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Topic: Experience with C6 Junior tuning? |
John Botofte
From:
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Posted 6 Jun 2013 11:53 pm |
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Last night I tuned the low A to Bb to try the Junior C6 tuning on my Georgeboard 8 string, but found it quite unsatisfactory despite having access to dominant seventh chords. Love to hear what other people think about this tuning and what tunes this tuning might be particularly well adapted for? Only Delta blues? I'm more into country/standards.
Thanks
John
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Frank Welsh
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Upstate New York, USA
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Posted 7 Jun 2013 4:51 am
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John, since you're into country/standards, would you be more specific as to why the Bb note in place of the A is unsatisfactory to you?
Your playing style, especially the way you use those lower strings on the C6th may determine whether that seventh string should be tuned to A or Bb.
Hawaiian guys like Jules Ah See and Barney Isaacs tuned that string to Bb to get a fat dominant seventh chord without slants. Your needs, however, may be different and this would be of interest to us players of the C6th family.
I can understand since I'm always interested in how folks tune the lower strings of the B11th tuning since there are so many different possibilities. C6th can also use an F note for the eighth string tuning. |
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John Botofte
From:
Denmark
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Posted 7 Jun 2013 12:24 pm
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I guess the dominant sevenths are fine for bluesy intros etc but I don't find it great for melody chords (if you know what I mean), that string is still too low for me. I tried some Hank Williams, but not at all happy about the sound.
But I will keep experimenting. Was just wondering if anybody uses it for eg Hank or Buck tunes.
John
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Georgeboard 8-string, 6-string DL travel lap steel, Gretsch 6-string, Gretsch Jim Dandy Parlor Guitar, Peavey Nashville 112, Boss RV-5
Zoom R8
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 7 Jun 2013 2:48 pm
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Dominant seventh and thirteenth chords are extremely important if you want to play any standards that are not country tunes--and even still, if you like playing in the style of many of the great western swing and country players, most used those chords for much more than bluesy intros. Not to mention the Hawaiian players, like Jules Ah See, as Frank said.
Not to mention that you can get a Maj9 chord (a shell of it) by playing Bb A C (strings 3, 4 and  .
The note Bb pairs nicely with other strings:
Bb + E = C7 or F#7
Bb + G = Gmi
Bb + A = BbMa7
etc.
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Kekoa Blanchet
From:
Kaua'i
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Posted 7 Jun 2013 3:48 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
Not to mention that you can get a Maj9 chord (a shell of it) by playing Bb A C (strings 3, 4 and .
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Mike, what gauge works best for that string? |
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J Fletcher
From:
London,Ont,Canada
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Posted 10 Jun 2013 11:14 am
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Isn't the Hank stuff all there on the C6th tuning, regardless of whether your 8th string is tuned to a Bb or an A?
Good luck playing any of the Buck Owens stuff on a pedal-free steel. That would require some advanced technique, and quite a bit of thought. I think you would be limited to a very few keys you could play those Buck tunes in. Would be fun to figure it out though...Jerry |
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