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Biink.com, David Beardsley News the Mystery Tuning from Main Street 1. Genesis of a Tuning In the mid 90's, I was
working on singing Just Intonation ratios. I was singing along with an
accoustic guitar and started tuning the stings to an open chord. As far as I
have experienced, open chords on a guitar are usually a major or minor chord
with no seventh. I was tuning a string
to 1/1 (the fundamental note of the tuning) and another string to the ratio 7/4
(the seventh harmonic) as a reference note for singing. Once I started using
a slide, tuning the third to a 9/7 (a septimal major third) instead of 5/4
(the fifth harmonic) brought the tuning into the seven limit territory. For the Mystery Tuning
from Main Street, the guitar is tuned = 1/1, 3/2, 7/4, 9/7, 3/2, 7/4 low
strings to high strings. 2. The SomewhatMysterious Tuning from Main Street Goes
to Brooklyn In July 2009, I was
invited by James Ross to perform at a venue in Brooklyn, NY. I suggested
using the Mystery Tuning on one standard guitar and tuning the same tuning a
49/48 higher on a second standard guitar. An autoharp with the chord keys
removed uses the sum of that tuning. In this performance, the remaining notes
were added by Alex Carpenter. On the guitars, we’re also using a additional
near just fretted notes. Since it’s a bit of a
challenge playing a slide guitar solo on the second 49/48 guitar, I’m instead
also playing a lap steel guitar tuned to the
Mystery Tuning from Main Street. David Beardsley July 18, 2009 The SomewhatMysterious Tuning from Main Street Goes
to Brooklyn
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