anyone use E7 tuning on a six string

Rick Winfield · From: Pickin' beneath the Palmettos

I've been messning around with E7, on a 6 string, anyone else use it ? E B D G# B E low to hi
rick

Ron Victoria · From: New Jersey, USA

I use it for blues and bring the D back to E for regular open E.

Mike Neer · From: NJ

Rick, if you lose the low E and put an F# in the string 4 position, you'll have an E9 tuning, which is what I use. It is a wonderful tuning.
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CrowBear Schmitt · From: Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France

i use that tuning & like Ron V, i bring the D back up to E & vice versa
good fer Blues & back up chords
i also add the 6th tone on string 2 : B to C# (along w: the dom7 on 4)

Papa Joe Pollick · From: Swanton, Ohio

I find this tuning to work very well with a little jazz touch to a blues.
E-A-C#-G-B-E...Low to high.A9th...Sounds great on acoustic but not that good on electric.Dunno why..Must be just the way that I play..

Rick Winfield · From: Pickin' beneath the Palmettos

These are all good ideas.
I was trying to get a little "jazzier" blues sound. If I back up 1 fret,and slant backwards,,I get a nice 3 note IV b7 chord, but I want a little more.
Rick

Papa Joe Pollick · From: Swanton, Ohio

Rick,Just grab a 6 string and tune the 4th string down 1/2 step and play straight across bar chords and you'll have an idea what you can do with that tuning.Might be just what you want..Worth a shot..

Roy Thomson · From: Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada

I have used the A9th tuning that Papa Joe
refers to above this post. It is the standard
guitar tuning with the fourth string lowered
a half tone to C#. It has nice full sound.
The instrument I use in the undernoted MP3 clip is a homemade acoustic but this arrangement also
comes across very well on an electric lap steel.

Here is link to MP3:

http://www.mediafire.com/?zett4mxtnom

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Rick Winfield · From: Pickin' beneath the Palmettos

That mp3 sounds great Roy.
That's the sound I'm looking for.
Thanks to you both
Rick

Michael Devito · From: Montclair, NJ, USA

Mike N:

Lose the low E period, or replace it with something else?

MD

Fred · From: Amesbury, MA

Mike Neer · From: NJ

Yes, Fred, you are correct in the E9 spelling. As far as Leon's tuning, I like it a lot but I won't use it unless it's an 8 string. Just not enough range for me on 6 strings.
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Ray Montee · From: Portland, Oregon (deceased)

Oahu Music Publishing Co., and the Gibson Guitar Co. published music in the late 1940's that relied heavily on E7th and/or A6th tunings, as best I can now recall. Those were six string arrangements.

George Keoki Lake · From: Edmonton, AB., Canada

As Ray "Skip" mentioned, the E7th was THE tuning back in the forties. I have a number of DICK McINTIRE arrangements in the E7th. Dick did most of his recordings using this tuning, also C#m, F#9th and D9th. I still use them on my old 6 string Ric frypan...great sound!

Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

On my Chandler six string I use an E7 tuning which is (low to high) B D E G# B E. I have Keith/Scruggs banjo D-tuners on strings 1, 3 & 5. If I lower the 1st string to D and the 3rd string to G, I get a G6th tuning. Also when in E7 I can lower the 5th string D to C# for a 6th in that tuning. These changes can be done during a song when someone else is taking a solo which makes for a very versatile tuning.........JH in Va.
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Rick Winfield · From: Pickin' beneath the Palmettos

I had an idea that there was more to this tuning than originally suspected. Originally I was looking for something different, for a blues type of thing, but I've seem to have stumbled on a much more diverse use. I enjoy Hawaiian, as well as the blues.
As always, I've learned much from you gentlemen.
Jerry- I was unaware of "D-tuners", and will look into it.
George- I'm gonna have to do a little research on this. didn't realize it was such a big thing
Ray- thanks for your knowledgeable input. I have always enjoyed your youtube videos
Mike N- I've also enjoyed your youtube videos & suggestions
Rick

Paul Arntson · From: Washington, USA

Hi Rick,
I took lap steel lessons from the late great Stan Remick a few years ago and he tuned his E7 as:
B D E G# B E lo to hi.

I found that was pretty useful and I still keep it on my Dobro, as Stan did. In agreement with what Ray said, there is a Mel Bay book (the green one) that I think is still in print using that E7.

One thing that I have been doing more and more is dropping the D down to C# so you can pop in a straight bar minor chord.
The other thing you can do with the G# B E up on the top like you have is slant it up to an A7 really easy. The next thing is to use a split slant to give a minor chord (up the neck of course) by dropping the G# string a single fret while holding the B and E strings straight. Of course you need a bullet nose bar to do that.

I agree with Mike the F# is a good thing, too. You can get a nice minor chord with a slant starting on the 4th string that way.

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