Originally Posted By: Mac
When I'm tuned down to Eb and someone calls a tune say, in E, I just play the F patterns.

That works amazingly well in groups where there is at least one other guitar player who stays tuned normally.

The sum creates a sound all its own. I think that is due to the change in note timbres involved.


--Mac


I was going to post something similar in the "Capo" discussion. When doubling guitars in the studio I would sometimes capo one a whole step up. Yes, the timbres change, but so do the fingerings, injecting some subtle but (to me) exciting variations into the overall sound. I tend to use a lot of hammer-ons and pulloffs when changing chords; these in particular enhanced the contrast between the two parts. Transposing on the fly helped keep my mind sharp, too.

R.

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