Leavitt

Mike Dexter · Post by **Mike Dexter** » 15 Feb 2011 9:35 am

Is the Leavitt tuning suitable for Hawaiian / Western Swing style?----can you get get that C6th sound if required

William Lake · Post by **William Lake** » 15 Feb 2011 10:29 am

Mike Ihde has a lot of Hawaiian tunes that Bill Leavitt arranged. I have them all. Have tried a few and they sound Hawaiian with a few nicer chords here and there.
You will not be disappointed.
For $3.00 each get Harbour Lights and Sweet Leilani.
It will give you a taste,

Mike Ihde · Post by **Mike Ihde** » 17 Feb 2011 10:15 pm

Mike, as William said, you can play Hawaiian tunes but they will have some more interesting chord changes than typical. The Leavitt Tuning was invented for getting Jazz chords without slants. You lose a little of the Hawaiian sliding between chords because you're changing string groups a lot but you gain better voice leading, more types of chords and you no longer have to slant.

E-mail me and I'll send you a list of the tunes available. You can also check out my web site www.mikeihde.com and listen to cuts from my 2 CDs to see how the tuning sounds.

Jeff Spencer · Post by **Jeff Spencer** » 18 Feb 2011 2:37 pm

a plug fpr Mike's material. It's great and worth buying
Jeff

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 18 Feb 2011 2:42 pm

all done on the leavitt tuning. 8 10 12 strings

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Jeff Spencer · Post by **Jeff Spencer** » 19 Feb 2011 5:54 pm

Wow

Bill, thanks so much for your work. I'm just starting to fiddle a bit with this tuning and you guys will be the benchmark I feel.

Jeff

Mike Dexter · Post by **Mike Dexter** » 20 Feb 2011 2:26 pm

Thanks for your replies.

Mike