Ostrich Tuning: how to tune your guitar to Ostrich + song

* According to Wikipedia*

guitar is an alternative guitar tuning in which all the guitar strings are tuned to the same pitch class (often D,[1] but A# and B have also been noted).[2] The term was coined by The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed after the preVelvet Underground song "The Ostrich" by Lou Reed and The Primitives, on which this tuning was first used. Reed later applied it on the 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico on the songs "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties".

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[Absonata]

Many thanks for the vid. I love this tuning. Im not sure if i belive that Lou Reed discouvered/invented the tuning. Hes to crappy on guitar to discover something cool like this.

[muninmatt]

@Absonata

well maybe somebody played it before him, but history definately gives him the credit. also, lou reed does suck at the guitar NOW, but when he played with the velvet underground he kicked ass

[Jeremiahdvorak1]

The 5th string remains an 'A'? I thought that ALL the strings were tuned to D.

[muninmatt]

@Jeremiahdvorak1

yeah... technically its supposed to be all d's but i like it with the A because the top 3 strings can be played just like drop D

[Co0jq500080style]

@muninmatt Cause the A is the 5th of the D. Technically, you could go DADADD and still get some sweet harmonies.

[Beenyad]

@usfunkmob17 haha wtf

[PennilessandTired]

well i dont even know who lou reed is and a couple mounths ago, for some odd reason i tuned all my strings to E, so in a sense, anyone can "invent" a song, but not anyone one can syndicate one

[Desmessed]

Cool sound, wtf happende to your guitar? anyway, might be an idea to change the thickness of the strings if you do it alot. anyway nicely done!!

[Desmessed]

Hi cool sound, thanx!

[floftyAl]

Lou Reed made this famous. and probably wrote the first few songs with it

[AWTelevison]

@Absonata no it was lou reed it was back when he played as lou reed and theprimitives

[usfunkmob17]

look at this nice red boy

[dbingamon]

Sounds like you were jammin with the song "Miserlou".