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BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN TAB by Albert King @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com. Follow Following Unfollow Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer. One of the 'Three Kings of the Blues Guitar' (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), Albert King stood 6' 4', weighed 250 lbs and was known as 'The Velvet.

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Follow Following Unfollow Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer. One of the 'Three Kings of the Blues Guitar' (along with B.B. King and Freddie King), Albert King stood 6' 4', weighed 250 lbs and was known as 'The Velvet Bulldozer'. Albert King Licks Though at one time he claimed to be B.B. King’s half brother, and at another time was called B.B.’s dad, Albert King has no relation to B.B. What does bind the two King’s together is their ability to create memorable blues guitar solos and their command of the guitar.

Lenny wrote:
> In the Hal Leonard tab book 'The Very Best Of Albert King' they
> explain that Albert's tuning was a mystery and they had to do a lot of
> research and view old video footage of his playing at a live concert
> to figure out his tuning. This is how they explain his tuning in the
> book:
>
> 'In these transcriptions, we present his [King's] tuning as follows:
> DGDGBE tuning, down 1 1/2 steps'
> (low to high) B-E-B-E-G#-C#'
>
> They transcribed the songs in the book to this [B-E-B-E-G#-C#] tuning.
> I had a few questions that perhaps more experienced players could
> answer.
>
> Is the DGDGBE tuning metioned above open D tuning?

No. That would be D A D F# A D.

>
> If I wanted to tune to Albert King's presumed tuning and I started
> with the DGDGBE tuning wouldn't the strings be very loose if I went
> down 1 1/2 steps?

Yes. What you have to do here is use nonstandard string guages.

In Albert's tuning the 6th and 5th stings are 5 semitones lower than
normal, and the other 3 are 3 semitones lower.

You can usually get away with 1 or 2 semitones different than normal
without restringing but this is way too far to go.

You would need to dedicate a guitar to just playing Albert's stuff (or
Albert's style).

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Then you would string it with lighter-than-normal guage strings.

Instead of (say) .52 .42 .30 .20 .16 .12
you might need (say) .42 .32 .26 .16 .12 .09

I'm just guessing here but the guesses are probably pretty close.

You can buy single strings in any guage you like. I would say: try the
guages I suggested and if any strings are too tight or too loose then
use something lighter or heavier respectively.

> Would I be better off re-transcribing signature licks in the book to
> the more common 'standard' tuning (EADGBE) instead of tuning to
> B-E-B-E-G#-C#?

Not really, although that is what you would do if you don't have a
guitar to dedicate to Albert's tuning. You definitely cannot play both
tunings on the same guitar with the same strings.

> I want to play along with some of King's tunes but don't want to
> re-tune everytime I want to play his songs. I wish they had
> transcribed King's songs to more common tuning.
Albert

Sorry about that. They're trying to show you how he does what he does.

> Thank you in advance for your assistance.

You're most welcome.

> Ray

Perry D.

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