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Faking a 2 instrument texture on one guitar
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Would anyone like to share ideas for cunning guitar tunings or capo/multicapo/partial capo which help to fake the rich sound of 2 guitars and guitar and banjo? I read somewhere that Gillian used EADgae, but I can't remember which song.
As contributions to set the ball rolling, here are a couple of examples.
1) For my duo, "Kazoo Keepers", 'Scarlet Town' works well in standard tuning and D modal positions, with a full capo on the 2nd fret and a 5 string partial capo on the 4th frets of the thinnest strings. With the low note on the 6th string, but the 'tinkle' on the higher strings, you get a really rich sound.
2)I have found that 'Caleb Meyer' works well in D modal and in standard tuning without the capo.
Our version can be heard at:
https://soundcloud.com/cogs48/caleb-meyer
Looking forward to some inventive ideas.....
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Jason
Well done on pronouncing "Frome" correctly!
The examples I gave were of my attempts to get a decent key for the singer, and to get a bigger sound from the only instrument in the band. I use them on a few songs, not necessarily GW and DR ones. I'm hoping others are exploring the same, or have suggestions
I did write a longer reply, but it flew off into the ether.
Thanks for responding.