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Topic: D to D# |
Doc Rickles
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2006 10:02 am |
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Does anyone tune 9th string to D#. I am just a beginner so I don't know all the benefits or the losses in this tuning. When I lower it to C# and combine A pedal. I get a deep harnonic with the two which makes many fuller sounds IMO. Any one else tune 9 to D#. What else can I do with this. I am playing a Williams SD 10 5 and 4 with Franklin pedal.
Comments welcomed.
Doc
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[This message was edited by Dr E L Rickles on 07 December 2006 at 10:22 AM.] |
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Joe Miraglia
From:
Jamestown N.Y.
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Posted 7 Dec 2006 3:06 pm
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I play a 12 string. Tune my 9th. string to C# My RKR lever raises it to D. But thats me , I like to to different  Joe |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2006 4:53 pm
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It's very useful tuned to D, and the lower to C# is useful, too. Like most people, I get the D# from the 8th string lower lever. I've never felt the need to also have it available on the 9th string.
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Daniel Vorp
From:
Burlington, NC USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2006 5:18 am
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Hi Doc,
For many years I tuned the 9th string to D# and lowered it to C# with a 1/2 stop at D, the same as most do with the second string. It made sense to me since D# is in the E major scale and also when you think of the tuning as a B6th the D# note fits. I found myself lowering it to D quite often so I now tune it to D and still lower to C#. So now I miss the open D# and am playing around with ideas on where to raise the D to D# on my guitar.
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 Dec 2006 9:31 pm
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At present I have s9 tuned to C# and raised to D
I have had it to go D to D#, but do like b0b, use the E lower.
I figure I play E69 and C6[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 08 December 2006 at 09:33 PM.] |
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