A question for anyone who might know; I have a 3-stringer with a 22.5" scale. After doing a LOT of research on the subject, I've narrowed the two tuning options down to Ae'b' (all fifths tuning) or Ad'f#. I'm attracted to the logic of all fifths tuning, but everything I can find on the subject is for four strings or more. Would three strings in fifths be a flexible and facile tuning for someone who focused on solo chord melody playing, or would I be better off going with Ad'f#?
(For the record, I'm not too terribly interested in slide. The ability to do so is a bonus of open tuning, but it's a very minor one from my perspective.)
Thanks in advance.
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This thread got started about a week ago. More advice and opinions than you'll ever need.
I think I'm the only one in the discussion that plays slide.
I've come across his stuff the last few days. He certainly likes to advertise his product. But, I've noticed that a lot of people seem to think that he's very good. So, I might order the DVD's.
Hey. Me again.
All-fifths tuning makes perfect sense to fiddle players, mandolin players and 4-string banjo players.
Guitar pickers are not likely to go beyond 3rds and 4ths because the frets are so far apart that you'd need gorilla hands to play four notes of a major scale before moving over to the next string. Bass guitar players (with a 34" scale) have to really suffer to play a major scale on strings tuned a 4th apart.
With your 22.5 inch scale your frets may be reachable, but anything you learn tuned in fifths will only transfer to a mandolin or tenor banjo--not to a full-size guitar.
I actually have no interest in full guitar. Lovely instruments, but not for me. Partly, this is because I decided to dedicate my limited time to something simpler. (Better to master something simple than to be mediocre at something complex is my thinking on the matter.) And, partly it's because I have a bit of neurological damage in my left hand, so fewer strings are an advantage.
Too many tunings.
No training to guide my choice.
Welp… I’m freakin’ boned.
Very good...
Now you're ready to appreciate Knotlenny's video.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/knotlennys-3string-cbg-101
Do what he says and then build slowly on that foundation.
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