Ha! Truth. When I commuted on I-94 every day I often found myself grumbling "you don't get extra points for being ahead of me."
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Get Off My Lawn: Downtuning
- Thread starter scottfeldstein
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I don't know how many times I have to say this: I was making fun of myself. It is dumb to have that kind of bias. And it is good that people do new things, even if old timers "don't get it." I am not suggesting that people shouldn't downtune. I am suggesting that it is at least a little bit humorous that some older players instinctively react with horror. It's funny. It's a gag. Hence the photoshop of Abraham Simpson and the title of the post.
Everybody good? Great!
Yeah, I was good when the whole thing started. Still am. Was never anything but….
When I think of bassists that define the art of alternate tunings, the most notable that comes to mind (for me at least), is Michael Manring. Check this tune out….
“Another song, ‘Tetrahedron’ featured these temporary tunings, created pulling the key: CEbBbEb, DbFBbEb, AbEbBbEb, DbFBbF, CEbBbF, AbEbBbF, DbFAbEb, CEbAbEb, AbEbAbEb, DbFAbF, CEbAbF, CFBbF, BbFBbF, BbFBbEb. BbF#BbEb*, BbEbBbEb, BbEbBbF, BbFBbF#.”
This thread is hilarious . People are self righteously being negative to OP’s point of view. I would have thought that musicians would be the Most accepting of differences.
I think it's largely my fault. I tend to be long-winded. As a result, lots of people don't read my entire posts. It can lead to misunderstanding. I think some may have missed the sarcasm.
For about 10 years I’ve been tuning my 4 strings down a whole step so I can get D and Eb, which are quite useful. However, I’ve played with otherwise amazing guitar players who’d yell at me during a performance because they look at my finger board and think I’m playing the wrong note (without listening, big fail). For those folks, I’ll bring my standard tuning 5 string. (Well actually I should never ever play with them again)
I'm fortunate enough to have a gen-u-ine Mexican Grocery with a griddle five minutes from my office. Can't beat their Tortas (bread is key).
There's a Hipshot D-tuner on my main player (no fives), and some of my favorite songs use that key - Jr's "Country Boy Can Survive", LZ's "Moby Dick", etc. I'm a fan.
30" scale is new to me, but I hope to have one soon. I played with the tension calculator today, and ordered 0.130 for D0 & 0.085 for A0.
I tune all of my stuff to A-444 Hz. Search on "528C" to understand why....
Cheers,
Lol... Regardless of how you read the "room" running bass guitars tuned down has been a thing for over 60 years in rock music. It goes back even further in modern folk music, right?
Lots of BI and American rock groups tuned down right from the very get-go. It's not a new thing. The Beatles did it, The Stones did it, Beach Boys did it, even Spanky and Our Gang did it, and plenty others did it too.
Oh well.
Lots of BI and American rock groups tuned down right from the very get-go. It's not a new thing. The Beatles did it, The Stones did it, Beach Boys did it, even Spanky and Our Gang did it, and plenty others did it too.
Oh well.
Yes, sure.
However, while the popularity of downtuning is a modern thing, downtuning itself is not.
That's fair, the irony was not lost on me when I posted it
I saw what you did there and I appreciated it.
Just joining in on the fun.Also the gall to keep using the same damn licks over and over.
That said, his articulation and vibrato are legendary.
If I’m in Indy I’m having that pork tenderloin sandwich. Those are amazing.
I'm actually not a fan of this finish. I think it looks like a coffee table you'd put in your lakeside cabin.
You should see it. They hammer this pork and fry if and it’s way bigger than the bun. How do they get it bigger than the bun? And a pickle.
“Get off my Moat! I’ve a Basso to Continuo!”
“The bass violin was developed in Italy in the first half of the sixteenth century to play in consort with the violin and viola. The first builder was possibly Andrea Amati, as early as 1538.”
Fast Forward 400 years or so…
“The American music industry reached an informal standard of 440 Hz in 1926, and some began using it in instrument manufacturing.
In 1936, the American Standards Associationrecommended that the A above middle C be tuned to 440 Hz.[5] This standard was taken up by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 as Recommandation R 16,[6] before being formalised in 1975 as ISO 16.”
Although one could argue this was also “influential?”
“The bass violin was developed in Italy in the first half of the sixteenth century to play in consort with the violin and viola. The first builder was possibly Andrea Amati, as early as 1538.”
Fast Forward 400 years or so…
“The American music industry reached an informal standard of 440 Hz in 1926, and some began using it in instrument manufacturing.
In 1936, the American Standards Associationrecommended that the A above middle C be tuned to 440 Hz.[5] This standard was taken up by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 as Recommandation R 16,[6] before being formalised in 1975 as ISO 16.”
Although one could argue this was also “influential?”
