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Frederick Hogaboom

 

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Connecticut, USA
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2012 3:18 pm    
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GBDGBD OPEN D.
What are the options for eight string?


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John Rosett


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Missoula, MT
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2012 3:23 pm    
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You could put E strings in there for G6: DBGEDBGE(high to low)
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Frederick Hogaboom

 

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Connecticut, USA
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2012 3:27 pm    
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Ok, finally got keyboard to work properly.

With D tuning, what could the other two strings be tuned to on an eight string.
Appreciate the patience.
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John Billings


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 13 Sep 2012 5:20 pm    
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Well,,,,, what kind of music do you play? I'm currently experimenting on a S-10, with a G tuning based on Bottleneck Low G. Very powerful-sounding tuning.
Lo to Hi DGDGBDG, and still fooling with the high 3 strings. The low 6 strings are classic Bottleneck Low G, while the top 6 strings have the same intervallic relationship as E or D tuning. My pedals also give me E minor tuning, plus other chords. It's fun!
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Kevin Maul

 

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Round Lake NY 12151
Post  Posted 14 Sep 2012 1:02 pm    
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John-that G tuning is very close to classic Cajun steel. You could use pedals to give you a C out of that,too.
For non pedal,a G6 is what I use on 8 string-[lo EGBDEGBD hi ] also C6 is popular or a D7 [DF#ACDF#AD] could be cool if you are focusing on D tuning.
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