what's your favorite?
sawmill, AEAE (or GDGD)
In order: AEae; GDgd; ADae. Sometimes DDad (dead man's tuning). They call these cross tunings, typically.
Any songs in particular you guys like to play with these? Or do you just play anything that would sound good with drones, and go extra crazy?
A couple of my favorites are Sail Away Ladies, and Jeff Sturgeon.
Black Mountain Rag tuning: AEAC# i don't cross tune much b/c im lazy. I used to keep a fiddle cross-tuned, but lent it to a student.
Stupid question that probably could be answered with a little research that I've always wondered about....in alternate tunings, do you still read the music normally and finger normally, or do you have to adjust your fingerings to still play the notes as seen on the page?