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  1. CGDAEG on guitar body

    by , Dec-11-2008 at 6:43am (Johnny McGann's Random Musical Allsorts)
    CGDAEG has been used by Robert Fripp (of King Crimson) and his disciples via Guitar Craft for over 20 years. I decided to put it on one of my electric guitars to check it out.

    As you can see, it is very mando-friendly, since:

    • the bottom 4 strings= Mandocello
    • Middle 4= Octave Mando


    The G string on top lets you play melody between the E and G without as many stretches; allows for a closer interval on top of chord voicings.

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