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Topic: Another Tuning Question from a Rookie |
Marc Weller
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Upland, Ca. 91784
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Posted 25 Oct 2000 8:08 am |
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Group,
Scotty's sells an E13 lapsteel string set with the following tuning. G# E C# B G# E.
I would think that this is a major triad, a sixth, a root and a third (a major sixth chord). Why is this referred to as a 13th.
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Bill Leff
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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2000 8:50 am
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Your right, that's a 6th chord. A 13th chord contains the flatted 7th tone along with the 6th (in this case, you'd need a D in there for a 13th).
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2000 9:45 am
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That is the set you should use if you are playing Hank Williams songs (Don Helms parts) on a 6 string lap steel.
The E13 is usually an 8 string tuning, with a D in the low octave. This set is just the high 6 strings of that tuning and, yes, it would properly be called E6th.
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Oct 2000 10:58 am
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Marc-
It also can be called a C# Minor 7th tuning...al
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Marc Weller
From:
Upland, Ca. 91784
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Posted 25 Oct 2000 2:46 pm
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| thanks guys |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 26 Oct 2000 8:27 pm
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| What Al says is precisely what it is...it is NOT an E13th tuning. Study your scales and you will understand why. |
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