"Dead Man's" tuning??

[lukmanohnz]

Anyone ever heard of this alternate tuning for the mandolin? I know there are alternate tunings for the mandolin, but this was new to me.

[Mike Bunting]

That tuning is great for D tunes, obviously. I play Angeline the Baker, Bonaparte's Retreat and Post Oak Grove in it.

[Bertram Henze]

I am still waiting for that superfast capo to support DDDD tuning

[hokelore]

I like it on fiddle now and then, "Bonaparte's Retreat" and Tommy Jarrell's version of "Boll Weevil," and it's a fun one to just noodle with. I've never used it on mandolin.

[AlanN]

That looks good and drone-y, need to try it. I take it the G course and E course are both dropped down to D.

[Jim Garber]

Midnight on the Water is a beautiful waltz usually played in that tuning.

I never tried that tuning on mandolin but on fiddle you don't usually finger that low D string but use it more as a drone.

[lukmanohnz]

I will have to give some of these tunes a try in this tuning. It will be my first foray into open tunings on the 8-string.