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Originally Posted by TaronKeim
So do you get unison's or octaves out of your bottom 4 strings then? Cause that is really cool!
And you find no string tension issues with just the large 10 set strings? Bending and shredding applications still fine with 25.5" scale?
Thank you very much!
-TJK
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Oh yeah. Octaves are like with normal tuning, but inverted (the low note is 2 frets ahead of the high note, instead of the other way around).
Ex. 1 Low A with a octave - (Strings listed high-to-low, basic tab format)
-x-
-x-
-x-
-x-
-2-
-x-
-4-
The even neater thing is the abity to play 2 finger baritone triads, basically major/minor, but lots of nifty possibilities open open (including great melodic ideas that tend to break you out of the blues/pentatonic rut).
Ex. 2 A major chord, baritone voicing -
-x-
-x-
-x-
-4-
-6-
-4-
-4-
Ex. 3 Make it minor...
-x-
-x-
-x-
-4-
-5-
-4-
-4-
Ex. 4 You can even extend the chord across all 7 strings, barre-form...
-7-
-4-
-4-
-4-
-6-
-4-
-4-
I have no issues with tuning stability, intonation, tension, or anything like that. And a .010 gauge string tuned down a whole step is very easy to play. Feels (to me) like a .009 tension-wise, tuned to standard, yet it has more girth and substance. I'm not nuts about the feel of real slender strings.