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

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  Stream the latest from Mark Holcomb and Periphery! 👇 Apple Music 👉 https://music.apple.com/us/artist/periphery/187683869 Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/artist/6d24kC5fxHFOSEAmjQPPhc?si=AepRSdmFR0SsJWcY83ogJw    Amazon Music 👉 https://music.amazon.com/artists/B000QKQE5Y/periphery?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_YONtRSshhqNAsjHzcWyfgAVRh Tidal 👉 https://tidal.com/artist/3684809/u Subscribe and follow for the latest gear news and giveaways! 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@sweetwater/videos After you watch, visit Sweetwater.com today for all your music instrument and pro audio needs! 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/shop Visit DealZone for the best deals on demos, bundles, B-stock, and more 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Dealzone_Demos Shop used gear 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gear-Exchange Learn what it takes to become a content creator 👉 https://www.sweetwater.com/discover/content-creators/ Recorded at Sweetwater Studios 👉 https://sweetwaterstudios.com/    Sweetwater Studios mic locker 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/mic_locker    Sweetwater Studio A gear list 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/studio_a_gear_list    Sweetwater Studio B gear list 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/studio_b_gear_list   Sweetwater Studio C gear list 👉 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/studio_c_gear_list   For more from Sweetwater, follow us:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sweetwater   X: https://x.com/SweetwaterSound Instagram: https://instagram.com/SweetwaterSound   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@SweetwaterSound    Sweetwater Soundcheck: https://www.youtube.com/@SweetwaterSoundcheck Sweetwater Band & Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/@SweetwaterBandandOrchestra #Periphery #MarkHolcomb #PRS