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With the advent of electrification the guitar no longer needed all the strings to be used to fill the space so fragment chords took off - I think the mindset needs to change a little.
My bass is tuned in 4ths
@georgenadaintl covered most of what I recall from it. There were some links to a chap playing blues rock licks in standard 4ths, basically illustrating that you needn't lose everything you already know. But then if you want to play blues rock licks tuning in 4ths seems to be an arse about face way of doing it.
Presumably you end up with abit of extra tension on the two thinnest strings? Might be an issue for some people.
i can write more later, but basically the cons are you cant do standard 5/6 string barrechords, and cant play the normal arrangements of other guitar players
apart from that its all pros, and a few neutrals
for 3/4 string chords you just need to learn 1 shape instead of 3
for 5 strings chords its 1 shape instead of 2
for a pentatonic scale you just learn 1 basic pattern, which wraps around the neck like a ribbon, instead of 5 variations
the same would apply to 3/4 note scales and arpeggios - 1 basic pattern that repeats instead of multiple variations
1 basic scale pattern to learn for major scale, and that covers all the modes, instead of 7 variations
1 basic pattern to learn for harmonic minor, melodic minor, etc
and the scales all clearly fit in with the chords shapes, its vastly simpler to visualise
a neutral would be that i tend to use different chord shapes, some can be more awkward, some simpler.
i tend to use more 'vertical' shapes that run root/3/5/7 than barre chords which tend to be root/5/7/3, so they sound 'nicer', like a piano chord, but can be harder to dampen the sound
so these days i tune e/a/d/g/c/f - just swap the top 2 strings for lighter ones and no problems
if you are playing original music, or are happy to write your own arrangements/variations for other people's guitar parts, then i say just go for it
it opens up and simplifies/unifies the whole fretboard
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
http://imaguitarist.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/the-e-a-d-g-c-f-tuning-for-guitar-an-introductory-guide/
so you can simply move the shape across the neck for A Min, to D Min, to G Min, etc - and just raise the 3rd for A Maj / D Maj / G Maj
more complicated chords may be hard to hold, and you may have to drop some notes, but the same applies to standard tuning too
i'll try and make a diagram later of the scale shapes and you can see how to extract the chords from them
i dont know what chords other people want to play, for me i've always made original music and been happy to rewrite any cover songs with my own chord arrangements.
it is harder to strum though, well, its harder to mute the unwanted strings.
and once you have the shape/idea in your head it applies over the whole fretboard, regardless which set of strings you are on - you could play a 7/8/9/10-string guitar, you just move the shape around around and dont have to worry about that little kink messing them all up
the only hurdle is being able to fit your fingers on them