String gauges and alternate tunings

I’ve never given much thoughts to fine tuning string gauges for different tunings. Admittedly, this aspect of alternate tunings has to be addressed sooner or later in order to keep the guitar in good shape.

I found this article which covers basic points in regards to string gauges in an alternate tuning context:

http://www.bansheewerks.com/frivolities/geetar/tech.shtml#gauges

Outstanding Artist: two entries

Both of these songs sound like they may have been written in some alt. tunings although I can’t be sure of that.

“Oublie pas” by Karkwa

“We gathered in spring” by Midlake

Two old songs written in the early 1990s

I made these demos recently. These are written in DGDGBD and DGDGBE respectively:

“Boréal“

Cette création par Jimmy St-Germain est mise à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Paternité-Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale-Partage des Conditions Initiales à l’Identique 2.5 Canada.

“Appalaches“

Cette création par Jimmy St-Germain est mise à disposition selon les termes de la licence Creative Commons Paternité-Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale-Partage des Conditions Initiales à l’Identique 2.5 Canada.

These two songs are part of a song cycle titled “Chemin de terre” (“Dirt road“). There is a third song in this cycle, titled “Laurentien“, which should be posted in a few weeks.