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Topic: String Size & Tuning |
Dennis Voges
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 3 Feb 2007 11:54 pm |
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Hi
I have just completed building a single neck non pedal 8 string guitar. Could someone tell me what tuning is usually used for playing country swing. I am a beginning player & am looking for advice on what tuning is used & string gauge.
Thanks
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Lynn Oliver
From:
Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Feb 2007 12:16 am
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From the Cindy Cashdollar Western Swing DVD's:
.010 G
.014 E
.018 C plain
.026 A wound
.028 G
.036 E
.046 C
.052 A
I think this is called high C6 tuning.
If you use the Scotty's C6 set you get low C6:
.015 E
.018 C
.022 A plain
.024 G wound
.030 E
.036 C
.042 A
.054 G
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2007 12:43 am
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| Either of those would work just fine. A6 (E-C#-A-F#-E-C#-A-F#) is also very common. I don't think I can answer as to which of those is the most usual. Cindy Cashdollar's high C6 is the same as A6 but stretched up 3 frets higher (with lighter strings of course). Her E6 is low C6 stretched up 4 frets higher (again with lighter strings) and with the eighth string tuned to F (A). I think the only real differences are between those who like the 3rd on top and those who like the 5th and between those who like the higher pitched, thinner strings and those who like the deeper, richer tones of the thicker, lower pitched strings. The intervals are substatially the same. There is an E13 that is quite common. But less common than the above mentioned 6th tunings. |
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2007 8:49 pm
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A 6th is good when playing with horns and when there are a lot of tunes in Bb - you get a low full Bb on the 1st fret. Great for Tuxedo Junction and Birth of the Blues.
E 13th is great for playing western swing, rock, pop, Hawaiian, and country. (H-L) E C# B G# F#/E D B E. The F#/E means tune it to E for Hawaiian and to F# for swing chords.
C 6th would be my third choice.
Thanx,
Jim |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Feb 2007 8:59 pm
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That's why I chose a 10-str. E9/13 Tuning, for my third neck! To get all the notes in one! No retuning here! E~B~D~E~F#~G#~B~C#~E~G#. Of course it works in C9/13 too! C~G~Bb~C~D~E~G~A~C~E
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Feb 2007 11:42 pm
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With a single neck, A6 tuning is a good choice.
You can easily retune to low C6, C6/A7, C#m7 or B11 - all useful tunings.
RA
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