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11-01-2007, 07:09 AM
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| Sumerian 7string Sorcery   Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Eleven-day Empire Posts: 9,474
Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser/LTD M207 Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: Sombras Que Corta Thanked: 170
   | Hmmmm...the high G idea's an interesting one. Really wish I had my seven with my now just to do some experimenting... 'If one octave isn't interesting then who the hell cares about the others?!' Diamanda Galas http://farsideguitars.blogspot.com/ |
 
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11-01-2007, 07:28 AM
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| Booze & Metal, Arrgh! • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toledo, Ohio. USA Posts: 15,908
Real Name: Bob Main Seven: 2001 Ibanez RG2027XVV Rig: GNX/Magicstomp Thanked: 83
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 Yep. He told me pretty much the same thing, hence, the 8-string. Although his primary motivation was to really have that range for Brahms pieces he was studying. From there, the next logical step was Bach.Brahms guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  http://www.wolf.org | |
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11-01-2007, 09:36 AM
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| Spastic Kitchen!   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 6,173
Main Seven: Oni Custom 7 Main ERG: Oni Custom 8 Rig: Mesa Dual Recto Thanked: 6
| I've never messed with any of those four-part fuges, but I've had two of my electric guitars tuned with a high A. I'd love a seven string classical, and I almost bought an eight string classical, but I opted to get another electric instead. I used to do the high G tuning on my electrics when I couldn't find strings that would tune to high A. |
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11-04-2007, 09:52 AM
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| Feral Buddha  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: MD Eastern Shore Posts: 321
Main Seven: Warmoth flat 7 Rig: Marshall, Boogie Thanked: 9
| A: Have you ever heard Eliot Fisk's various transcriptions of Scarlatti harpsichord pieces? It's completely terrifying, on top of his work with Bach, Vivaldi & Paganini violin stuff. He's one of the very few people I just BUY whatever he records and it's always worthy. Eliot Fisk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (His home site is down right now.) B: Have you ever run across the tuning that Robert Fripp calls the "New Standard Guitar Tuning?" I'm sure he didn't invent it - it's just fifths instead of fourths - but he teaches all his Guitar Craft classes in it: C G D A E G, low to high. The high string should be a B to remain all perfect fifths, but you can't get a string to do that. I kept a guitar around tuned that way for a few years (56-40-26-14-10-9), but I just couldn't get to it regularly enough to do anything but screw up my regular practice. It's also called an "octo-mandolin" tuning. Someday, somewhere, some long-fingered kid is going to jump on that tuning and blow some minds. |
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11-04-2007, 10:55 AM
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| Sumerian 7string Sorcery Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Eleven-day Empire Posts: 9,474
Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser/LTD M207 Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: Sombras Que Corta Thanked: 170
| Yeah, I'm familiar with NST, and have experimented with it in the past. I actually found it suprisingly intuitive. It would definitely be interesting trying to adapt some classical pieces for it. Nowadays, with Garry Goodman's strings, a guitar tuned in perfect fifths across the whole neck is a serious possibility... |
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