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This article is from the Bee Gees FAQ, by David Garcia garc@compuserve.com with numerous contributions by others.

4-10. What kind of tuning does Barry use on his guitar? (Bee Gees)

The tuning is what he calls a "Hawaiian" tuning, consisting of
guitar strings tuned as follows (from lowest note to highest
note...)

D A D F# A D

Thanks to Greg Luther for tracking this down on "a web site
that has a few selected Bee Gees songs for guitar." The address
of that web site:

http://www.scranton.com:2222/archive/b/bee_gees/

Maurice, incidentally, uses standard guitar tuning. I like
it that way -- the contrast between the two guitars came out very
nicely on songs such as "Come Home Johnny Bride" and on their
medleys on the "Midnight Special" TV appearances.

 

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