Hi Darcy- yep, that's what the composer wants, and I thought was too much as well. My only experience is with my ukelelee and dulcimer, and I know I wouldn't try tuning that high on either of those, but I'm not as knowledgeable about guitars......
I'm wondering whether the use of a few harmonics isn't in order here as the next possible solution. Any takers on whether that's a technique an average church guitarist can handle with ease? Cecil Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal) www.harrockhall.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] guitar/TAB question > You want the guitarist to tune their top E string up by *eight > semitones*??? > > I'm not a guitarist, but my strong suspicion is there's no way to do > that without serious risk of breaking the string. > > It sounds like this part is not playable on a guitar without an > extended fretboard. > > - Darcy > ----- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://secretsociety.typepad.com > Brooklyn, NY > > > > On 30 Apr 2006, at 10:26 PM, Cecil Rigby wrote: > > > Hi all- > > > > A guitar part I'm working on has notes outside (above) the range of a > > standard six-string instrument with normal tuning. The highest note > > is eight > > frets above playable (assuming a standard 20-fret instrument). > > > > Is the most common solution a retuning of the strings (when an > > instrument > > without the needed extension isn't available)? > > If so, is there a secondary tuning that is more common than another > > for such > > situations, > > or do I just retune as many frets upward as necessary for that one > > string > > and know the average guitarist can handle it? > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
