C6 Tuning
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C6 Tuning
The excellent book by Andy Volk lists Cindy Cashdollar's C6 tuning as, high to low:
GECAGECA
The standard C6 strings sold by JustStrings.com are gauged for:
ECAGECAG
Does Cindy use the tuning listed in the book for her C6 instructional videos?
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GECAGECA
The standard C6 strings sold by JustStrings.com are gauged for:
ECAGECAG
Does Cindy use the tuning listed in the book for her C6 instructional videos?
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Lynn Oliver
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Having a 5 on top like Cindy is happenin'.
It's a common Western Swing thing to do but it's quite a bit handier than having the low G on most kinds of music,IMHO.
If you're worried about buying strings,just put together your own sets using this resource: http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.html
Any music store will put a custom set together for you. Better yet,so will Bob - and Jagwires at that.
It's a common Western Swing thing to do but it's quite a bit handier than having the low G on most kinds of music,IMHO.
If you're worried about buying strings,just put together your own sets using this resource: http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.html
Any music store will put a custom set together for you. Better yet,so will Bob - and Jagwires at that.
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One thing I noticed in Cindy's 1st video is she gets a bit confused when she talks about relating her 8 string to a 6 string and she says to just leave off the bottom two strings.This would be the A and C ,leaving the E G A C E G. She then goes on to list the strings as "E (C) A C E G".
This threw me off for a minute when I first started.
Seems to me it might be better to leave off the top and bottom strings (A and G) since that produces the more common C6th CEGACE Lo to Hi.
This threw me off for a minute when I first started.
Seems to me it might be better to leave off the top and bottom strings (A and G) since that produces the more common C6th CEGACE Lo to Hi.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Lynn, to use the Just Strings set for high C6 tuning - just take out the low G string and add a high G.
.012 would be a suitable gauge for high G.</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ah, that makes sense. Just shift the strings with the notes.
I like the idea of Cindy's tuning because I'm coming from G tuning on a dobro, and having the major triad on top means that most things transfer over.
OTOH, the Just Strings set works fine for G6 tuning...
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<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Lynn Oliver on 20 October 2006 at 09:22 AM.]</p></FONT>
.012 would be a suitable gauge for high G.</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Ah, that makes sense. Just shift the strings with the notes.
I like the idea of Cindy's tuning because I'm coming from G tuning on a dobro, and having the major triad on top means that most things transfer over.
OTOH, the Just Strings set works fine for G6 tuning...
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<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Lynn Oliver on 20 October 2006 at 09:22 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Mark, Cindy confused me with the statement of leaving the 7th & 8th strings off and keeping the the 1st string high G. Her suggested tuning ECACEG did not work with her tabs. But remember Cindy's tabs, for example, Cold, Cold Heart were written for 8 string steel and her tabs go to the high G. I went back to the standare 6 string C6 tuning leaving off the low A (8 string) and the high G (1st string) and finding these notes on the 2nd and 3rd strings on the 11th fret and 9th fret and the rest of tune was OK.
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That's a good point; with a 22.5" scale I should be able to bump all the strings up a bit, although I'm not quite willing to run that .015 SIT up to G.<SMALL>My guitar scale is 24" and I have been able to use a .014 gauge for that top G for over three years without breakage and I get a fuller sound.</SMALL>
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