--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > He also made another song with this guitar style that I play called "Hand > > Me Down My Walk'n Cane." Someone just posted a video of me playing that > > song last Summer in my outdoor show so you can see the guitar part. I'm > > playing in open Ab tuning >> > > > > > > Does that mean that e.g. the standard tuning E-strings > > are two whole steps higher than normal? > > No, that would wreck your guitar.
I thought so. That's why I asked. > > Here is the standard A open tuning: E-A-E-A-C#-E > > So my Ab open tuning is Eb-Ab-Eb-Ab-C-Eb Oh, I see. It's named according to the major chord the free(?) strings form? > > > Here is Open E: E-B-E-G#-B-E > > I do the same thing in this tuning, go a half step down. A full step and you > are in D tuning. > > > > >
