Eight Pieces in Five Tunings for Solo Guitar
About the Product
Eight Pieces in Five Tunings for Solo Guitar by Ron Franklin
From the album "Mysterious Deep", these eight original pieces for solo guitar explore aspects of five different guitar tunings. Open tunings for guitar are fun to explore and offer enhanced tonal possibilities and note combinations not possible in standard tuning. Your purchase includes access to videos of the pieces being performed with synchronized music notation and Guitar Tab using SoundSlice.
The video performance of these eight pieces on YouTube:
Hear my album "Mysterious Deep" on YouTube Music:
Mysterious Deep on YouTube Music
Tunings represented in this collection are:
DADGAD – D A D G A D
Ancestral Voyager
“C Wahine” – C G D G B D
Puma
Waterfall Sunrise
Open C – C G C G C E
Summer Solstice
Tender Dreams
Happy Hoedown
Standard Tuning – E A D G B E
Mysterious Deep
D minor 6/9 – D A D F B E
Cloud Sailing
Notes on the Pieces:
- Ancestral Voyager uses the DADGAD tuning – well known as being an excellent tuning for Celtic music. This piece is an homage to the largest part of my family's ancestral roots in Ireland
- Puamana is named after a favorite place near Lahaina on the west coast of Maui. The vibe is laid back and peaceful with some challenging left-hand guitar techniques.
- Waterfall Sunrise is an arpeggio study designed to maintain a continuous flow of sound like a waterfall. It takes full advantage of the open tuning to layer the melody on top of the continuous flow of supporting notes.
- Summer Solstice is the first of three pieces in Open C tuning – it takes advantage of the octaves built into the tuning to emulate a 12-string.
- Tender Dreams is a slower “piece for a rainy day” in Open C. This piece was selected as a Finalist in the 2020 International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA).
- Happy Hoedown is a rip-roaring finale to the suite of three Open C tuning pieces. It conjures the energy and excitement of a fiddle breakdown
- Mysterious Deep began as a spontaneous meditative improvisation which is now featured on more than 40 online guitar compilations online and the soundtrack of the yoga DVD “Whale Yoga for Kids” published by Gaiam.
- Cloud Sailing is in an unusual tuning - the sound is a minor 6th chord with an added 9th. The piece reminds me of the feeling of floating or sailing through clouds. The right-hand arpeggio calls on the player to bring out a longer melody over arpeggiated chords.
Happy Picking :-)
Ron Franklin
http://www.ronfranklinmusic.com
Who should take this product?
- This course is designed for intermediate to advanced guitar players who already have some ability to play left-hand chord positions and fingerpick with the right hand. For players who want to add exciting new sounds to their performance repertoire.
Requirements
- Music is presented in Tablature and standard music notation.
- A tuner such as a smartphone tuning app or a device like the SuperSnark is helpful to make sure the tuning is correct for each piece.
- Some experience with finger-picking is helpful.
- Requires the ability to change chord positions.
- Requires the ability to read guitar tablature or music notation.
