Whippoorwill - Doug Young - Fingerstyle Guitar

A composition that uses Will Ackerman's F C Eb Ab C Eb tuning, tho here I'm tuned a half step lower - less tension! - and then capo III. Will challenged players to see what they could do with this unusual tuning, and since I'm always looking for new tunings to explore for my Peghead Nation course on Alternate Tunings, I decided to explore it a bit. A fun tuning, and just different enough to inspire some new things.

The name comes from the fact that the piece was inspired by "Will" Ackerman, and a Whippoorwill is a bird that sings! Apparently it sings rather obnoxiously, but oh well :-)

Played on a 2002 Kathy Wingert Model E

#AckermanTuningChallenge

Recording gear, etc:

Schoeps CMC6/MK41 mics, along with an AT4050ST stereo mic (not visible) used as a room mic
Audio recorded directly into a Sound Devices Mixpre10, and mixed in Logic
Video recorded with a trio of Panasonic GH-series cameras, edited in Final Cut Pro