[si16]

Originally Posted by csason

I call dropped D tuning

where the guitar is tuned to open D
and the low E string is tuned to low D

is that correct ?

Dropped D is the same as standard tuning but with the low E tuned down to D. The tuning you're describing is just open D.

[Bearz]

Hi, I hope I am understanding what you are saying here, but it sounds like you are confusing a open D tuning with a dropped D. Open D low to high is: D A D F# A D, whereas dropped D (low to high) is: D A D G B E, which of course is regular tuning with the low E dropped down to a D.
Bearz

[SlickCat]

But, why bother duplicating someone else's rendition? They've already done it!

Kirks right....as they say on American Idol ..."That was ok, but you sound like every other kareoke singer"

I try to work within the structure of the original song, however make it my own. Good or Bad, no-one will say I sound EXACTLY like ____

[Bearz]

I agree with you guys. I have never really had a great interest in replicating other people's songs verbatim. Instead I like to forage among their riffs or whatever for things to borrow and then try and spin them with my own mojo. I think it is good however to learn how things are done and understand the musical contex in which they are performed. This strikes me as especially true for blues or even country where the background chord structures are often similar from song to song - but the guitar riffs can be vastly different in tone, phrasing and style. Learning riffs and the schemata on which they are hung is a great way to make sense of stuff -- and from that it is up to us to be creative and original. I think most original musicians allude to this process when they talk about their 'influences'
Bearz

[mhuhta]

Kirk, I'm trying to bring up the tab for How to play slide dvd and not having much luck.

[Kirk Lorange]

What's the problem, mhuhta?