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Clawhammer Guitar (High Five Tuning)

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I just noticed an archived thread with a good Q about high string tuning.  The thread is closed and I cannot post there, so here goes.  Sorry for the delay.  Every time I visit BH I wonder why I am not here more often.  Great place to be.

 

I use High Five tuning for much of my clawhammer guitar stuff, so called because I remove the LOW A string and replace it with something HIGH (usually a high E string, any guage is fine.)   This creates an amazing richness, a "greater than the sum of its parts" effect.  

How to tune the guitar for High Five?  

Perhaps the easiest way to get started is to go DdDF#AD.  That is a Reuben's Train sound on guitar, and if you want to get adventurous, tune the High Five up to f# for an authentic Reuben's Train tuning with a gorgeous 6th string D bass. 

 

Here it is in action.  In the first little bit you get to see the High Five in a non-clawhammer usage.

 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVAm3x0frw

 

I also love tuning to Open C and having my High Five as either a D or replace 5 with a 12-string high G string.   A VERY cool sound.  

 

High Five gives others the illusion that you are better than you are better than you are :-)  

 

Hey, I'll take it.

 

I sure would be interested to know if anyone else has other High Five experiences, ideas or tunings to share.  

 

 


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