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Full page: [ Ссылка ] | “Essentially ‘Open Dm raised by 3 semitones’ – and therefore follows the interval pattern of a Standard-tuned ‘0-2-2-0-0-0’ Em chord shape (or, more precisely, a ‘1-3-3-1-1-1’ Fm barre). Categorised as a ‘cross-note’ tuning, as you can easily ‘cross over’ from minor to major with the one-finger shape ‘0-0-0-1-0-0’ (whereas in Open Dmaj, is the inverse maj/min flip a little less straightforward). Associated with Texan bluesman Albert Collins, who typically added a high capo (around 5-9fr) for his sizzling, bend-laden style. Definitely best suited to restrung electric! (n.b. also see the super-slack variant of Open Fm – C-F-C-F-Ab-C – which shuffles the same three tones across different strings in a manner more closely akin to the Open G family. And you can also re-fit Collins’ version to the less restring-requiring F-Ab-C-Ab-C-F)...”

• Albert Collins Fm | F-C-F-Ab-C-F | Semitone pattern (i.e. 'what to press'): 7/5/3/4/5

“Albert Collins (1932-1993) took an idiosyncratic approach to the electric blues. Renowned for energetic vocals, passionate vibrato, and wailing string-bends, his ever-jovial stage presence often saw him wander into the crowd mid-solo via the use of a special 100ft-long cable (one rumour even has him leaving the venue to order a pizza from the restaurant next door, returning to the stage a few minutes before it was delivered: who says guitarists can’t multi-task?). His route to this odd, high-wound tuning is a real family tale. Aged 10, he received his first guitar from his elder cousin, acoustic bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Willow Young – another cousin – showed him the tuning pattern soon after. While it’s unclear who may have recorded in this exact configuration other than Collins himself, plenty of guitarists use the lower Open Dm transposition)...” More info: [ Ссылка ]

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