How did you get started with altered tunings?
I got started with altered tunings just by experimenting. When I first put piccolo strings on my bass, I kept my bass tuned in fourths, but instead of E-A-D-G an octave higher than standard tuning which is just about the highest tuning you can achieve with piccolo strings, I kept my bass at B-E-A-D. Not only did this tuning produce a nice baritone-type sound, but it also provided me with a lot of room to adjust the open strings in either direction. The first real altered tuning piece I composed was "Epic Love." For that piece, all I did was move my third string up a whole step. If my bass was initially tuned B-E-A-D, "Epic Love" would be tuned B-F#-A-D. I was amazed by how much a simple change opened up new possibilities. Apart from experimenting with tunings, I sometimes have a goal in mind. For example, with my composition "Meditation In E," I wanted to have a deep drone to support the higher register melodies I was playing so my fourth string was tuned to a standard E.
Cały wywiad:https://www.instituteofbass.com/archive/bass_faces/zander_zon/
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