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