High-Strung Song No. 1

I wrote this to kind of high light the intrinsic beauty of the tuning. Mostly played on the top four strings in 6/8 time. The pattern is a very simple up and down sweep of 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd and 3rd, but often sounds more complex. Notice the frequency of unisons ringing out against each other, something that would be difficult to accomplish on any instrument. Tight piano-like clusters abound as well.

I used my Larivee Parlor guitar with the high set of an Elixir 12-string set (use the remaining strings for a normally tuned guitar) and a Wegen Pick. 

©2013 by Tom Strahle, BMI

How I Played "Turn To You" by Justin Bieber

Here's the tune...

And here's the lesson...

..

Verse chords...

Capo 5th fret...

x24430 - Em4

x02200 - D2

Chorus chords (two takes of the Martin and two takes of the high-strung)

No capo

x35050 - C

x79080 - Em7

x35050 - C

x57070 - D2(add 4)

Bridge chords (no capo) - Am, Em, G, D/F#, Am, Em, G, D

One of my latest sessions...

Justin Bieber - All I Want Is You

(Under the Mistletoe)

I played my Gibson Dove (double tracked), my Larivee Parlor strung high-strung (also double tracked) and G&L for the power chords in the choruses (oh, double tracked).

The high-strung/Nashville tuned guitar

Go to page 10 of this pdf to read an article I wrote for Taylor Guitar's Wood and Steel magazine about high-strung guitars.

Here's a Larrivee Parlor guitar - Larrivee P-03 Parlor - Used

This string set you can break up into two sets, one normal, one high strung -
Elixir Strings Acoustic Guitar Strings, 12-String, Light NANOWEB Coating
or
Elixir 11150 Elixir Poly Acous 12-Stg Lite