Hello, just wondering if your playing 2 steps down like Mr Kottke? Also do you know The Fisherman. Can't find one good lesson on that song. Great lesson by the way and thank you.
I'm playing pretty low. Can't remember how low, but definitely at least 2 steps down. I know The Fisherman a little bit, but not completely -- I kind of do my own adaptation of it, but there are some parts I didn't figure out yet. I'll have to keep that in mind if I can get around to making lesson videos again!
Hello, just wondering if your playing 2 steps down like Mr Kottke? Also do you know The Fisherman. Can't find one good lesson on that song. Great lesson by the way and thank you.
WHOA! Young Dood, glad I found this. I first saw Leo when he and I were both in our twenties. I'll get to see him again Jan. 20th. Been playing since I was 16 but in all those years I've struggled to learn new stuff. I don't read music, hate TABS and I don't have a good ear either. However I have semi-mastered "Times Twelve" and "First To Go" and bits and pieces of other Leo songs strictly by luck and trial and error. Thanks for posting this. Put up more when you have time! I need it.
a.k.a., down 5 half steps (2.5 whole steps) from standard open G tuning.
And you aren't stupid; I appreciate the time you took to even look at my video, and tunings aren't easy to figure out at all. Nothing about it is intuitive -- and without getting a reference note for myself, I didn't know how low I had the damn thing! And for the record, I'm too stupid to figure anything out -- so no worries, man. ;)
Then get your guitar in open G. This tuning goes: D G D G B D
In simpler terms, tune your low E string down a whole step, tune your A string down a whole step, and tune your high E string down a whole step.
ADADF#A is simply open G tuning (DGDGBD) tuned down two and a half whole steps. The fretting and everything is exactly the same for both tunings -- it's just a matter of pitch.
If you want to get to D G D G B D, you can also approach it like this:
First, get your guitar into standard tuning. Then drop your low E string to the desired note (D, for example, or A, if you want to go into a lowered open G tuning for a deeper sound).
Play your low E string at the 5th fret, then tune your open A string to the same pitch.
Play the A string at the 7th fret, and tune your open D string to the same pitch.
Play D at the 5th and tune the open G to the same pitch,
Play G at the 4th fret and tune your B string to the same pitch, then play your B string at the 3rd fret and tune your high E string to the same pitch.
E at the 5th = open A
A at the 7th = open D
D at the 5th = open G
G at the 4th = open B
B at the 3rd = open E
Follow this, and you'll be in open G tuning. To get in ADADF#A, just start out by tuning the low E string to A, and then follow the tuning instructions above.
That is really low, though -- so remember, tuning higher is fine!
Lol, I guess I should have read your comments -- indeed, you ARE low tuning your 12! Well, that'll teach me to critique before checking notes. Again, very nice lesson, dude!
Thanks for the comment! And by the way, I have a bad habit of changing the depth of my tunings a lot; I have to be better about letting everyone know if I'm 3 or 3.5 whole steps down, or what have you. Sorry about that!
Sometimes I think I tune too low, but tuning anywhere near standard pitch hurts my fingers. Is that a bad thing?
Anyway, good luck =) And don't worry about critiquing anything I do without checking notes first; I don't care. At least someone's talking to me!
Hello, just wondering if your playing 2 steps down like Mr Kottke? Also do you know The Fisherman. Can't find one good lesson on that song. Great lesson by the way and thank you.
InThisCenturyBand 10 months ago
@InThisCenturyBand
I'm playing pretty low. Can't remember how low, but definitely at least 2 steps down. I know The Fisherman a little bit, but not completely -- I kind of do my own adaptation of it, but there are some parts I didn't figure out yet. I'll have to keep that in mind if I can get around to making lesson videos again!
SlightReturn 9 months ago
Hello, just wondering if your playing 2 steps down like Mr Kottke? Also do you know The Fisherman. Can't find one good lesson on that song. Great lesson by the way and thank you.
InThisCenturyBand 10 months ago
don't b so hard on yourself, u're doing it very well:)
softguitarr 2 years ago
thanks, man!!!
odor9 2 years ago
You're most welcome!
SlightReturn 2 years ago
WHOA! Young Dood, glad I found this. I first saw Leo when he and I were both in our twenties. I'll get to see him again Jan. 20th. Been playing since I was 16 but in all those years I've struggled to learn new stuff. I don't read music, hate TABS and I don't have a good ear either. However I have semi-mastered "Times Twelve" and "First To Go" and bits and pieces of other Leo songs strictly by luck and trial and error. Thanks for posting this. Put up more when you have time! I need it.
JG
greenecycle 3 years ago
Can you post your tuning, I'm too stupid to figure it out. It's not a standard open G.
tanakakai 3 years ago
A D A D F# A
a.k.a., down 5 half steps (2.5 whole steps) from standard open G tuning.
And you aren't stupid; I appreciate the time you took to even look at my video, and tunings aren't easy to figure out at all. Nothing about it is intuitive -- and without getting a reference note for myself, I didn't know how low I had the damn thing! And for the record, I'm too stupid to figure anything out -- so no worries, man. ;)
Thanks for the comment, and keep on playing.
SlightReturn 3 years ago
How do I get to ADADF#A ?
rtreker 2 years ago
First, go to standard tuning.
Then get your guitar in open G. This tuning goes: D G D G B D
In simpler terms, tune your low E string down a whole step, tune your A string down a whole step, and tune your high E string down a whole step.
ADADF#A is simply open G tuning (DGDGBD) tuned down two and a half whole steps. The fretting and everything is exactly the same for both tunings -- it's just a matter of pitch.
SlightReturn 2 years ago
If you want to get to D G D G B D, you can also approach it like this:
First, get your guitar into standard tuning. Then drop your low E string to the desired note (D, for example, or A, if you want to go into a lowered open G tuning for a deeper sound).
Play your low E string at the 5th fret, then tune your open A string to the same pitch.
Play the A string at the 7th fret, and tune your open D string to the same pitch.
Play D at the 5th and tune the open G to the same pitch,
SlightReturn 2 years ago
Play G at the 4th fret and tune your B string to the same pitch, then play your B string at the 3rd fret and tune your high E string to the same pitch.
E at the 5th = open A
A at the 7th = open D
D at the 5th = open G
G at the 4th = open B
B at the 3rd = open E
Follow this, and you'll be in open G tuning. To get in ADADF#A, just start out by tuning the low E string to A, and then follow the tuning instructions above.
That is really low, though -- so remember, tuning higher is fine!
SlightReturn 2 years ago
@rtreker, You twist those knobs on the end of the guitar.
guitarslim56 2 years ago
Lol, I guess I should have read your comments -- indeed, you ARE low tuning your 12! Well, that'll teach me to critique before checking notes. Again, very nice lesson, dude!
pickfinger 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment! And by the way, I have a bad habit of changing the depth of my tunings a lot; I have to be better about letting everyone know if I'm 3 or 3.5 whole steps down, or what have you. Sorry about that!
Sometimes I think I tune too low, but tuning anywhere near standard pitch hurts my fingers. Is that a bad thing?
Anyway, good luck =) And don't worry about critiquing anything I do without checking notes first; I don't care. At least someone's talking to me!
;)
Take care.
SlightReturn 3 years ago
Nice lesson. Very helpful. Get on with the rest.
ghettoraid 3 years ago
i don't think that's in an open g tuning.
150ccdirtbike 3 years ago
Great stuff . . . please post the rest ASAP.
huxatola 3 years ago