Is it a tunning or not?

Hill Phillips · Post by **Hill Phillips** » 16 Jun 2004 5:45 pm

I don't know if this is a proper tunning or not , but I kind of like it.
maybe someone can tell me what tunning this is and if I can change
the tunning on a string or 2 to improve it.
! G,
2 Eb,
3 C,
4 Bb,
5 G,
6 Eb,
7 C,
8 Bb,
Hill

Terry Farmer · Post by **Terry Farmer** » 16 Jun 2004 6:02 pm

I would call that a Cm7 tuning.

Bill Bosler · Post by **Bill Bosler** » 16 Jun 2004 6:06 pm

Hill - It's a Cm7 chord. It's as legit as any other tuning. You might try changing the low Eb to an E. That will give you a C major, a C7 chord, a Cm and a Cm7 chord at the first fret. [This message was edited by Bill Bosler on 16 June 2004 at 07:07 PM.]

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 16 Jun 2004 6:09 pm

Hill-That is a Ebmaj6th or Cminor 7th. If evety thing was move up 1/2 tone it would be an Emaj 6th and C#minor7th.

Move it down 3 half tones and it becomes a Cmaj6 and Aminor 7th.

Your tuning gets away from the Pesky high G#. that is on E6th.....al

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John Kavanagh · Post by **John Kavanagh** » 17 Jun 2004 10:29 am

Sounds like a good tuning.

It's the same as a common C6 tuning, GAcegac'e', moved up a minor third, so you could call it Eb6. That higher range might be better for playing in a loud group, and the key would keep you off the open strings, which is a good thing for some styles.

When I use that tuning, I find I don't use the low string much. The "Jerry Bird" version of it would be to drop the low Bb and put an E between the low Eb and the G. He also tuned the lowest string (that would be a C for you) an octave lower.[This message was edited by John Kavanagh on 17 June 2004 at 11:32 AM.]

Hill Phillips · Post by **Hill Phillips** » 17 Jun 2004 2:58 pm

Wow! Thanks Terry, Bill, Al and John. Maybe I can impress folks when I tell them
That I use a "E flat major sixth tunning" Thanks again and i will try to figure all this out. Bit by Bit
Hill