Forum

With all the songs on this site in alternate tunings does anyone have to make adjustments if I'm in an altered tuning and other players are not?

I play in a company-sponsored jam session every few weeks and if I take off on some Neil Young song will I be playing alone or can everyone join in?

Happy Playin'

If you know the names of the chords you're playing--or at least what key the song is in--those in standard tuning can find a way in.

Good question Bear.

That gives me an idea for another song. I think I'll call it;
"Key Of What?!"

So, as long as all the notes in the altered tuning remain in the key everybody should be okay, right?

Yes, that is right BIGBEAR.


A good example of that is "Long Train Runnin' by
the Doobies. While Johnson was playing the Gm7
chord that everyone knows, Pat Simmons was playing
a cool little counter-melody on his big acoustic
guitar. The tuning Pat was using was E-B-E-E-B-E
with a capo at the 3rd fret(I think, I'm not sure
about the capo). Everyone else was in standard
tuning.

haoli25 wrote:

.. The tuning Pat was using was E-B-E-E-B-E ...

That's a really cool tuning! Stephen Stills used almost the same one, E-E-E-E-B-E on 4+20, one of my favorite songs ever. I love to play it but I'm too lazy to tune to it every time. I top out at Double Drop D or maybe DADGAD. Beyond that it's work!!

my long term ambition is to own enough guitars that I don't need ever to change tunings... SO that would be at least 6 more guitars

Chasplaya wrote:

my long term ambition is to own enough guitars that I don't need ever to change tunings... SO that would be at least 6 more guitars

If you make that work, will you call my wife and explain the merits of that concept? I can't afford another divorce right now!! Thanks!!

You guys have multiple guitars? Ohoooo... riches...

AndyT wrote:

You guys have multiple guitars? Ohoooo... riches...

I only have four. I'd have about three times that many if I wasn't married. There are days... LOL!