Zane King
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 10 Jul 2010 8:30 am |
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I thank all of you for the interest in my tuning setup. I felt it necessary today to align a new thread here to give everyone an update on where all of these recent studies have led me. As you know, I've set a couple of goals here. First, I want to establish a 10 string "E9 like" setup based on my tuning copedent. I believe that what I can offer to the steel guitar community at large is a fairly unique approach that allows you to achieve much from the instrument. Secondly, I want to help anyone interested in a unique 12 string setup that allows you to not only play traditional E9/C6 but also opens up some fresh "space" that may yet be unexplored.
So first let's just take a basic look at the basic 10 string setup...(NOTE: if you play C6 or 12 string skip this and look below)
Again this is for the 10 string player. I can adjust this setup according to what you may be more familiar with to some degree. At least regarding the A/B pedals and D#/F levers. My goal is to make any transition as comfortable as possible for the player giving this a try. Real quick...5 grips (strings 1,3,5 / 3,5,6 / 5,6,8/ 6,8,9 / 8,9,10. You will like how we use that "extra" bottom grip. LKL is just the "lowering Es" lever. LKR is the "raising Es" lever. Up knee is just lowering "Bs" lever. Pedal 1 is what I call the minor pedal. It takes every major triad grip and simply makes it a minor chord. BTW - it also makes for some wonderful scales and riffing things that I have never heard on E9 guitars. Pedals 2, 3, 4 are basically ABC pedals. RKL is very important. RKR gives you the the "D" that is needed in your dominant 7 chord. Plus you will love all of the phrases and slurs that I accomplish with the 8th string being able to go from D,D#,D,F. All on one string. It's fun!
Next: here is my 12 string copedent from an "E" perspective:
This probably looks intimidating to a 10 string player no doubt. So don't even worry about this unless you really want to play heavy swing, jazz, or just some really "out there" music. For those of you who have followed closely will notice a few changes. No need to go into all of that now but what I can tell you is that this no doubt is unique amongst universal setups. I promise you that. I also promise those of you who are "converting" that I will produce materials and instruction that will keep this moving forward.
NEXT: here is the look at the setup in a "C" perspective.
For some that have followed the "C6" very closely you will notice some evolution here. Some of this is due to me making adjustments to make this setup "C6" friendly. Evidently, it's working because I've had many players already indicate that they are either making a transition or planning to.
I'm flattered at the amount of people who have indicated desire to study my approach. By the fall, I hope to have a seminar, instruction materials, guitars all designed around my 10 string setup and my 12 string setup. Simply put, there will be two schools. Those in the 10 string "e9" like camp and then the 12 stringers who want to try and play flat 9 and augmented 11s in a country song. Just kidding!  After all these CHARTS I thought we needed to laugh about something here! Onward and upward. Stay tuned, ZK
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Zane King
Email: zaneking@me.com |
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