Five Fret Higher Guitar Tuning for Voicing
In order from bottom up, I'm considering moving my A, B, G, and E strings to the left one string, while tuning the B up to C.
Then I discard the low E and replace the high e with another G string which I tune up to A.
This gives me ADGCEA tuning. Since I only play arpeggios and strums, the pitch order is largely inconsequential. However, I can now use regular fingerings in different keys, allowing me to never have to move the capo more than a few frets to match my voice.
I did this with a Uke, and it works great. Has anyone tried this with a guitar? Any comments?
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I've never tried this with a guitar and I imagine that you would be able to get it to work. However, you may run into issues with the action (string height) if you're not careful, because by moving the strings down they will be sitting in larger pockets in the nut. You may also have some issues with intonation and that may need to be adjusted as well.
I think using a capo is going to be cheaper and easier to do than a guitar setup. I’m interested to see how your new setup works for you.
Another possible problem of shifting the strings is with intonation. If you have a compensated bridge, which has slightly different string lengths for the different strings, your intonation will suffer, because the compensation will be wrong.
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