From: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org (wanderer-digest) To: wanderer-digest@smoe.org Subject: wanderer-digest V1 #13 Reply-To: wanderer@smoe.org Sender: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk wanderer-digest Monday, October 22 2001 Volume 01 : Number 013 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: wanderer-digest V1 #12 [Patti Witten ] Re: wanderer-digest V1 #12 [Mark Domyancich ] staying in tune [Bern44105@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 07:44:02 -0400 From: Patti Witten Subject: Re: wanderer-digest V1 #12 Marian wrote: > They make guitars in different keys???? Never heard of that before!!! Tell > me more! > Sure! The tenor guitar is quite common but I'm not too sure how it's tuned. It's voiced like a bass and we used one on my song "Is That True" on Land Of Souvenirs. We also used an American guitar called a tiple (rhymes with tipple) that has 10 double-course strings as in a 12-string, but we only used the 5 strings. I think most of them come from Latin cultures where there are many voices and shapes of guitars-- think Mariachi band. Hawaii has the Ukelele and a tradition called slack key guitar which I think is about alternate tuning. There's probably a wealth of websites... I like the Google search engine. Happy hunting. - -- Patti Witten & Prairie Doll http://pattiwitten.com http://prairiedoll.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 13:16:31 -0500 From: Mark Domyancich Subject: Re: wanderer-digest V1 #12 There is also a baritone guitar, which is tuned down a fifth (6th string is tuned down to B). Sounds awesome! Mark At 7:44 AM -0400 10/21/01, Patti Witten wrote: >Marian wrote: > >> They make guitars in different keys???? Never heard of that before!!! Tell >> me more! >> >Sure! The tenor guitar is quite common but I'm not too sure how it's tuned. >It's voiced like a bass and we used one on my song "Is That True" on Land Of >Souvenirs. We also used an American guitar called a tiple (rhymes with >tipple) that has 10 double-course strings as in a 12-string, but we only >used the 5 strings. I think most of them come from Latin cultures where >there are many voices and shapes of guitars-- think Mariachi band. Hawaii >has the Ukelele and a tradition called slack key guitar which I think is >about alternate tuning. There's probably a wealth of websites... I like the >Google search engine. Happy hunting. >-- >Patti Witten & Prairie Doll >http://pattiwitten.com http://prairiedoll.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:10:36 EDT From: Bern44105@aol.com Subject: staying in tune Hi everybody! I'm a newcomer to the list and to the guitar so I hope my questions will not be too trivial. I sometimes have a problem getting the right sound from the bass string when I'm in an alternate tuning with a capo. For example, if I tune the low string to C and capo at the 5th fret, the bass string sounds out-of-tune and I have to adjust the tuning of the string with the capo in place. I seem to have to bring it lower, almost to a B, but it still doesn't sound quite perfect. I've already asked this question privately to someone, but I would be interested in any suggestions the rest of you would be willing to offer. Also, does frequent re-tuning of the guitar cause a given set of strings to stretch and slip out of tune more easily? Thanks! Bern ------------------------------ End of wanderer-digest V1 #13 *****************************