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Topic: What Is This Tuning? |
Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 6:22 am |
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My favorite new tuning by a long shot...
High to low: E C# B G# D B G# E
I've been calling it an E 13th but, since I live in a 'theory-free' zone, I figured I'd see if that's actually correct.
(Whatever it is, I can't seem to get enough of it...)
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 7:04 am
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I am not sure what to call it, but to me it looks like a Sacred Steel tuning variation of an E7th. It will be interesting to see what the "ones whom know say". I am curious as where one would feel a need for this tuning? 
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 7:37 am
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| If it didn't have that D in there, it would be the C#m7th tuning. I had that on one neck on my T-8 Stringmaster. |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 7:52 am
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I agree - an E 13th chord.
Great tuning.
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 8:33 am
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I like it. Essentially, you have an E6 on the top and an E7 on the bottom.
Not sure if it's technically an E13 since you don't have the 9 (F#) in there .......not sure if the F# is required. |
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Robbie Daniels
From:
Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 9:21 am
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I used that same tuning many years ago and many others used it also and it was always called E13 I believe Don Helms used it on occsions also.
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 11:19 am
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| I would call it E13 with a Brobdingnagian gap in the middle. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 20 Sep 2014 11:21 am
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I might call it E dominatrix, because the bass side is E7 (dominant) and the treble E6 (submissive).
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 21 Sep 2014 1:28 pm Universal Tuning is the way forward
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Having a 13th tuning is great. lots of music in there.
However if you are playing solo unaccompanied. Shouldn't you use a tuning that offers all chords possible.
I have finally refined my 12 string "The Theory Tuning".
C, E, G, B, D, F, A, C, D, Eb, G A
Universal indeed. It affords me the ability to play min 6th chords as well as everything else. Full chords all notes. like C6thsus4thadd9th
seems a bit overkill you might say but I am now able to play any chord you throw at it pus strum.
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2014 2:38 pm
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Okay - I guess I'll sleep fine at night after calling it an E13th. Thanks all.
I love having this on the outside neck of a T-8 just above a Helms E13th. Rather than sounding redundant, they complement each other really well and, side by side, it's easy to jump back and forth. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 28 Sep 2014 7:06 pm
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E13th would be the correct name for this tuning. It's the name I've heard all the "Old Timers" use for perpetuity.
A thirteenth chord does not require all the components, as the root, 3rd, 7th, and 13th would suffice theoretically.. and the 5th, 9th, and 11th "typically omitted" although they ARE usually played in a jazz environment on a keyboard..
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth
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