Re: [Harp-L] Group Arrangement
- To: "Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Group Arrangement
- From: Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:15:46 -0800
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Classical guitarists commonly tune the E string down to D and I suspect that C would work OK. I agree that a whole octave would not work.
The guitar is a transposing instrument sounding an octave lower than the written note. The lowest open string is E2. It doesn't do too badly playing a bass line.
Vern
On Jan 31, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Rick Dempster wrote:
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>>>> Dennis Michael Montgomery <gaulay2@xxxxxxxxx> 1/02/2011 10:31 >>>
> "but one of his guitar players tuning down an octave and played the bass line"
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> I don't see how that is possible. Tuning a guitar down from E to E (a whole octave) would cause the strings to rattle like crazy. You would need some pretty thick strings. You could tune down to a low C and if you are real lucky a low B. However, I doubt you tune down to a whole octave.
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> Dennis
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