LEAVITT "ALONE" 8 STRING

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Roy Thomson
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LEAVITT "ALONE" 8 STRING

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Expanding the Basic 6 string Leavitt Tuning to
8 is a subject that comes up from time to time
...both on the Forum and in some emails I receive.
Over this weekend I have been doing some experimenting with one possibility and came up with the following ...Low to High...
G--A--C#--E--G--Bb--C--D
As you can see I elected to leave the first 6 strings
intact and made the additions on the bottom end.
Here's a link to a sound file using this set-up.
http://www.freefilehosting.net/download/MjM5MDY=
Some tab for those who may wish to try this.
Any suggestions or feedback welcome.

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That's beautiful, Roy. And no slants!
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Post by Maurie Junod »

That is so nice Roy
Thanks for the TAB. I will use it tomorrow to refresh my waning interest.

Maurie
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Post by Roy Thomson »

Thanks Lee and Maurie.

Maurie,
Hope the Tab is of help to you.
I did it quickly.
Note the C chord five measures from
the ending...should receive four counts.

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Post by Bill Hatcher »

Great Roy!!

Nice chords and melody. Always something nice to find using the Leavitt tuning.
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