James often played his guitar with an open D-minor tuning - TopicsExpress



          

James often played his guitar with an open D-minor tuning (D-A-D-F-A-D), resulting in the deep sound of the 1931 recordings. James purportedly learned this tuning from his musical mentor, the unrecorded bluesman Henry Stuckey. Stuckey in turn was said to have acquired it from Bahamian soldiers during the First World War, despite the fact that his service card shows he didnt serve overseas. Robert Johnson also recorded in this tuning, his Hell Hound On My Trail being based on James Devil Got My Woman. In this video, we use Spanish minor tuning in the Key of G DGDgb(flat)d DGD and GBbD. youtu.be/SlrXL0BWOuI
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:06:10 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015