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I'm a cellist, who's used to strings tuned in 5ths. I'm dying to learn bass though but tuning in 4ths just blows my brain/left-hand abilities, and renders me a complete beginner, which is somewhat annoying.
So here's the question: do y'all think a normal 4 string bass re-tuned to C - G - D - A would work? (So the bottom two strings would be lower, the D would be the same and the top string would be tuned up by a tone...) I'm sure it can be done, but the question is would it still sound good/like a real bass, or would the lower strings be too slack etc? Your thoughts/experience/opinions s'il vous plait! ?
So here's the question: do y'all think a normal 4 string bass re-tuned to C - G - D - A would work? (So the bottom two strings would be lower, the D would be the same and the top string would be tuned up by a tone...) I'm sure it can be done, but the question is would it still sound good/like a real bass, or would the lower strings be too slack etc? Your thoughts/experience/opinions s'il vous plait! ?