Don: Hearings great! Happy Weekend! Here's how a set might go...Usually I open a show with
a standard tuning. Do a few songs. Then I might do one with a drop-D tuning. That is, the 6th string or your bass E is lowered. Next song, pop it back up, takes a second or 2. Note: If the guitar you are using doesn't have QUALITY tuning pegs( 8 to 1's, 12 to 1's), you might have some problems doing this, as the audience usually starts turning into a rumbling mob if you aren't quick. Watch for the rope being passed through the crowd. Next choose another of the more complex tunings. Let's say a "G" and maybe do a blues with a slide. Ending the set with a another song with "G" tuning. Especially one that is fast where you've pushed the guitar to it's limits and you end the set with that. Then, you're in the dressing room wipin' her off, THE GUITAR guys, THE GUITAR, and tuning back up, getting ready for the next set. So, by planning, and thinking, I don't make the audience sit through boring minutes tuning and retuning. I set things up so there is a clean flow and balance between songs, jokes, stories, and tuning. After all, for, me the whole thing's a show. They hired me to entertain you. And hey, I make almost a living doing this, HA HA, actually, I'm doing fantastic, thanks God... I do this stuff with a steel string guitar, NOT a nylon string Classical. So Don, got my arm around your shoulder while I'm talkin' to ya. And my other hand is offering you a beer, Ya got to laughs me bucko,(my not half-bad pirate impression, you have to be there, I guess) I tells ya, life's a peach. And any 'O the time yo spent in anger is wasted....Everythin's gonna turn out O.K.! Smile! bob