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Showing posts with label 167. THE BOUZOUKI-PANDURI-BOUZOUKI TUNING OF THE 6-STRING GUITAR AND OUD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 167. THE BOUZOUKI-PANDURI-BOUZOUKI TUNING OF THE 6-STRING GUITAR AND OUD. Show all posts

Saturday, March 30, 2019

167. THE BOUZOUKI-PANDURI-BOUZOUKI 5-4-6-5-4TUNING OF THE 6-STRING GUITAR AND OUD

This is an open Am7 tuning e.g, for a children 54 cm scale length guitar.

It is 3-curses bouzouki C2-G2-C3 , a 3-courses panduri (inverted A minor) C3-A3-E4 and a 3-courses bouzouki A3-E4-A4 in total

C2-G2-C3-A3-E4-A4 which is also an inverted form of the Am7 chord.

It could also be

                                 F#2-C#2-F#3-A3-E4-A4
an open F#m7

For the oud one tone lower is more appropriate

B1-F2-Bb3-G3-D4-G4 which is also an inverted form of the Am7 chord.

D2-A2-D3-G3-D4-G4

And of course it can be a  major chord too if the distance of the two power chords is a major interval of  3 E.g.

F2-C2-F3-A3-E4-A4 which is an open F major 7

For the oud one tone lower is more appropriate

Eb2-Bb2-Eb3-G3-D4-G4 which is an open Eb major 7

For standard 66 cm scale length guitar it can be e.g.

D2-A2-D3-F3-C3-F4 which is an open  Dm7 or


C2-G2-C3-E3-B3-E4

which is an open C major 7

THE LATER TUNINGS ALLOWS TO PLAY IN MELODIES THE PARTS OF THE MELODIC THEMES OF INTERVALS OF 2 OR 3 HORIZONTALLY WHILE SΗIFT THE MELODIC THEME BY INTERVALS OF 4, 5 OR 8 VERTICALLY (FOR MELODIC THEMES MUTATIONS). IN TOTAL I FIND THIS TUNING VERY CONVENIENT FOR MELODIES IMPROVISATION.