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Topic: What's a good way to stretch C#minor tuning from 6 to 8? |
Brian Hunter
From:
Indianapolis
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 10:37 am |
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I have been messing with it on my six string but am thinking of trying to mess with it as an 8 string tuning. It's a FUN tuning to play around in. Any ideas?
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 10:48 am
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One good way is to use Noel Boggs' E13 tuning:
E
C#
G#
F#
D
B
G#
E
The other E13 tunings are great, too.
Jeremy Wakefield uses a C#min11 tuning that Joaquin Murphey used (I would consider this to be more for the advanced player):
E
C#
G#
E
C#
Bb
D# (upper octave)
F# (upper octave)
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 10:55 am
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| I extend the tuning by putting B on the third string between the C# and G#. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 11:24 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
| I extend the tuning by putting B on the third string between the C# and G#. |
The E13 tuning Vance Terry used has so much music, it's not funny. I have never really dedicated myself to it, but Russ Blake played me some cool stuff on it and Lee Jeffriess extols its potential.
E
C#
B
G#
F#
D
B
G#
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Morgan Scoggins
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 3:06 pm
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The Jerry Byrd Steel Guitar Course has an eight string tuning that has some wonderful chord sounds to it. Jerry Calls it C#mi9 with the 9 being the F# note added to the chord. The tuning is from hi to low E C# G# F# E D B and E or G#. This tuning is used in songs like "Sweet Someone" "Paradise Isle" and "Ua Like No Like", mighty sweet chords for a nice tuning. It is the same tuning as 8 string E9 except the second string is raised from B to C#.
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Brian Hunter
From:
Indianapolis
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 5:25 pm
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Great ideas! Thanks! I am actually going through the Jerry course now. I bought it a few months back and shelved it in favor of lessons with John Ely. Then I lost my job and have taken lower paying work so am back to the book. Fun as can be!I will end up playing around with all of these ideas but I do know that I do want the low E in there for sure.
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 5:35 pm
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| heh, everybody get's impressed with that low E, it's a good'n! |
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Brian Hunter
From:
Indianapolis
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Posted 8 Mar 2012 5:37 pm
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| Ron Whitfield wrote: |
| heh, everybody get's impressed with that low E, it's a good'n! |
That and those nice big and fat strumming chords and glisses you can do.
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