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27 Mar 01 - 10:39 AM (#426532) Subject: Dead Man's tuning From: Big Mick I was listening to the excellent CD titled "Songs From The Mountain". In the liner notes for the opening medley of fiddle tunes, the author refers to the fact that they are played with dead man tuning on the fiddle. The liner notes indicate that this is a rare form. Can any of you fiddlers explain this tuning to me and tell me about its background. And as a slight bit of related drift (Hey........it's my friggin' thread), this CD is inspired by the novel "Cold Mountain". What I have heard so far is wonderful. All the best, Mick |
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27 Mar 01 - 10:45 AM (#426536) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: Sorcha Mick, I've never heard of it, but I am classicly trained, and don't do much cross tuning. Time consuming, ya know? I did a search on Google for "dead man's tuning" and got a lot of choices..........now, me, I would guess dEAD, but just guessing........LOL! |
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27 Mar 01 - 11:06 AM (#426550) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: GUEST,Arne Langsetmo Just hazard a guess, but is that AEAC#? Pete Sutherland gave us that one, and I thought it had a name, but not sure if that was it. Cheers, -- Arne Langsetmo |
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27 Mar 01 - 01:33 PM (#426702) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: Rick Fielding Mick. Jean Carignan played "Hangman's Reel" is a cross tuning, and spoke at length about it. What I remember of my Quebec French is minimal but I thought i caught him saying something about "deadman tuning", so... Does anyone know the correct tuning for Hangman's reel? I play it in EAEA, but that may not be the right one. Rick |
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27 Mar 01 - 01:37 PM (#426708) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: Sorcha Arrrrgggghhh! Google on Dead Man's tuning |
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27 Mar 01 - 01:40 PM (#426717) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: Malcolm Douglas The subject was discussed on the FIDDLE-L list a while back, but they're moving their website at the moment, so I can't look it up. AEAE (bottom to top) seems to be favourite. There's also a 5-string banjo version, apparantly usually f#ADAD. Hangman's Reel is, I believe, usually played AEAC# (bottom to top). Malcolm |
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27 Mar 01 - 01:41 PM (#426720) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: Malcolm Douglas I crossed with Sorcha, having been checking out those very same references! |
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27 Mar 01 - 01:42 PM (#426723) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: Sorcha (Hi Malcolm!) |
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27 Mar 01 - 03:03 PM (#426797) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: BanjoRay The banjo tuning f#ADAD is usually known (by me, at least!) as graveyard tuning. Cheers |
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27 Mar 01 - 04:19 PM (#426848) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: GUEST Cold Mountain is a fantastic book. Read it. |
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15 Aug 08 - 12:32 PM (#2414688) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: GUEST,Sadie It is DDAD |
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15 Aug 08 - 12:46 PM (#2414708) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: GUEST The final word in banjo tunings http://www.zeppmusic.com/banjo/aktuning.htm Russ (Permanent GUEST and banjo player) |
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15 Aug 08 - 12:47 PM (#2414713) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: GUEST,Stew Dwight Diller plays "Dead Man's Piece" in fCFCD on the banjo. Don't know if that makes it the official dead man's tuning for banjo. Stew |
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29 Feb 12 - 03:30 PM (#3315236) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: GUEST,Willy Minnix I just published a book on the subject of Dead Man's Tuning called "Mandolin Dead Man's Tuning vol. 1 basics." It's intended to be the first in a 9 volume series exploring this subject. Feel free to check it out at amazon or createspace. |
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01 Mar 12 - 04:55 AM (#3315468) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: nickp That's an excellent book GUEST Willy. When is volume 2 available? NIck |
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01 Mar 12 - 06:36 AM (#3315507) Subject: RE: Dead Man's tuning From: mayomick D.E.A.D? |