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                        <title>RE: Alternative tunings...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/alternative-tunings/#post-79548</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I think it might be just that, and that it gives you, I think, a meatier sound on some chords and makes some memorable riffs possible (think Honky Tonk Women or Happy, for example).  And som...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think it might be just that, and that it gives you, I think, a meatier sound on some chords and makes some memorable riffs possible (think Honky Tonk Women or Happy, for example).  And sometimes it let you have a lower bottom (drop D for example).  It's all a matter of getting a different sound. And Blues players often use alternate tunings for slide playing.  Having that open chord in the tuning makes some slide work possible.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Alternative tunings...</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/alternative-tunings/#post-5545</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi,can someone please explain to me why some guitarists use alternate tunings to write songs???Surely it&#039;s not just to make chord fingerings easier...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi,<br>can someone please explain to me why some guitarists use alternate tunings to write songs???<br>Surely it's not just to make chord fingerings easier...]]></content:encoded>
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