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Topic: 9th string uses |
Dennis Manuel
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Quesnel, B.C., Canada
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Posted 22 Oct 2013 2:34 pm |
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| Looking for ideas on using the 9th string? |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 6:43 am
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Here's a little bit of material. I like to lower it to C# on a lever so that you can resolve the dominant 7th 9/8/6 on the same strings (with the B pedal). Also you have an alternate C# without raising string 5, so you have various C#7 chords available.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 7:04 am
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| It's an easy way to get a 7th chord. |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 7:16 am
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Very useful as well for getting a IV chord in "open position" with the B pedal engaged: D-F#-A on strings 9-7-6. From there you have the sixth (B) with the open fifth string, which can be pulled to a major seventh (C#) with the A pedal. Also, you get a nice effect by releasing the B pedal to get a nice thick dominant ninth (D-F#-A becomes D-F#-G#).
Lots of other stuff tucked in there; probably covered in Greg's materials.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 8:58 am
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Dan - do you use equal temperament? I tune string 7 a natural fourth below string 5 so it makes a B chord with 8 lowered to D#. The open D chord I then do without as it hurts my teeth.
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 9:04 am
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Good point, Ian. I tend to tune the 7th string about a third between in tune with open B and in tune with the C# on string 5 when pedal A is down. It's still a little gritty, but my teeth don't hurt.
Last edited by Dan Beller-McKenna on 23 Oct 2013 10:08 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Fred Justice
From:
Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 9:13 am
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Ian & Dan, I have a lowering rod & bell crank on my 7th string, on my A pedal cross shaft.
I tune the 7th string in tune open then lower the 7th several cents with the A & B down and the 7th string is in tune with the chord strings 5-6-7&8.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 23 Oct 2013 10:03 am
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That's the modern way! My guitar's a bit old for anything that fancy, as I already raise F# to G# on a lever. I could rig something, but I'm content to avoid it for now. Thanks for the hint, though - one for the future.
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2013 2:06 pm
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Besides the usual dominant 7, dim7(with the F lever), and various chords you get by using it as the root, the 9th string is also the minor 3rd of the B minor triad you get by using strings 10-9-7. It's very useful to note that there's a world of minor chords using the 10th string as the root, in conjunction with string 9 as the minor 3rd on the E9 tuning.
Strings 10-9-7= Bmin
Strings 10-9-7-6 = Bm6
Strings 10-9-7-6 with B pedal= Bm7
Strings 10-9-8-6 with B pedal + E/F KL= Bm7b5(B half dim)
I've said it before, but the 9th string is a favorite of mine in this tuning.  |
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