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Bob Moore
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N. Rose, New York
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Posted 15 Nov 2009 6:05 pm |
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| A question for c6. Does anyone use the c6+7 anymore for 8string steel? I started out on a hand made 8st with 3pedals back in the 50's. It was also setup like the ab pedals on e9 for first two pedals third I don't know what it did back then. Just curious. Thanks Bob |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2009 10:18 am
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What is C6+7th? I don't know what that is. C13? Am7b9?
Most C6th players today have a knee lever that raises the A to Bb. It changes C6th to C7th.
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Bob Moore
From:
N. Rose, New York
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Posted 16 Nov 2009 12:57 pm c6+7
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| Bob I think I found it and it is C6/Am7 that I was talking about. It has been 50yrs since I played it. Bob |
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Russ Wever
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Posted 16 Nov 2009 1:22 pm
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When non-ped players tuned the low C on the
C6th tuning up to a C# ( C# E G A C E ), it
was often referred to as "C6 + 7", indicating
that it was a "C6" tuning and ( + ) a
"7th" tuning (in this case, an A7th).
It is probably Jerry Byrd that came up with
this 'alteration' to the C6th tuning.
One might more accurately define this as an
"A7#9" tuning, but doing so might tend to cloud
the fact that C6 is at the 'root' of the tuning.
~Russ |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Nov 2009 1:49 pm Re: c6+7
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| Bob Moore wrote: |
| Bob I think I found it and it is C6/Am7 that I was talking about. It has been 50yrs since I played it. Bob |
C6 and Am7 are the same chord. They have the same notes in them. In the early days, some people called the tuning C6 and others called it Am7. Written literature sometimes used the "/" to mean "or". Same with E6/C#m7.
Thousands of people play C6 today. Since the addition of the low F string, the Am7 name has faded away. The C6 that we play today could actually be called Fmaj9, but people are used to the name C6.
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Bob Moore
From:
N. Rose, New York
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Posted 16 Nov 2009 3:32 pm C6+7
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| Thanks for the information. I think Russ has the idea where I got my information from. Thanks again for the help. Bob |
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