I mostly play a big fretless tuned to open D (dADF#A), which works well for D tunes (obviously) and pretty well for G tunes. But what to do about A tunes?
Instead of tuning up to open E (eBEG#B) I thought, why not tune down to c#AC#EA? That way I only have to change 3 strings instead of 5 (only 2 for the modal version:c#ADEA).
Just wondering if any other fretless players have tried it as well. I find it hard to believe I'm breaking new ground here (it's the same intervals as "high" open D: f#DF#AD).
Here are couple of my (rough) efforts with it:
