Tunings

Chris’s Recordings and Tunings

There are a lot more of my thoughts about guitar tunings at the Explorations page of this site. Tune on Garth!

Close and Personal Friends (2012)

For What It’s Worth/Spooky/Grapevine: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

A Scarce O’ Tatties/The Lyndhurst: Open G Minor DGDGBbD

Revolution/Good Day Sunshine/Getting Better/Mellow Yellow/A Little Help from My Friends: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

Yellow Bird/Lemon Tree: CGDGBD

Whistling Milkman/Sad Pig Dance: CGDGAD and CGDGBbD

Tammy/Oh, What a Beautiful Morning: Open G, one step low, yielding FCFCAC

Lovely Rita/Sweet Home, Alabama/You Can Call Me Al/Obladi Oblada: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

Deco Drive/Gecko Drive: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

Corrina, Corrina/People Get Ready: C Tuning (D Tuning a whole step low) CGCEGC

Ladybug Stomp (2007)

CPSM: DADGBD

Dream and Variations: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

Beppe: DADGAD

Requiem: DGDGBbD

The Anniversary Waltz: Standard Tuning

Solstice: DADF#AD

Make It Snappy: Dropped D

Ozymandias: EBEGAD

Red Zinger: C Tuning (D Tuning a whole step low) CGCEGC

Meriwether: CGDGAD

Ladybug Stomp: CGDGAD

Hard Times: CGDGAD

Sounds of Wood and Steel 3 (2004)

Ozymandias: EBEGAD

The Chris Proctor Collection (2003)

Late Again: Open G, tuned one whole step low, so guitar is in F, CFCFAC

Stormwatch: DADGBD

Swept Away: CGDGBbD

War Games: Open D, tuned one whole step low, so guitar is in C, CGCEGC

704: DADGAD

The Bells of the Harbor: Open D, tuned one whole step low, (open C), CGCEGC

Hotspot: EBEGAD

Saturday’s Prayer: open C, CGCGCE

Over the Pass: Open D, tuned one whole step low, (open C), CGCEGC

Henry’s Shuffle: CGDGAD

The Emperor’s Choice: EAC#EBE

Mountaineer Creek: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

Interstate: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

Morning Thunder: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo, yielding EBEABE

His Journey Home: EAC#EBE

Tap Room: EBEGAD

Under the Influence (2000)

Nights in White Satin: CGDGCD

Martha My Dear: Standard tuning

Shea Beag Shea Mhor/The Coola Shores: DADGBD

Ohio: DADGAD

Revisiting the Sailor’s Grave: FCFCAC

California Dreamin’/Paint It Black/Runaway: DGDGBbD

The Huckleberry Hornpipe/Limerock/The Kitchen Girl: DGDGBD

The Last Steam Engine Train: Standard tuning

Nothing is Easy/Bach Bourree: Standard tuning

Bach to Ireland: DADF#AD

Hey Jude: CDGDAD

Only Now (1997)

Adrenaline: DADGBD

Tap Room: EBEGAD

Dialogues: Standard Tuning

Three Jigs: Open G, DGDGBD

Slickrock Lament: BbFCFAC

Hotspot: EBEGAD

Only Now: CGCGCD

October’s Window: Open D, DADF#AD

Anymore: Standard Tuning

Travelogue (1994)

Mountaineer Creek: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

War Games: Open D tuned one whole step low, CGCEGC

Ossana’s Gift: DADGAD

Valedictory: CGDGAD

Henry’s Shuffle: CGDGAD

Emerald Winds: Open C, CGCGCE

The Rambling Irishman/Southwinds: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

The Middle Fork: CGDGAD

Tammy/Oh, What a Beautiful Morning: Open G, tuned one step low, CFCFAC

Seven-Oh-four: DADGAD

Ruby Tuesday: CGDGAD

Steel String Stories (1991)

Interstate: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

Restless Harbors: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

Saturday’s Prayer: Open C, CGCGCE

The Penultimate House on Salmon Beach: Open G, DGDGBD

Webster’s Revenge: CGDGAD

Larry’s Latin Leap: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

California Dreaming/Paint It Black: Open Gm, DGDGBbD

Halfway: Open D tuned one whole step low, CGCEGC

From L.A. to Zaire: CGDGBD

Serpentine: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

His Journey Home (1988)

Cheap Vacations: CGDGBD

The Emperor’s Choice: EAC#EBE

White Rooms: Standard Tuning, Key of C#m

Morning Thunder: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

La Loma: CGDGBD

His Journey Home: EAC#EBE

The Coola Shores/The Glacier Lily: DADGBD

Just Another Late Night Blues: Standard Tuning

Fond Farewells: Dropped D

The Delicate Dance (1985)

Stormwatch: DADGBD, capoII

Swept Away: CGDGBbd, capo II

A Trip to Jackie’s House: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

The Smiling Islands: CGDGBD (This song was not included in the Runoff/Delicate Dance combination CD)

The Huckleberry Hornpipe: Open G, DGDGBD

The Bells of the Harbor: Open D, tuned one whole step low, CGCEGC

Bush Pilot Syndrome: Open D, tuned one whole step low, CGCEGC

Seldovia: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

The Sad Pig Dance: CGDGBbD (This song was not included in the Runoff/Delicate Dance combination CD)

Jennifer Juniper: Dropped D (This song was not included in the Runoff/Delicate Dance combination CD)

Bach to Scotland: Intro is open D, DADF#AD, remainder is in Gm, DGDGBbD

The Delicate Dance: Standard Tuning with Esus4 partial capo

Runoff (1982)

Late Again: Open G, tuned one whole step low, so guitar is in F, CFCFAC

An Introspection: Standard tuning, capo II

Phillip’s Whimsy: DADGBD, capo II

The Sunset Medley: Open G, DGDGBD

Runoff: DADGBD, capo II

Tiptoes: Standard Tuning, capo II

Over the Pass: Open D, tuned one whole step low, so guitar is in C, CGCEGC

Canyonlands: DADGBD, capo II (This song was edited and shortened for the Runoff/Delicate Dance combination CD)

The Winfield Rag: Standard Tuning, capo II

Sleepytime: DADGBD, capo II