Standard tuning for a 4 string bass is EADG. If you add a string, that would typically be a high C or, more commonly, a low B and, if you opt for a six string you get both and would … Continue reading
30 July 2025
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24 June 2021
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This is another track from Players Path on Scott’s Bass Lessons. Sometimes my unorthodox six string tuning (low D to high Eb) makes the tracks hard or impossible. In this case though, the song became much easier – lots of … Continue reading
24 February 2021
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Stable Uke
I’m still very happy with my Eddy Finn tenor ukulele. It doesn’t see the light of day much at the moment but, when I decided to play a song for the toddlers group on it (trying not to spend too … Continue reading
21 May 2020
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Hertz hurts
I was having a lot of fun this morning, working up a version of Chris Falson’s I Walk By Faith. I mapped out the structure, added a Logic drummer, played the chords on acoustic guitar and then layered up multiple … Continue reading
23 February 2020
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… on 16 strings
After I’d done the banjo version of Ramble for my RPM 2020 project, I decided to try it on bouzouki. For some reason, I’d remembered that the bouzouki was tuned in a similar way to the banjo (aDGBD in this … Continue reading
11 December 2016
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446Hz
The band at church this morning had two electric guitarists – myself and one of the youth. During the warm up I was sure something wasn’t quite right about his tuning so, as we took a break before starting in … Continue reading
7 December 2015
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432Hz
I read a long article recently recommending that musicians should tune to A=432Hz rather than the established standard of A=440Hz. It is quite interesting and I did like the sound of 432 tuning in some of the videos included. On … Continue reading