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Eddie Thomas
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Macon,Ga.,USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2011 1:55 pm |
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| Hello, where can I find a list of the different tunings (and the notes) for a Reso guitar? I know this has been covered before, but I want to experiment a little. Thanks! |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 22 Nov 2011 2:29 pm
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Eddie, for starters, forumite and moderator Brad Bechtel has an extensive list of tunings on his website, click on the link below. What Brad doesn't have on there are the string gauges for the tuning, which is a whole other kettle of fish.
As far as the notes, I would imagine you are referring to a fretboard diagram showing all the notes on the different strings. About the only time I have ever seen this spelled out is for the most popular tuning, high bass Open G (GBDGBD, low to high), and more rarely Open D (DADF#AD, low to high). The others you're probably on your own, you'd have to create your own diagram - or maybe one of those websites where you plug in a tuning creates a simulated fretboard with all the notes. If that's the case surely someone will chime in before long.
http://www.well.com/~wellvis/tuning.html
Forum member and author Andy Volk came out with a book ("Slide Rules") of tunings awhile back, and I'm glad Eddie started the thread because it reminded me that I need to order the book. In the link below Andy provides examples of pages in the book, and a cool feature is that Andy provides recommended string gauges:
http://www.volkmedia.com/Volkmedia.com/Slide_Rules_Book.html
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Eddie Thomas
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Macon,Ga.,USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2011 3:00 pm Reso tunings
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| Mark, thanks so much! |
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2011 5:18 pm
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Eddie, Mark has some great suggestions there. Here are a couple of more that I hope are equally useful. Both Cindy Cashdollar and John Ely have tunings,string gauges and a whole lot more on their web sites:
http://www.cindycashdollar.com/home/
http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/index.php
As for 'tuning roadmaps', I'm a great believer in making those up for oneself. We all see patterns and learn stuff in different ways. If we can figure it out on our own and make up little charts and so on, it can help us both learn and remember. My own personal observation there. HTH.
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Eugene Cole
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near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2011 8:14 pm
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Non-Pedal tunings acoustic and electric are pretty much interchangable. Where to go to find a variety of tunings has already been explored.
There is a nice web tool for printing fretboard diagrams of any given tuning. The tool is here: http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/
1. Under "instrument" select "Custom"
2. Under "tuning notes" type the notes of the tuning from low to high separating each not with a comma e.g. A,C,E,G,A,C,E,G (this is the Resophonic tuning I favored for many years). Then click on the "Set" button.
3. Click on the "Scale" tab.
4. Choose a "root" note for the key and click the "select" button.
5. Typically select the "Major" scale and click the "select" button.
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Webb Kline
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Eddie Thomas
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Macon,Ga.,USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2011 1:56 pm Thanks!
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| Thanks guys, for all the info, I really appreciate it. |
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