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  • James Taylor Advocates Being Out Of Tune!!! (p.2)
2014/01/26 18:48:14
Bert Guy
In the words of Ry Cooder: 'If I pick up my guitar and its out of tune, I respect it.'
2014/01/26 19:26:31
yorolpal
Word.
2014/01/26 23:34:13
soens
Tuning is all relative, man! I say make your own tunings. Play your own way. Whatever makes you happy.
 
I never said I would listen...
 
Tho that funky guitar does look interesting. I always thought there was something wrong with the current establishment.
2014/01/27 19:07:20
bapu
Does James know about Am bazz note?
 
That Juan wood bend his mind I'm sure.
2014/01/27 19:42:42
sharke
I've heard of many guitar tuning methods and philosophies, will have to give this one a try. The way that's served me well for at least 15 years is tuning the A string to a tuning fork, then tuning the rest as follows:
 
D string 7th fret harmonic to 12th fret harmonic of A
G string 2nd fret to 12th fret harmonic of A
B string 5th fret to 7th fret harmonic of A
E strings to 7th fret harmonic of A
 
The idea being that if you use one string as a reference from which to tune the other strings, it eliminates any inaccuracies which build up when you tune every string from the one below it. 
2014/01/28 07:56:09
Karyn
I just select which tuning I want on a dial and my guitar tunes itself....
 
2014/01/28 08:10:31
Moshkiae
yorolpal
But in a good way:-)
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If you watch the movie Jonathan Demme did on Neil Young, he is also out of tune many times, and it does not hurt ANYTHING in his singing and performance at all. In fact, it makes him even better, because you and I know that we have moments like that, but we also know that we care and have feelings that have absolutely NOTHING to do with being in tune!
2014/01/28 11:18:25
bapu
I'm Gettin' in Tune with my old piano.
2014/01/28 11:18:52
bapu
I've got it all here in my head
 
2014/01/28 11:19:17
bapu
There's nothing more needs to be said
 
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