alt tunings

for the musically inclined out there, i've discovered i like something i never figured i'd like - messing with alternate tunings.

i tuned my guitar down to 'open D' tuning, but trying to make chords by barreing just stinks for my double jointed fingers. and how to get a minor chord????? clueless!

next i tried an 'open Em' tuning... E G B E B E .... so to make E major all i have to do is hit the second (fifth? i always get them mixed up) string to turn the G into G#, and voila. but there's that stupid barreing again.

well, now i just started experimenting and found some sounds i like, starting with using standard chord positions (but what notes they are i didn't want to spend the time to figure out) and experimented with various simple finger placements, and just listened.... and liked what i heard.

sheesh, now i know why musicians often have more than one guitar out and about - so you can play the alternate tuning on one guitar, and regular tuning on another, so you don't have to keep re-tuning the darn thing! lol