Wow it’s quite different from the version I’m learning. More melodic. Very pretty. I look forward to trying the alternate tuning. I second the request for Bonaparte’s Retreat.
This is really nice! I really enjoyed the dead man’s tuning! Often this played along with Bonaparte’s Retreat. Would you consider doing a lesson on Bonaparte’s Retreat in dead man’s tuning as well?
At first, I thought you called the tuning GDad. That's sometimes referred to as "leave it to Beaver" tuning :) I have an octave fiddle or chin cello and was wondering about putting the heavier G string on with standard strings for DDad tuning with less flopping.
Beautiful, but I'm confused.......after you play it through plain in the beginning, you then start to add drones and ornamentation. You said the first few bars you can add an open D drone, but I'm not sure how you are doing that and playing the melody on the D string. I must be missing something. Thank you for clearing this up, cuz I really like your version.
