Copedent for Rock

[Bobby Snell]

It was real important for me to have the two low power chords E5 and A5. The 5-pedal can be held down whilst rocking off and on the 4 for strumming/palm muting with flatpick. (I think I saw Dan Tyack drops his F#, reversing the Sacred Steel change of double E's; I copied that because I need that F# more often than the double E's.)

The RKR dropping to D is a compromise that yields some new possibilities as well. Can get the dom7 with E and A using that or the split on the 6-string.





The top part is of course pretty standard, and the tuning fits all types of music, just sacrificing some of the beautiful complexity of the lower strings of E9.
I have this tuning on all-pull Williams D-10 w/Tonealigners, with a standard C6 tuning on the back neck.
On my Emmons I have the traditional E9 on the front neck, but it is not too difficult for me to switch back and forth depending on the type of gig.

(Edit: The RKR drops String-2 D# to D/C#)