Zen Drone (‘Dulcimeric’) | D-A-D-A-A-D | HQ Tuning Notes & Info | World of Tuning | Rāga Junglism

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Full page: https://ragajunglism.org/tunings/menu... | “Author, educator, and NYC busker Philip Toshio Sudo (1958-2002) included this two-tone drone in his famous 1997 book Zen Guitar, intended as a gateway to spontaneous improvisation for beginners. I applaud his participative philosophy, and the general freedom of the tuning…but you gotta be careful not to ruin the calm by snapping the raised 3str. I guess patience is probably the key – although Sudo’s work also teems with energy and electrified curiosity. He calls you to find your own paths to katsu: ‘the roar of a person who knows what it means to be alive‘ – via a personalised search for “the sound of the divine spark within us all. Like the cry of a child or the howl of a wolf, it transcends language and culture”. Sudo later became known for applying Zen principles to his experience of terminal cancer. In his words, “my main creative focus during this process has been on making music…I’ve been bringing my laptop computer with me to chemo, and recording musical compositions while the chemo’s being administered…”

• Zen Drone (‘Dulcimeric’) | D-A-D-A-A-D | Semitone pattern (i.e. 'what to press'): 7/5/7/0/5

“Many besides Sudo – e.g. Save It For Later (Dave Wakeling), Hope (Alex Lifeson), Let the Records Play (Stone Gossard) – and Joni Mitchell’s dulcimer-like layout on Carey. You can lower it all to sidestep 3str tension issues: Ben Howard often goes a tone down (C-G-C-G-G-C), e.g. The Wolves (cp.3), and Old Pine (cp.5), as does Jamie Woon on Robots. Plenty besides…” More info: https://ragajunglism.org/tunings/menu...

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