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Topic: Anyone else here use Levitt tuning as their primary tuning? |
David DeLoach
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 1:14 pm |
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I have a few steels and keep some of them in C6, E13, B11. But Levitt tuning is where I spend most of my time. There are some treasures hidden in that tuning for sure.
Anyone else here untangling songs in Leavitt tuning? |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 1:14 pm
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| Do you do a 6 string leavitt |
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David DeLoach
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 2:42 pm
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| Yes, mostly 6 string, but I do some 8 string Leavitt as well. |
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 4:20 pm
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I played the Leavitt tuning exclusively for a long time. Eight strings mostly. I add an F# on the bottom and an F on top. I played mostly rock, blues and folky singer-songwriter stuff.
I’ve let it go recently to try my hand ( and knees and feet) at a 12 string universal pedal steel.
Fred |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 16 Feb 2020 5:19 pm
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| i started playing leavitt with 6 strings and have gone out to 14 strings. i posted several tunes i did using extended leavitt. sometimes i change the two lowest strings as per bass notes needed and the upper strings have several chromatics, but the leavitt intervals are usually there in the center. its a great tuning for chords. do a search of my name here on the no pedal section and going back years ago you will hear some things i did on leavitt that really worked out nicely. |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 5:49 am
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| Bill can you share your extended tuning? I have a 14 stringer I would like to try it on |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 6:28 am
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| Bill McCloskey wrote: |
| Bill can you share your extended tuning? I have a 14 stringer I would like to try it on |
hey bill. here is a link to queens bohemian rhapsody on my 14 stringer i made. the tuning is low to high
E A C# E G A B C D E F G G# A.
the two lowest string usually get tweaked for bass notes according to what key the song is in, so they can change as needed, but the rest stay the same. as you go up, you cant go to wider intervals because the strings just wont pull up higher due to breakage, so i decided to borrow from the alkaire tuning and use some half steps and a chromatic. i have not been playing the steel much in a few years. i need to get it back out and tinker with some songs. i make my living playing bass, guitars and other instruments. i wish i had more time for steel, but it just never worked out for me. if i could turn back about 50 years or so, i would have started playing steel when i was in high school and made it one of my primary instruments.
with this tuning, be prepared for some wide intervals and use all four of your fingers to pick the strings.
Link to audio file. |
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 17 Feb 2020 7:07 am
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| I'm used to that from the Alkire tuning. Thanks so much |
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