For the G major open tuning, these 3 different tunings are
UKULELE, GREEK BOUZOUKI, VENEZUELA CUATRO: D3-G3-B3-E4
BRAZILIAN CAVAQUINHO: D3-G3-B3-D4
(THIS IS OVERTONE TUNING TOO, 3-6 OVERTONES SEE POST 191)
SWEDISH VIOLIN TROLL TUNING:
(SEE E.G. https://roaringwaterjournal.com/tag/troll-tuning/)
G2-D3-G3-B3
(THIS IS OVERTONE TUNING TOO, 2-5 OVERTONES SEE POST 191)
THE COMPARISON IS ABOUT HOW MANY FRETS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE MAIN CHORDS PATTERNS LIKE 3 INVERSIONS OF MAJOR, 3 INVERSIONS OF MINOR AND 3 INVERSIONS OF MAJOR DOMINAT 7NTH
SCORES UKULELE=26
(MAJORS=3+3=3=9, MINORS=3+3+3=9 DOMINANT 7NTH=2+3+3=8. 9+9+8=26)
BRAZILIAN CAVAQUINHO=24
(MAJORS=3+1=3=7, MINORS=2+2+3=7 DOMINANT 7NTH=4+3+3=10. 7+7+10=24)
SWEDISH VIOLIN TROLL TUNING=22
(MAJORS=3+1+3=7, MINORS=2+2+3=7 DOMINANT 7NTH=2+3+3=8. 7+7+8=22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhjBVcIXzR4&fbclid=IwAR3_Y_ln_CX6wvSNf75wtGSf_sbmmjK6lnSbgIcraOzXZKtfNueX4YDmpgo
THE SWEDISH TROLL TUNING WHEN APPLIED TO MANDOLIN IS ALSO CALLED IN AMERICA CALICO (OR BLACK-MOUNTAIN) TUNING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzlYRqI842E
Therefore the stanrd ukulele is the worse on the number of consecutive frets used for the basic chord the overtone brazilian cuatro (cavaco) comes 2nd and the best is the Swedish troll overtone tuning which is not known to be used for cuatros or bouzouki tunings and for chords!
Of course one should note also that the Swedish troll tuning has less major-minor triad patterns compared to the other twotunings but as a compensation it has more and simpler power-chord triads of 5th, 4ths and 3rds.
I have set this Swedish troll tuning to a
Greek Bouzouki,
a ukulele,
a mandolin
and a viola.
Of course one should note also that the Swedish troll tuning has less major-minor triad patterns compared to the other twotunings but as a compensation it has more and simpler power-chord triads of 5th, 4ths and 3rds.
I have set this Swedish troll tuning to a
Greek Bouzouki,
a ukulele,
a mandolin
and a viola.
One of the great advantages of this troll tuning is that
a) The ukulele part of the tuning 4-3M allows for standard guitar playing of chords
b) The Swedisg troll part of the tuning allows for accomanying with a power root chord 5-4 , complicated soloing on the 2nd (from higher) string that normally would require many major or minor chords for accomanying.
Thus this tuning combines techniques of the ancient 1st generation music with the techniques of the 2nd generation classical period of music.
