playing in different tunings

Hey Wally...I have been playing guitar for 35 years now, starting
with 12 eq. About 12 years ago, I started on 19 eq, then added 34 and 31
a few years later, and now am working with several concepts on my
various fretless guitars (I have 2 electrics and an acoustic). I
recently wrote/performed my first piece in a pure harmonic series tuning
on electric fretless, and played with a koto player on my acoustic,
tuning my guitar to the scale of the piece ("Sakura"). I enjoy learning
new tunings, and have every intention of working with quite a few before
they cart me off...and, that's what I would advise anyone to consider,
don't "lock yourself in" as my teacher George Keith used to always say.
Different tunings offer their own set of sounds, problems, solutions,
and moods; getting to know why different systems work the way they do
will allow a person to make intelligent choices about how to achieve the
musical effects one is after...and, that can surely encompass a whole
lot of music...Hstick

Hi Neil,

Thanks for reading my message. I'm meeting lot's of great people in
this group and hopefully can find time to respond to everyone in a
timely fashion. Exploring different tunings and understanding what
each sounds like and what I can do with them sounds like "EXACTLY"
where I want to be. What books or web sites do you recommend that
will get me started in understanding the whole concept. I've been
to MANY web sites and at times am "saturated" in wonderful info.
I'll get my questions together and ask them to all of my new
friends on this tuning group. Friends I met so far are Paul, David.
and Neil.

Thanks so much

Wally

--- In tuning@egroups.com, "Neil Haverstick" <STICK@U...> wrote:
> Hey Wally...I have been playing guitar for 35 years now, starting
> with 12 eq. About 12 years ago, I started on 19 eq, then added 34
and 31
> a few years later, and now am working with several concepts on my
> various fretless guitars (I have 2 electrics and an acoustic). I
> recently wrote/performed my first piece in a pure harmonic series
tuning
> on electric fretless, and played with a koto player on my acoustic,
> tuning my guitar to the scale of the piece ("Sakura"). I enjoy
learning
> new tunings, and have every intention of working with quite a few
before
> they cart me off...and, that's what I would advise anyone to
consider,
> don't "lock yourself in" as my teacher George Keith used to always
say.
> Different tunings offer their own set of sounds, problems,
solutions,
> and moods; getting to know why different systems work the way they
do
> will allow a person to make intelligent choices about how to achieve
the
> musical effects one is after...and, that can surely encompass a
whole
> lot of music...Hstick