Favorite songs to play in a "E" chordal tuning?

TelecasterKid · July 8th, 2003, 08:16 AM

I think acoustics sound great tuned to a chordal tuning like E major. What are your favorite songs to play in a chordal tuning? Mine are:

* Suite, Judy Blue Eyes
* To My Friend (Mountain, from the "Climbing" album)
* Norweigan Wood (my own arrangement in E chordal tuning.....try it.....sounds nice and full!!)

Plastics71 · September 17th, 2003, 12:01 PM

doesn't Richie Havens do almost everything in an E tuning?

I tried doing Handsome Johnny using the E tuning once. Didn't come out as I thought...

tjalla · September 18th, 2003, 11:42 PM

On acoustic that is, not my tele...

Or open D or Eb, depending on my voice that particular night, or for certain songs needing lower tuning, but its essentially the same.

I find it great for solo work, a fuller sound and nice suspended chords possible by working against ringing open strings. Once you get your head around some basic shapes and positions, you can play a fair bit of material, and give a different spin on things. Of course, a capo is necessary, and you can almost forget about playing songs with funny key changes (eg layla)!

Trev

July 8th, 2003, 08:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
TelecasterKid TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Location, location. Hammond, IN-USA! Posts: 50	Favorite songs to play in a "E" chordal tuning? I think acoustics sound great tuned to a chordal tuning like E major. What are your favorite songs to play in a chordal tuning? Mine are: * Suite, Judy Blue Eyes * To My Friend (Mountain, from the "Climbing" album) * Norweigan Wood (my own arrangement in E chordal tuning.....try it.....sounds nice and full!!) __________________ "It don't mean a thang, if it ain't got that twang!" "If the music's too loud, you're too old"!

September 17th, 2003, 12:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
Plastics71 Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Perth Amboy, New Jersey Posts: 173	doesn't Richie Havens do almost everything in an E tuning? I tried doing Handsome Johnny using the E tuning once. Didn't come out as I thought... __________________ ...but these go to 11

September 18th, 2003, 11:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
tjalla Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 1,826 7 Photos	I'm in Open E almost all the time! On acoustic that is, not my tele... Or open D or Eb, depending on my voice that particular night, or for certain songs needing lower tuning, but its essentially the same. I find it great for solo work, a fuller sound and nice suspended chords possible by working against ringing open strings. Once you get your head around some basic shapes and positions, you can play a fair bit of material, and give a different spin on things. Of course, a capo is necessary, and you can almost forget about playing songs with funny key changes (eg layla)! Trev