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Topic: Lap Steel Tuning |
Wayne D. Clark
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Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 3:26 pm |
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Just Got my new Melbert 8 string Counsol to day, more on that later.
Does any one set their tuning as follows. botton to top. G,C,E,G,A,C,E,G, rather than A,C,E,G,A,C,E,G.?
Wayne D. Clark
usnyn2nd@frontier.com |
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Steve Green
From:
Gulfport, MS, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 3:52 pm
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Congrats on the Melbert, Wayne!!
I'm not familiar with that tuning.
I tune my bass string to a B, creating a C6/Maj7 tuning. This allows me to get a minor 6th interval on the B & G strings.
I think Joaquin Murphey used a B in this position, but perhaps he used a lighter guage string tuned to a B an octave higher.
I've read on the forum that Junior Brown tunes his low string to a Bb, creating a C13th tuning.
If you'd tune your low string to an F, then you'd be able to get a I chord, IV chord, and VI minor chord without moving the bar.
Lots of possibilities!
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 3:57 pm
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You should only worry about the top 5 or 6 strings--be flexible with the bottom part of your tuning, because you may want to change it around a bit to get different chords. A Bb for string 8 is nice and gives a C13 tuning. A C# string 7 and an A string 8 gives you a C6/A7. There are many other variations that I use.
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Terence Palmer
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 3:58 pm
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| I think lots of people change the tuning on the lower string depending on what suits the song. Tuning the 8th string to G takes away the root position minor chord (and minor seventh, etc) that the A gives you, and I'm sure what it gives in return. |
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Robert Jette
From:
Dallas, Tx.
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Posted 18 Mar 2011 4:29 pm
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| My tuning, low to high. F/G,A/Bb,C/C#,E,G,A,C,E. I reserve the right to change the bottom 3 strings' tuning according to the song. I prefer the low C6 tuning because of 1)the tension of the strings and 2)I try to stay out of the fiddler's way! |
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