Hexatonic Tunings

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

Here's an idea. The classic jazz hexatonic scale might make a good steel tuning. It's made of two major chords a step apart. Here it is as an 8 string tuning (F and G), compared to Jerry Byrd's 7 string diatonic:

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

With E on top, it would have the notes of G major and A major chords:

John Kavanagh · From: Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada * R.I.P.

Huh. Now that's interesting. It didn't make sense until I started seeing it as an F-based tuning (or G in your second one).

For the first time, I miss my doubleneck, because I'd have to restring my single 8 to try that one.

Chuck Fisher · From: Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.

Or Em13 sus........

cool idea , learn "Maiden Voyage" on it, you'll freak out the jazz dudes.

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

I find it easy to think of it as a dominant 11th chord: 1 3 5 b7 9 11. The 11th tone is often called sus4.

Putting them all in the same octave you get 1 2 3 4 5 b7. These are in the scale of the V7 chord of a progression. If you transpose them to the I chord (D in the A/G example above), you get 1 2 4 5 6 7.
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Papa Joe Pollick · From: Swanton, Ohio

Funny thing,as I was droping off to sleep last night I was running different tunning ideas through my head,as usual.Then I get on the forum this morning and it seems others are doing like wise.Here's one I was thinking of,and wonering what the tunning name would be.
C
B
A
G
F
E
D
C
Is this a ditonic?
Might try it on the front neck of my Stringmaster..

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

Yes, that's a C Diatonic. Jerry Byrd's C Diatonic doesn't include the D string, probably because of the tuning conundrum it would have introduced. He was a real stickler for just intonation.

You can make it sound well tuned if you use the meantone method. Here are some +- cents numbers for your electronic tuner:

John Bechtel · From: Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.

For it's comparative lack of usefulness, I'd just as soon drop the (D) from #7 and add the E to #1. C~E~F~G~A~B~C~E, especially with just 8-strings! With 10-strings, I'd consider C~D~E~F~G~A~B~C~E~D, but then; I'd drop that idea too! (and I did!) Actually, on 10-strings I'm using C~E~F~G~A~B~C~E~D~F¡¡¡¡ Actually with this setup, an 8-str. bar is quite sufficient also!
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John Kavanagh · From: Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada * R.I.P.

John Bechtel · From: Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.

I think it makes orientation and learning the C-Diatonic much easier by thinking C6 with two extra strings (F) and (B) dividing it into three sections of two-strings each:
[C~E]~F~[G~A]~B~[C~E] or [--][--][--] = C6
Then on the other hand, you have four-fingers and a thumb!
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