I am doing Flint hill special for my main performance in school and I was wondering if you guys had any tips to doing the tuning change thing earl does in the song. Thanks!
Not without Scruggs tuners of some kind.
You can fake the twisters with hammer-ons, slides and/or pulloffs.
Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/13/2025 18:58:51
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Originally posted by Bill RogersNot without Scruggs tuners of some kind.
I heard Mike Seeger do a clawhammer version. It was pretty good!
You can get the notes--but of course, not the slinky tuning effect--by using harmonics at the 5th and 7th frets. It's different from the tuning, of course, but it does share something important with the tuning: It stands out clearly from the rest of what you're playing.
re: Ira’s point,, at 1:33 Alan Munde plays the D tuner part with harmonics on Earl’s Breakdown.
youtu.be/4DIKUW-jP3E?si=2OF5KAzMCfJanqOk
... and Earl himself played Randy Lynn Rag without tuners https://youtu.be/T7UdgD9Aci8?si=8abgSVKudsiGvUk1
Edited by - chuckv97 on 10/14/2025 06:46:06
