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Topic: What Tuning? |
Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 22 Mar 2008 10:28 am |
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What tuning would this be?
Low to hi:
E,A,E,F#,C#,E
everytime I think I know I am wrong haha!
Thanks.
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 22 Mar 2008 10:43 am
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F#m7.
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Larry Robbins
From:
Fort Edward, New York
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Posted 23 Mar 2008 2:22 pm
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Thanks,Mr Meisse!
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Mark MacKenzie
From:
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 4:52 am
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| I think I'd call it A6... |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 10:30 am
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Mark, there was no smiley attached there. You're right of course. You must know that F#m7 and A6 are enharmonic chords (that means they consist of the same notes). I don't know how things are now but for many years a certain tuning was known as Am7 in Hawaii and C6 here on the mainland. I called it F#m7 because of the positioning of the notes. You undoubtedly called it A6 for the same reason. Viva la difference. And thanks for the correction. The tuning could be called either F#m7 or A6. 
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Mark MacKenzie
From:
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2008 2:43 pm
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Perhaps we need to go to Hawaii on a research trip! Thats interesting the different names. I thought this tuning unusual in that it skipped the A string between the F# and the C#. Otherwise it looked like C6 tuned down a minor third.
I mainly play dobro and G tuning but I do have a steel in C6. Its a head scratcher to go back and forth. Oh and then if I try E9 I have to really think. |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 8:15 am
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My gosh. One tuning is all I can handle (C6). I can get two weeks off work for this research trip in early September. Can I rely on you to get the tickets? 
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Bill Brummett
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Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2008 4:35 pm
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| Mark MacKenzie wrote: |
| I think I'd call it A6... |
Perhaps a "modified" A6. All of the A6 tuning I am familiar with are: (top to bottom)
E,C#,A,F#,E,C#,A,F#,E,A |
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