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Bill · 05-21-2009, 09:57 AM

Stephan Stills, Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens are well known for full D tuning, and the late John Fahey used it some. Kottke a little. As I recall it evolved in an early blues tradition.

And yes, Dropped D tuning is just lowering the big E string to D for songs like EMR.

05-21-2009, 09:57 AM	#15
Bill Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 544	Re: Another New 12 String Mike Stephan Stills, Joni Mitchell and Richie Havens are well known for full D tuning, and the late John Fahey used it some. Kottke a little. As I recall it evolved in an early blues tradition. And yes, Dropped D tuning is just lowering the big E string to D for songs like EMR.