tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70114303317847322522024-02-18T23:07:16.178-08:00P4 tuningFinn Schatvet-Riisagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316767416425170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011430331784732252.post-28825014040316313682009-12-03T00:18:00.000-08:002009-12-06T04:42:13.359-08:00links to other P4 tunershttp://zhille.blogspot.com/2009/06/perfect-fourths-p4-tuning-basics-and.html<br /><br />http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1230089<br /><br /><a href="http://service.gmx.net/de/cgi/derefer?TYPE=3&DEST=http%3A%2F%2Fmike.rosmore.org%2Flinks.shtml" target="_blank">http://mike.rosmore.org/links.shtml</a><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Finn Schatvet-Riisagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316767416425170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011430331784732252.post-3485792286183751172009-12-02T09:02:00.000-08:002009-12-03T02:29:25.629-08:00Perfect Fourth (P4) Tuning: E A D G C F<div>After having spent 20 years playing guitar the normal way, (2 of those years I tuned my guitars in major thirds all over), I decided to tune my guitars E A D G C F.<br /><div><div><div><br />Advantages:<br /><br />Every scale, arpeggio and melody you care to learn keep the same fingering regardless of which strings you play them on. (The standard tuning needs 3 different fingerings for doing the same job.)<br /><br />When I improvise I want to play any idea that pops up in my head without thinking about the fingering.<br /><br />Chords without open strings are movable across the strings, not only along the strings.<br /><br />All the fingering you already use and know on the E A D G can be used on all strings.<br />The learning process is pretty much an unlearning process: Simply forget about all the fingering you have done on the G B E strings.<br /><br />Disadvantages:<br /><br />1: The standard barred chords are difficult to grab (but there are lots of new and interesting ones).<br /><br />2: The basic open string cords do not work, because you lack the B and E.<br /><br />3: Classic pieces are difficult to play for the same reason.<br /><br />In order to remove disadvantage number 2 and 3 I did a minor modification to my guitar:<br /><br />I gave the 2 thinnest strings 1 fret more than the 4 thickest strings.<br /><br />To do this I simply made 4 deep cuts through the nut and through some centimeters of the fret board next to the nut for the E A D G strings. Now the E A D G strings rest permanently on to the 1. fret.<br />The thin B and E strings start at the nut as before.<br />(A guitar workshop can do this for you).</div><div> </div><div>You may also try this out by fixing a capo over the E A D G behind the 1. fret, or putting a match or a piece of wood under the E A D G behind the 1. fret. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPkeUymjBltzkTsXy2e5Z0IiBjSKq8gFblk3aJ26ZJgZwXqGfWKug5BtrgZgQrARNsmDvNFINMlQY8HRYt0IstNt1IjUw54BLsJ5dZBmjMaLSstQMQtYpBhDk8l-3IHDFv4RopsDBRKI/s1600-h/Modifisert+hals.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688691464736658" style="width: 320px; height: 187px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPkeUymjBltzkTsXy2e5Z0IiBjSKq8gFblk3aJ26ZJgZwXqGfWKug5BtrgZgQrARNsmDvNFINMlQY8HRYt0IstNt1IjUw54BLsJ5dZBmjMaLSstQMQtYpBhDk8l-3IHDFv4RopsDBRKI/s320/Modifisert+hals.bmp" border="0" /></a></div><div>If you do the modification, you will possibly prefer to use slightly thicker strings for E A D G, as they have become a bit shorter.<br /><br />Tune the guitar as indicated on the picture and try this:<br />1: Listen to all the open strings: They sound the same as standard tuning. E A D G B E<br />2: Listen to all the strings as you make a barre behind the 1. fret: E A D G C F = P4 tuning.<br />3: Listen to the basic E major chord (1 fret up of course). Works!<br />4: Move exactly this chord 1 STRING down: A major!<br />5: Move exactly this chord another STRING down: D major!<br /><br />With the P4 tuning and this small modification the basic E. A and D major chords have exactly the same shape! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxraa5kr5viWNQj2TyZV5ZFezCcc3iDCc_ROVS-2AtXWP6kBxdVqJIH4x7gQS9BHZobkNewogbBbfE8YkUT2CEkq6xU8uGFvtdaZEC0-gPs8-9NBCdJKeeyXXkClLp2rHfbEmInpAdvY/s1600-h/E+major.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410689483794553522" style="width: 320px; height: 170px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxraa5kr5viWNQj2TyZV5ZFezCcc3iDCc_ROVS-2AtXWP6kBxdVqJIH4x7gQS9BHZobkNewogbBbfE8YkUT2CEkq6xU8uGFvtdaZEC0-gPs8-9NBCdJKeeyXXkClLp2rHfbEmInpAdvY/s320/E+major.bmp" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid895LkcUG8x5CpObGRHImwWEEGg8i09NeviGDi5HzRsf2SOYovrONST_bSVTrOoQn94xZNylN7pweAYuWZuL4H7M-MCM8332-ScEO4GP9mkXN-ZM1tmTrH5nbXSH3wM1Ib3ox_3Kkb8/s1600-h/A+major.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410689656552886386" style="width: 320px; height: 181px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid895LkcUG8x5CpObGRHImwWEEGg8i09NeviGDi5HzRsf2SOYovrONST_bSVTrOoQn94xZNylN7pweAYuWZuL4H7M-MCM8332-ScEO4GP9mkXN-ZM1tmTrH5nbXSH3wM1Ib3ox_3Kkb8/s320/A+major.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRlF0dVWRY4vepkfbiN7-tHX8JVm3SErFYVwqNSQRGCjk0hUhoViUqMV8ZizA_1C1MFBixd-j6wozSGWByrS-I8loq3pSBms_csJH4chyphenhyphenyauSGIH3c8faAhRlYtwNEvzaEBCrEsf61O4/s1600-h/D+major.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410689284834715858" style="width: 320px; height: 176px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipRlF0dVWRY4vepkfbiN7-tHX8JVm3SErFYVwqNSQRGCjk0hUhoViUqMV8ZizA_1C1MFBixd-j6wozSGWByrS-I8loq3pSBms_csJH4chyphenhyphenyauSGIH3c8faAhRlYtwNEvzaEBCrEsf61O4/s320/D+major.bmp" border="0" /></a><br />To simply try out the P4 tuning without this genius modification you may also prefer to tune the 4 thick strings down to Eb Ab Db Gb = Eb Ab Db Gb B E, (instead of up to E A D G B E), as the thin E may break if you tune it to F and even do some string bending (which also is a bit harder to do after you have tuned it up).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scales</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I have found a very easy system for learning the western diatonic scales on a P4 guitar: Major scale, Minor scale, Greek Dorian mode, Medieval and Modern Dorian mode and so on, meaning all the scales you can play on the white keys on a piano.<br />(Slide the pattern up or down the neck to transpose to another key.)<br /><br />One pattern covers it all:<br /><br />Imagine a guitar with lots of strings like this one:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9jkrxqUPM8TerxYAhORsALLQHjWzOCv-F0sCc57yIzirUUw5kac_9ox2nm9EcXRq4xVZFmo-vCbjO6vlK1TFVlqkI9PHqkIEuOI6d5rKKjFh0jgEpBF407h9AtymdiFF-AOJsWQDWu0/s1600-h/Hals+med+18+strenger+-+skalaer.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 410px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9jkrxqUPM8TerxYAhORsALLQHjWzOCv-F0sCc57yIzirUUw5kac_9ox2nm9EcXRq4xVZFmo-vCbjO6vlK1TFVlqkI9PHqkIEuOI6d5rKKjFh0jgEpBF407h9AtymdiFF-AOJsWQDWu0/s320/Hals+med+18+strenger+-+skalaer.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410937034600297938" border="0" /></a><br />Look at the beautiful repeating pattern!<br />Between two frets there are always 7 dots above each other, then 5 strings with no dot, then 7 dots, and so on. The 2 lower dots always overlap the 2 upper dots at the next fret.<br /><br />On the lower string I have marked that you play an interval of 1 fret, then another of 2 frets, starting from the left dot.<br />In this explanation i call this a 12.<br />21 means playing a major second, then a minor second, from left to right on the fretboard.<br />22 means playing 2 major seconds after each other from left to right on the fretboard.<br /><br />The picture above shows a scale consisting of:<br />12 - 12 - 21 - 21 - 22 - 22 - 22 - (12 - 12 - 21 - 21 - 22 - 22 - 22 ) - and so on, starting bottom left.<br /><br />Learn this easy repeating sequence of numbers by heart: 12 - 12 - 21 - 21 - 22 - 22 - 22 -<br />and play it on the guitar. Try to start with a 12, a 21 or a 22, and you get different scales.<br /><br />A major scale may start here: 22 - 22 - 12 - 12 - 21 - 21 play it upwards and downwards.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xDW86-IOjxX_0oaYPJKpgdkG9twC351INB8MYZr2tH85n2eRgbdsPL72Xi0llagTxQGPi_V8H7SdGG3sYFWC_dJM6Ux3j4qUX8DDJcU0i15G58C5g6-u0smGDwmlny-1mrkWXx-cB5k/s1600-h/Hals+med+18+strenger+-+durskala.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 420px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xDW86-IOjxX_0oaYPJKpgdkG9twC351INB8MYZr2tH85n2eRgbdsPL72Xi0llagTxQGPi_V8H7SdGG3sYFWC_dJM6Ux3j4qUX8DDJcU0i15G58C5g6-u0smGDwmlny-1mrkWXx-cB5k/s320/Hals+med+18+strenger+-+durskala.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410945016704268066" border="0" /></a><br />Major scales, starting on the dots with a ring around them.<br />Start somewhere else, and you get another scale. Easy?<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Painting the Fretboard</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Have a look at the photo of my main guitar.<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgQdyn5sDkMHgvLeoas6SQLeXu7v_BXt_ub6Zl4is9UktGjlUqSKlzC-sWMWuP3oKUopIyw_9-7zQ_j5C6AfgJ5N9N2SRZR3P6av_APhJzDc2PUye4Uoenui-BS30YJS-6QBSb3_CO2Y/s1600-h/Gitarhals+med+p%C3%A5skrift.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgQdyn5sDkMHgvLeoas6SQLeXu7v_BXt_ub6Zl4is9UktGjlUqSKlzC-sWMWuP3oKUopIyw_9-7zQ_j5C6AfgJ5N9N2SRZR3P6av_APhJzDc2PUye4Uoenui-BS30YJS-6QBSb3_CO2Y/s320/Gitarhals+med+p%C3%A5skrift.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410950526822041954" border="0" /></a><br />(The letters are painted on the photo, NOT on the guitar)<br /><br />This is a part of the same pattern as you have seen on the diagrams with 16 strings.<br />The white parts are the same as the white keys on a piano.<br />The brown parts are the same as the black keys on a piano.<br /><br /></div>With this matrix painted on the fretboard I know immediately where to play any C or G or Ab,<br />(once i have memorized the pattern by heart).<br /><br />Very useful!<br /><br />Have fun:-)<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Finn Schatvet-Riisagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316767416425170noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7011430331784732252.post-82360397787438661992009-12-02T05:45:00.001-08:002009-12-02T05:45:54.282-08:00<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Finn Schatvet-Riisagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15977316767416425170noreply@blogger.com0