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Topic: Trying out a Universal tuning on D10? |
Adam Tracksler
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Maine, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2015 5:12 am |
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I've been thinking hard about trading my D10 for a U12.
A while back someone was telling me about how to get pretty close to a U12 on a E9 neck, I thought I'd try it out before thinking harder about the dark side....
Anyone know what they may have been talking about? It was a way to get the E9 to be a kind of B6.... (BTW I'm on a standard Emmons 8 pedal/5 lever)
Any help is appreciated....
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Scott Duckworth
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Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 30 Apr 2015 7:07 am
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Before you start changing your tuning and set up look into Herb Steiner's Swinging on E9 courses.
http://www.steelguitarshopper.com/categories/Instruction/E9th-instruction/?sort=featured&page=2
Check out the playing of Randy Beavers or Wayne Dahl. They can play more jazz on a standard E9 neck than most anybody else on any tuning.
Keep in mind that there are only 12 notes in western music. They are there under your fingers already.
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Niels Andrews
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Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 1 May 2015 6:02 am
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What Bob says is true wisdom. There are only 12 notes in the scale and they are all right there already. If you approach a tuning from that perspective all that matters is what fits best for your brain and style of playing.
Reece Anderson told me how he used to play a Bb6 at shows and everyone thought he was playing his U12 tuning. He once played the same song for me on three different tunings and I don't think anyone by ear alone could have known the difference.
So what Bob says is so true, all the notes are there, it is just a matter of learning where.
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Good Stuff like Zum S-12, Wolfe Resoport
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