Saturday, May 2, 2009

Variation in Ab in Half-Step Down Tuning

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This time, let's tune our guitars a half-step down, from low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. We'll probably get into more detail about this tuning next week, when we are in E-flat. This time, we're playing the A, D, and E open chord voicings, since we're a half-step down, the key is Ab. Remember, like yesterday, keep it strum-happy and loose:


Ab Absus2 Ab Absus2 Ab
eb|--------0-----------0--0--|--------0-----------0--0--|
Bb|--------2-----------0--2--|--------2-----------0--2--|
Gb|--------2-----------2--2--|--------2-----------2--2--|
Db|--------2-----------2--2--|--------2-----------2--2--|
Ab|--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Db Dbsus2 Db Eb Ebsus4 Eb
eb|--------2-----------0--2--|--------0-----------0--0--|
Bb|--------3-----------3--3--|--------0-----------0--0--|
Gb|--------2-----------2--2--|--------1-----------2--1--|
Db|--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|--------2-----------2--2--|
Ab|--------------------------|--------2-----------2--2--|
Eb|--------------------------|--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--|

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