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Double Bass Alternate 5-string tuning?

Dec 11, 2014
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Has anyone ever tried a C-G-D-G-C tuning on a five string? I have a bass I use for more solo-ish playing and I was thinking about setting it up with 5ths tuning on the low strings and 4ths tuning on the high strings. I could still play orchestral lit, but also make solo work a little more accessible.

(Imagine Heldenleben with the low e-flat where a G is in on open E string and the high b-flat where the F is on an open G string.)
 
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