Experimental tunings!

These tunings are more popular among experimental guitarists, you might have a little more trounle finding material for these than the more common alternate tunings.

Billy Corgan's "Mayonaise" tuning: -eEbBbBgGBBDD- Corgan utilizes this unique tuning on "Mayonaise". Obviosly this unique tuning offers unique chord voicings

Robert Fripp's "New Standard Tuning": -cCgGdDaAEEGG- From the group King Crimson. Kinda like 5th tuning, the name created controversy, however, guitar craft (the guys who use it) say on their website that it is "used as a tool to push students to begin from scratch, renew themselves and approach their playing in a different way."

John Rzeznik's "Iris" tuning: bBdDdDdDDDDD used on the song Iris, the idea of this is to get a 12 string sound froim a 6 string. so perhaps it would get a 24 string sound from a 12. :) . John

"Black Balloon" also by John Rzeznik is tuned at -dDaAdDaADDDD- similar to Iris


Jars of Clay's tuning: eEaAbBeEBBEE Jars of Clay uses this allot, it again is to simulate the 12 string by doubling octaves and also is usefull for suspended chords

Ostrich Tuning: dDdDdDdDDDDD This i think should be named monotune. It gives off an really powerfull chorus sound. If you want to hear ti check out early tracks by the velvet underground

Placebo Tuning: F-A#-D#-G#-C-C the band placebo uses this almost exclusively

Stefan Olsdal Tuning: g#Gg##G#g#G#g#G#BBC#C# - also from the band placebo