I'm bored, and I like exploring odd instrument tunings -- a lethal combination. I've read of old cittern tunings, say AGDE like a stepped pentatonic scale played across the neck. I'm considering shifting strings on a neglected Rogue RM-100 so each course is in octaves, not unisons. It'll emerge as aA-gG-Dd-Ee. Has anyone here tried this? Is it stupid?
For a bit more sanity, I like a combined Celtic and Yank Rachell tuning (EBF#B) on a cheap funky Russian mando for playing blues in E. But I should really use heavier strings.
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