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Tuning in 4ths - In Practice

Instructor: Tom Quayle Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

Tutorial: Tuning in 4ths

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Lesson Excerpt: Okay, so as an example we can take a Cmajor Triad. If we play this on the A, D and G strings we get a triad composed from the notes C, E and G played at the 3rd fret of the A string. If we take this shape up an octave and play it at the 10th fret of the D string in standard tuning, our shape changes even though the notes are the same. In 4ths tuning the shape is the same making the visualization process much easier when improvising. Below I've ...
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