Periphery’s Mark Holcomb: 3 Unique Tunings & Unlocking Creative Potential

Mark Holcomb


Mark Holcomb explains three unique Periphery tunings, how they shape the band’s sound, and why challenging your relationship to sound is the key to discovering new creative possibilities and growing as an artist. Check out all Mark Holcomb signature PRS guitars at Sweetwater! 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/raYZe5

Chapters:
00:00 — Intro & Play-in
00:13 — Drop G Tuning — G G C F A D
00:55 — Drop D & Drop G Comparison  
01:24 — Drone String & Chord Voicing (Playing Example) 
02:04 — “Reptile” & “Zagreus” — Riffs, Songwriting & Tuning  
03:02 — “Really, Really, Really, Cartoonishly Exaggerated Harmonics” 
03:45 — Scarlet Tuning: Open C Add 9 — C G C E G D
04:35 — Misha Mansoor “Epic Fail” Scarlet Tuning (Playing Example) 
05:35 — “Scarlet” Roots, Chords & Playing  
04:05 — Reimagining Note Relationships & Open Tuning 
07:08 — Wax Wings Tuning: D F# A E A C#
07:30 — “Musicianship, Yay!”  
07:32 — Open-string Wax Wings (Playing Example) 
07:42 — Background of Wax Wings Tuning
08:02 — Toe’s “Two Moons” Wax Wings Tuning (Playing Example) 
08:28 — Getting Out of Creative Ruts 
09:28 — “Wax Wings” Periphery (Playing Example)
10:08 — Effortless Beauty, Open Tunings & Play-out 

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