E9 Copedent

Jim Ives · Post by **Jim Ives** » 19 Feb 2015 9:56 am

This is on my Mullen D-10 (8+6). Any suggestions for improvement would be appreciated.

Jim Ives' Mullen E9 February 18, 2015
P1 P2 P3 LKR LKL LKV RKR RKL
1 F# G#
2 Eb (-)C#
3 G# A
4 E F# (-)D# F
5 B C# C# (-)A#
6 G# A (-)F#
7 F#
8 E F
9 D (-)D# (-)C#
10 B C# (-)A#

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 19 Feb 2015 10:06 am

If you want the notes to line up under their respective pedal/lever names, you have to type tab between square brackets [ ] at the top of your chart (before P1), and /tab between square brackets at the bottom (after A#). This will preserve their placement where you typed them.

(You don't have to use red!)

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 19 Feb 2015 11:10 am

I like raising the 7th string a whole tone as opposed to lowering the 6th string a whole tone. Lots more versatile but it's a tradeoff. I also get a lot of mileage off of lowering the 10th string a whole tone and using it as a drone for rhythm vamps.

Some tabs for these are here:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Split%20 ... 20Tab.html

and here:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/E9%201st ... 20Tab.html

and see "Tab 657 - Versatile turnaround featuring E9th 7th string whole tone raise and 9th string lower and split tuning! " on this page:

http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab21.html

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 19 Feb 2015 11:24 am

Mine:

[tab]
LKL1 LKL2 LKV LKR 1 2 3 4 5 RKL RKR

F#................G...........................G#
D#..........C#................................E....D
G#...................................A
E.....D#................F........F#
B...........................Bb...C#.....C#
G#...................................A..................F#
F#................G
E.....D#................F
D
B..........................Bb...........C#[/tab]

You will get a zillion recommendations. Unlike Greg, I prefer the G# to F# lower on 6 over the F# to G# on 7. I had a Williams with both, and put the 7th string raise to G# also on my Carter. I almost never used the 7th raise. Greg uses it very nicely. I have had the G# to F# lower for over 40 years, and I wouldn't own a guitar without it. I like all the melodic movements you can get on string 6 between the F# and the A notes you can get between the lever and B pedal that you can't get with the 7th string. I may give the 7th string raise to G# on my 1st pedal, which I don't use now.

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 20 Feb 2015 7:53 am

To be more clear, you would have to re-do the chart. Just putting tab and /tab around it as it is now won't fix it.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 20 Feb 2015 10:49 am

don't you have pedals on the c6?
or don't you use it?

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 20 Feb 2015 11:13 am

[tab]
P1 P2 P3 LKR LKL LKV RKR RKL
1 F# G#
2 Eb (-)C#
3 G# A
4 E F# (-)D# F
5 B C# C# (-)A#
6 G# A (-)F#
7 F#
8 E F
9 D (-)D# (-)C#
10 B C# (-)A# [/tab]

A little more legible.

Looks normal enough and fine to me. The only thing I might change, if I didn't have a half-stop hardware on string 2, is to lower D# to D instead of lowering it to C#. That would be old-school.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 20 Feb 2015 11:36 am

chris ivey wrote:don't you have pedals on the c6?
or don't you use it?

He has another thread on the C6

Cris... I bumped his C6 thread to the top. But here is the link anyway.

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=279868