The seed for this track was provided by Ashley Christensen... while a simple request: "nashville tuning", it provided a challenge I haven't faced...

Nashville tuning requires the low 3 strings on the guitar to be strung with light gauge and up one octave... hmmm... just changed my strings, and don't wanna screw with the tension on the neck for 1 song...

Putting a capo on fret 2 & tuning the first 2 strings up one semitone made the first 4 strings now have the equivalent pitch and relativity of the low four strings of a guitar tuned in nashville tuning... that gave me the tools for the first layer (chords).

After that was done, I took off the capo and re-tuned to standard, then composed the rest with the limitation of only using the first 3 strings.

I found it pretty tricky to resist the temptation to fill out the sound-field with more depth, but it was a good challenge in self control, and a nice restriction in the end as it produced a pretty delicate piece.

Thanks Ash, I hope you (and all) enjoy it.

Don't forget, if you have a seed for me (musical, visual or conceptual) let me know and I'll dedicate the song to you and provide you with the original for download :)

Daily Melody #218 Sep 23 2013 (seed: Ashley Christensen - see description)

Limbo

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