Ostrich guitar

Ostrich guitar is an alternative guitar tuning in which all the guitar strings are tuned to the same pitch class (often D,^[1] but A#, F and B have also been noted).^[2] The term was coined by The Velvet Underground's Lou Reed after the pre–Velvet Underground song "The Ostrich" by Lou Reed and The Primitives, on which this tuning was first used.^[3] Reed later applied it on the 1967 album The Velvet Underground & Nico on the songs "Venus in Furs" and "All Tomorrow's Parties".

  1d  ----- * downtuned to d (from e to d)
  2d  ----- *   uptuned to d (from B to d)
  3D  ----- * downtuned to D (from G to D)
  4D  ----- * left at standard
  5D  ----- *   uptuned to D (from A to D)
  6D  ----- * downtuned to D (from E to D)

According to an interview with drummer Maureen Tucker in What Goes On? No. 4, Reed's ostrich guitar was a guitar that had had its frets removed, and was stolen shortly after the album sessions.

Soundgarden uses the ostrich tuning E-E-E-E-E-E on the song "Mind Riot". Coldplay used the tuning F-F-F-f-f-f on the song "42". This tuning was only used by one guitarist, Jonny Buckland, while Chris Martin played an acoustic guitar in standard tuning with a capo at the first fret.

References

1. ^ Lou Reed biography at IMDB
2. ^ Harvard, Joe (2007) [2004]. The Velvet Underground & Nico. 33⅓. New York, NY: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1550-4. 
3. ^ McPhedran, Ian (December 2010). "QRD interview with Ian McPhedran of Ostrich Tuning". silbermedia.com. http://www.silbermedia.com/qrd/archives/46ian.html. Retrieved November 24, 2011. 

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