop-C is a regular tuning with the 6th tuned
>> to C and the 5th tuned to G. This is the tuning I use to play
>> Fleetwood Mac's "Never Going Back Again". Tuning this way would be
>> very difficult to play in any other key than C, so I am curious if
>> this is what you mean or if you mean you tune your whole instrument down a
> Major 3rd.
>>
>> Peace!
>> Marion
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of josh
>> lester
>> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 1:16 AM
>> To: Music Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Hi, I'm back!
>>
>> Hi Lauren!
>> I don't know about accessible tuners, but I tune my guitar in drop C,
>> and if you're good with pitch, and knowing how things are supposed to
>> sound, that in itself would be a good way to tune.
>> I've never heard of the tones that you've mentioned, since I only play
>> Bluegrass Gospel when I play guitar.
>> Feel free to write me off list, if you have any other guitar questions.
>> Thanks, Joshua
>>
>> On 2/7/14, Lauren Merryfield <lauren at catlines.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've been on and off of this list, as with some others. Sometimes I
>>> get too many emails. But I have a question that someone may have
>>> already given me the answer to but I'll post my question here anyway
>>> because there might be more than one answer.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a question for blind musicians out there. I have two different
>>> tuners for my guitar. One is a pitch pipe with the six notes
>>> corresponding to the notes for the 6 guitar strings. The other is a
>>> pitch pipe type tuner that is round and plays the twelve notes of a
>>> chromatic scale. The notes are all whole tones, sharps or flats.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sighted people can get tuners that visually show them whether their
>>> guitar string or any other instrument is in tune or not and it can
>>> show quarter tones between whole tones, sharps and flats.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My question is:is there such a thing as an accessible tuner that
>>> blind musicians can use that will tell you the exact pitch of what
>>> you are playing, including quarter tones? Is there such a pitch pipe
>>> that would play the sounds of quarter tones or a tuner that tells you
>>> by synthetic speech or some other way, audible or tactile?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In American and European music, we mostly deal with whole tones,
>>> sharps and flats, however in music of other countries such as India,
>>> the Middle East, Asia, etc, they make use of quarter tones.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, I sure hope there is someone on this list who knows what in the
>>> world I am asking (it's new to me) and can point me to such a tuner.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lauren
>>>
>>> PS:Someone did suggest the HotPaw talking tuner for the iPhone. I
>>> discovered it is only 99 cents so whenever I can get my crazy
>>> password done correctly, I'll download that app.
>>>
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>>>
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