THE UKULELE-BOUZOUKI-PANDURI TUNING
This tuning sometimes is used in the instrument Dobro too (Sliding horizontal guitar).
We apply the 3M-3m-4-3M-4 E.g. G2-B2-D3-G3-B3-E4 (3M-3m-4-3M-4) of the 6-string guitar or 1+6 courses oud.
It is an open E minor 7nth tuning (or G6 major tuning)
The D3-G3-B3-E4 part is a 4-string Greek Bouzouki in G major or a Ukulele
The G2-X-D3-G3 part is a 3-string Greek Bouzouki in Bb major or G major
The C2-G2-D3 is a low tambouras or saz with privileged scale the C major.
AS AN ALTERNATIVE INSTEAD OF UTLIZINGTHE G MAJOR (E MINOR) AS PRIVILEDGED SCALE WE COULD UTILIZE THE Bb MAJOR (G MINOR) AS PRIVILEDGED SCALE WITH THE TUNING
This is best realizable in shorter an 2/3 or 1/2 children guitar :
The F3-Bb3-D3-G4 part is a 4-string Greek Bouzouki or a ukulele in Bb major
The Bb2-X-F3-Bb3 part is a 3-string Greek Bouzouki in Bb major
The Eb2-Bb2-F3 is a low tambouras or saz with privileged scale the Eb major.
Some further advantages of this guitar tuning are
1) At the 4 higher strings all the chord-shapes and chords of the standard guitar can be played without any note missing. Thus we reduce all well-known guitar chord playing in the higher 4-strings
2) Nevertheless, in the lower 3 strings, it plays also the 2-frets triad-chords of 3 strings of a panduri
3) In the 5th 3rd 2nd strings it plays all the tunes of a Greek 3-strong bouzouki, including the isocratic with two strings playing as drone an interval of 5th Thus it combines playing with ancient tunings that require strings tuned at intervals of 5th (melodies orientation) and more modern tunings (chords or harmonic orientation)
4) It is an open minor 7nth or major 6th tuning.
5) It has two intervals of 8th (2nd-5th, and 3rd-1st strings) and one interval of 5th (6th-4th strings) which allows for nice isocratic improvisations.
6) It has chord triads with all 3 inversions in all 4 rows of consecutive strings 1st-2nd-3rd (Aeolian mode) , 2nd-3rd-4th (Ionian mode) , 3rd-4th-5th ( Ionian mode) , 4th-5th-6th (Ionian mode)
We should mention though that this improvement is not as advantageous as the fully melodic-harmonic guitar tuning described in post 90. The only reason we describe the current tuning is that it preserves the 2/3 of the learned guitar on the standard tuning while it allow for more chord triads and advantages described above.
This tuning sometimes is used in the instrument Dobro too (Sliding horizontal guitar).
We apply the 3M-3m-4-3M-4 E.g. G2-B2-D3-G3-B3-E4 (3M-3m-4-3M-4) of the 6-string guitar or 1+6 courses oud.
It is an open E minor 7nth tuning (or G6 major tuning)
The D3-G3-B3-E4 part is a 4-string Greek Bouzouki in G major or a Ukulele
The G2-X-D3-G3 part is a 3-string Greek Bouzouki in Bb major or G major
The C2-G2-D3 is a low tambouras or saz with privileged scale the C major.
AS AN ALTERNATIVE INSTEAD OF UTLIZINGTHE G MAJOR (E MINOR) AS PRIVILEDGED SCALE WE COULD UTILIZE THE Bb MAJOR (G MINOR) AS PRIVILEDGED SCALE WITH THE TUNING
This is best realizable in shorter an 2/3 or 1/2 children guitar :
The F3-Bb3-D3-G4 part is a 4-string Greek Bouzouki or a ukulele in Bb major
The Bb2-X-F3-Bb3 part is a 3-string Greek Bouzouki in Bb major
The Eb2-Bb2-F3 is a low tambouras or saz with privileged scale the Eb major.
Some further advantages of this guitar tuning are
1) At the 4 higher strings all the chord-shapes and chords of the standard guitar can be played without any note missing. Thus we reduce all well-known guitar chord playing in the higher 4-strings
2) Nevertheless, in the lower 3 strings, it plays also the 2-frets triad-chords of 3 strings of a panduri
3) In the 5th 3rd 2nd strings it plays all the tunes of a Greek 3-strong bouzouki, including the isocratic with two strings playing as drone an interval of 5th Thus it combines playing with ancient tunings that require strings tuned at intervals of 5th (melodies orientation) and more modern tunings (chords or harmonic orientation)
4) It is an open minor 7nth or major 6th tuning.
5) It has two intervals of 8th (2nd-5th, and 3rd-1st strings) and one interval of 5th (6th-4th strings) which allows for nice isocratic improvisations.
6) It has chord triads with all 3 inversions in all 4 rows of consecutive strings 1st-2nd-3rd (Aeolian mode) , 2nd-3rd-4th (Ionian mode) , 3rd-4th-5th ( Ionian mode) , 4th-5th-6th (Ionian mode)
We should mention though that this improvement is not as advantageous as the fully melodic-harmonic guitar tuning described in post 90. The only reason we describe the current tuning is that it preserves the 2/3 of the learned guitar on the standard tuning while it allow for more chord triads and advantages described above.
