Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The Change to 5ths
I've decided to make the switch. By the end of September, I will be changing my bass to be tuned in 5ths as opposed to the traditional tuning in 4ths. I've had many conversations with a bass player about this and he feels that this will be a good change for me. Although I am a little concerned about where this will lead with my playing or whether I can wrap my head around re-learning the bass, I am certain that this will be a venture that will be beneficial for myself as a bass player. Essentially, it's just another way of having a deeper understanding of my instrument.
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Once I found out that a fiddle's tuning is 5ths, I was kind of put off learning it, because the learning curve would be higher than I had figured - I had assumed it was 4ths. Maybe someday I'll learn. I tuned my acoustic to 5ths to try it out, but that lasted about 5 minutes I think, because soon after I wanted to play something with normal tuning.
-LQ
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