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Topic: A 10 String C6/A7th - Which 2 Extra Strings Would You Add? |
Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2010 7:21 am |
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I have a 10 string Remington non-pedal and I've chosen Jerry Byrd's tuning with a 5th on the top, but it's tuned down to A6th (A6 / F#7). I have those 2 extra slots for additional strings and don't know what to do with them. For those of you 6th players who work with 8 strings, especially those who use C6/A7, what would you add to your tunings if you had 2 extra strings, where would you position them, and why?
Last edited by Mat Rhodes on 8 Jun 2010 2:03 pm; edited 4 times in total |
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2010 9:09 am
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| try Tom Morels E13. |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2010 8:54 am
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Thanks, Ron. Tom Morrell could make a barbed wire tuning sound fantastic, but adding a whole new tuning would only slow me down at this point. I believe in learning one tuning at a time. I only want to add 2 strings to enhance the harmonic possibilities, etc.
It's a (modified) Jerry Byrd setup, but in A (low-to-high) - A, A#, C#, E, F#, A, C#, E
In C6/A7th terms, it's (low-to-high) - C, C#, E, G, A, C, E, G
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 9 Jun 2010 10:11 am
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Matt, I'd try:
E C# B A F# E C# A# G low A
The 3rd string B would give you a lot of options for melody and improvisation. The low A would have to be about .070.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2010 10:26 am
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E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A#
A
F#
D
I'd add the low root F# like Jerry Byrd's 8 string, and then I'd add a low D, the equivalent of F in C6th, for major 7th chords.
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Jun 2010 9:47 pm
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On the C6/A7 neck of my Remington 22½” Triple~10 I've added two strings on top of JB's 8-str. tuning, from Low to High:
Lo-A~C~C#~E~G~A~C~E~b~d
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 7:51 am
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I just switched my C6 10 string tuning to
Low to high
F A C D E G A C E D
I can lower the 7th string to a C# to get the Byrd tuning if I find that I'm not confused enough.
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 8:15 am
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| Bob, What do you get out of having the high D rather than a high G? |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 9:15 am
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Quartal chord voicings and easy access to scales.
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Don McClellan
From:
California/Thailand
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 10:08 am
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I'm getting ready to buy a 10 string and I will be playing an extended B6th. Notice strings 4 thru 9 are just C6/A7 tuned down 1/2 step to B6/G#7.
This tuning is designed to minimize the need to slant the bar (but you still can if you want to) and to provide many altered dominant chords, a full diminished chord plus additional minors and majors.
This tuning is loaded with chords and maybe that's what you want. The tuning you play is determined by what kinds of music you are most interested in playing.
High to Low:
1. E (1/2 step above string 4)
2. C# (1 step above string 5)
3. Bb (1/2 step below string 5)
4. Eb
5. B
6. G#
7. F#
8. Eb
9. C
10. A |
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