tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post7168637135350533035..comments2024-03-16T17:47:07.792-04:00Comments on Stationary Waves: Adventures In New Standard TuningRP Longhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028013805248797978noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491040877840120845.post-18901301131367769262021-03-22T07:23:03.309-04:002021-03-22T07:23:03.309-04:00Those are some interesting observations about New ...Those are some interesting observations about New Standard Tuning in this post from 2012! <br /><br />Having taken 10 years of cello lessons as a kid, I'm quite interested in New Standard Tuning. The bottom four strings in NST are identical in pitch to the strings of a cello, a 4-string cello banjo, a mandocello, and a "baritone tenor" guitar such as the Eastwood 2P (which is tuned an octave down from a tenor guitar). One aspect of NST that I really appreciate is that there's no need to go very far up the next to reach what would be considered a high register on a cello.<br /><br />A guitar in NST is in basically the same harmonic space as a 5- or 6-string viola da gamba or violoncello da spalla. Consequently I'd be very interested to hear a really good guitarist play Bach's 6th cello suite in NST, with or without a plectrum.<br /><br />In my opinion, NST could potentially be very useful in any context where a mandolin or violin is at home. That includes jazz, and guitars tuned in NST could play a mandolin-like chordal role. However, although chords and are certainly possible on a cello (and sound pretty feckin' awesome in the Bach suites, etc.),<br /><br />I think two primary roles for the bottom four strings in NST when not playing double stops or chords would be to play the inner voice, or to play the bass voice in traditional styles of music where a contrabass plucked instrument might sound too modern.<br /><br />Thanks again for sharing your thoughts. Given that 8 or 9 years have gone by since you made this post, I'd be curious to hear if you continued tinkering with NST -- and if so, what your experience with it has been.<br /><br />Hopefully I don't come off here as a pedant trying to sound like a deep thinker. I'm just a very amateur musician who's intrigued by the possibilities of NST and eagerly awaiting his first set of John Pearse 150NS strings.Matthew Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06816655448601065042noreply@blogger.com