Saddam's special tuning?

Subject: Sadam's special tuning?
From: GUEST,banjoman
Date: 20 Jun 03 - 09:33 AM

Someone suggested that I try tuning my guitar in DADGAD - I must have misheard him or been listening to the news at the time and accidentaly tuned to BAGDAD - Try it for yourself - some weird and wonderful effects. You may have to experiment a bit with tuning some strings an octave below normal. Dosn't work too well on my banjo, but then nothing does according to my famil.

Subject: RE: Sadam's special tuning?
From: TIA
Date: 20 Jun 03 - 10:21 AM

Of course it doesn't work on your 4 or 5 string banjo. Try one of those banjitar thingies.

Subject: RE: Sadam's special tuning?
From: Songster Bob
Date: 20 Jun 03 - 10:24 AM

Try DADGAB -- Arabic is written right-to-left anyway.

Bob

Subject: RE: Sadam's special tuning?
From: GUEST,banjoman
Date: 20 Jun 03 - 02:35 PM

Thanks Bob - what happens if I am a left handed player?

Subject: RE: Sadam's special tuning?
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 20 Jun 03 - 02:44 PM

Previous thread on BAGDAD tuning

Subject: RE: Sadam's special tuning?
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Jun 03 - 04:08 PM

Utah Phillips was telling the BAGDAD tuning joke before Daddy Bush's first Gulf War.

Subject: RE: Sadam's special tuning?
From: LadyJean
Date: 21 Jun 03 - 12:31 AM

Doulgas Fairbanks was the Thief of Bagdad before Saddam Hussein was even thought of. He was also better looking.