The ‘World of Tuning’ explores how we can get the most out of our peg-twisting rituals, examining new tuning horizons from multiple musical angles. We take a global view, incorporating ideas from a worldwide variety of string traditions – India, Hawaii, Madagascar, Mali, and beyond. Project homepage (everything 100% open-access & ad-free): ragajunglism.org/tunings/
Tuning, though a universal guitaristic experience, rarely gets its dues. Few other instruments give as much freedom to choose a ‘starting canvas’ – unlike a piano, horn, or drum, the guitar can move fluidly between different tunings, opening up fresh geometries and spaces of the imagination at every turn. And, many facets of musical learning are unique to these zones…
—Altered Tunings Menu: Explore 100+ tunings from around the world: ragajunglism.org/tunings/menu/
—Rāga Junglism | George Howlett
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(rāga: ‘that which colours the mind’)