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BEST GUESSES ON NICK DRAKE TUNINGS:
--SONG--------------------------TUNING-----------CAPO?--------AT OLGA?---|
----FIVE LEAVES LEFT-----------------------------------------------------|
Time Has Told Me D A D G D F# 3rd fret yes
River Man standard 3rd fret yes
Three Hours D A D G D F#? no
Way To Blue standard no
Day is Done D A D G A D? no
Cello Song D A D G D F#1st fret yes
The Thoughts of Mary Jane D A D G D F# 1st fret
Man in AShed D A D G D G? no
Fruit Tree D G D D A D2nd fret yes
Saturday Sun standard no yes
----BRYTER LAYTER----
Introduction D A D G D F#? no
Hazey Jane II C G C F C Eno yes
At the Chime of a City Clock standard down 1 fret yes
One of These Things First standard ? no
Hazey Jane I D A D G D F#no
Bryter Layter D G D D A D? 3st fret ?
Fly D A D G D G1st fret yes
Poor Boy standard ? no
Northern Sky D A D G D F#1st fret yes
Sunday D G D D A D? 1st
----PINK MOON----
Pink Moon D A D G D F#1st fret yes
Place to Be D A D G A F#3rd fret yes
Road D G D D A D3rd fret yes
Which Will C G C F C Eno yes
Horn standard down one
Things Behind the Sun D G D D A D 6th fret yes
Know standard no yes
Parasite D A D G D F#2nd fret yes
Ride C G C F C Eno
Harvest Breed D A D G D F#1st fret yes
>From the Morning C G C F C Fno yes
----TIME OF NO REPLY----
Time of No Reply standard down 2 frets
I Was Made to Love Magic D G D G A D ? no ?
Joey D G D G A D5th fret yes
Clothes of Sand D G D G A D3rd fret yes
Mayfair standard ? 3rd fret
Been Smoking Too Long standard 2nd fret
Strange Meeting II standard 2nd fret
Rider on the Wheel standard ? down one ?
Black Eyed Dog standard 3rd fret
Hanging on AStar C G C F C Edown 1 fret
Voice From the Mountain standard no yes
figured out cos some of the tunings (DADGDF# and DADGAF# for instance)
NOTES ON D A D G D F# AND IT'S VARIATIONS: Note that this tuning and
you try tuning to DADGDF# and/or DADGDG, I warn that your odds of
and/or CGCFCF- then I can strap a capo on the second fret and it's
Drake often did- one song (Hanging on a Star) is even tuned lower than
TUNING TO C G C F C E
Note that the 1st string (E) is already where you want it. NEVER change
this string and it will be easier to get back into standard tuning later.
To tune the other strings, I would recommend tuning the 4th string (D)
down to C first. This can be done by checking with other C notes on
other strings, such as the 9th fret of the first string or the 1st fret
of the second string. Then, drop the 6th string (E) down four frets to C
and raise the second string (B) up one fret to C. So now just the 5th
and 3rd string are off. The nice thing about having the 4th string in C
the same as before, just two frets lower. So, you can use harmonics and
So to make sure everything is okay at the end of your tuning, you can play-
6th and 5th strings: 7th fret note (6th string) with open note (5th string)
5th and 4th strings: 5th fret note (5th string) and open note (4th
string) plus the 5th fret harmonic (5th string) and 7th fret harmonic
4th and 3rd strings: 5th fret note (4th string) and open note (3rd
3rd and 2nd strings: 7th fret note (3rd string) and 2nd string open note.
2nd and 1st strings: 4th fret note (2nd string) and 1st string open note.
fret note of the first string.
Obviously, make sure all three C strings sound good together.
The 12th fret harmonic on the 6th string should sound good with the open
1st string E has not been tampered with. Using this E, tune the 6th
string (now at C) way back up to E. Once that is done, getting the 5th
string up to A should be easy (same technique as normal tuning), then the
tuning down).
FINAL NOTES: Comments and/or improvements on this tuning list are greatly
posted go, I'm better at figuring out chord shapes than figuring out picking
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Tunings
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D
A
G
F#
C
F
E
BEST GUESSES ON NICK DRAKE TUNINGS:
--SONG--------------------------TUNING-----------CAPO?--------AT OLGA?---|
----FIVE LEAVES LEFT-----------------------------------------------------|
Time Has Told Me D A D G D F# 3rd fret yes
River Man standard 3rd fret yes
D A D G D F#
Three Hours ? no
Way To Blue standard no
D A D G A D
Day is Done ? no
D A D G D F#
Cello Song 1st fret yes
The Thoughts of Mary Jane D A D G D F# 1st fret
A D A D G D G
Man in Shed ? no
D G D D A D
Fruit Tree 2nd fret yes
Saturday Sun standard no yes
----BRYTER LAYTER----
D A D G D F#
Introduction ? no
C G C F C E
Hazey Jane II no yes
At the Chime of a City Clock standard down 1 fret yes
One of These Things First standard ? no
D A D G D F#
Hazey Jane I no
D G D D A D
Bryter Layter ? 3st fret ?
D A D G D G
Fly 1st fret yes
Poor Boy standard ? no
D A D G D F#
Northern Sky 1st fret yes
D G D D A D
Sunday ? 1st
----PINK MOON----
D A D G D F#
Pink Moon 1st fret yes
D A D G A F#
Place to Be 3rd fret yes
D G D D A D
Road 3rd fret yes
C G C F C E
Which Will no yes
Horn standard down one
Things Behind the Sun D G D D A D 6th fret yes
Know standard no yes
D A D G D F#
Parasite 2nd fret yes
C G C F C E
Ride no
D A D G D F#
Harvest Breed 1st fret yes
C G C F C F
>From the Morning no yes
----TIME OF NO REPLY----
Time of No Reply standard down 2 frets
I Was Made to Love Magic D G D G A D ? no ?
D G D G A D
Joey 5th fret yes
D G D G A D
Clothes of Sand 3rd fret yes
Mayfair standard ? 3rd fret
Been Smoking Too Long standard 2nd fret
Strange Meeting II standard 2nd fret
Rider on the Wheel standard ? down one ?
Black Eyed Dog standard 3rd fret
A C G C F C E
Hanging on Star down 1 fret
Voice From the Mountain standard no yes
figured out cos some of the tunings (DADGDF# and DADGAF# for instance)
NOTES ON D A D G D F# AND IT'S VARIATIONS: Note that this tuning and
you try tuning to DADGDF# and/or DADGDG, I warn that your odds of
and/or CGCFCF- then I can strap a capo on the second fret and it's
Drake often did- one song (Hanging on a Star) is even tuned lower than
C G C F C E
TUNING TO
Note that the 1st string (E) is already where you want it. NEVER change
this string and it will be easier to get back into standard tuning later.
To tune the other strings, I would recommend tuning the 4th string (D)
down to C first. This can be done by checking with other C notes on
other strings, such as the 9th fret of the first string or the 1st fret
of the second string. Then, drop the 6th string (E) down four frets to C
and raise the second string (B) up one fret to C. So now just the 5th
and 3rd string are off. The nice thing about having the 4th string in C
the same as before, just two frets lower. So, you can use harmonics and
So to make sure everything is okay at the end of your tuning, you can play-
6th and 5th strings: 7th fret note (6th string) with open note (5th string)
5th and 4th strings: 5th fret note (5th string) and open note (4th
string) plus the 5th fret harmonic (5th string) and 7th fret harmonic
4th and 3rd strings: 5th fret note (4th string) and open note (3rd
3rd and 2nd strings: 7th fret note (3rd string) and 2nd string open note.
2nd and 1st strings: 4th fret note (2nd string) and 1st string open note.
fret note of the first string.
Obviously, make sure all three C strings sound good together.
The 12th fret harmonic on the 6th string should sound good with the open
1st string E has not been tampered with. Using this E, tune the 6th
string (now at C) way back up to E. Once that is done, getting the 5th
string up to A should be easy (same technique as normal tuning), then the
tuning down).
FINAL NOTES: Comments and/or improvements on this tuning list are greatly
posted go, I'm better at figuring out chord shapes than figuring out picking
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