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Topic: Intentional or coincidence (C6) cool anyway |
Bengt Erlandsen
From:
Brekstad, NORWAY
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 3:57 am |
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It occured to me that string 10 & 7 is an octave apart. So what!.
But after looking a little further. String 9 & 6 is a maj7 apart. Hmmmm
String 8 & 5 is a b7 apart. Double hmmm.
String 7 & 4 is a 6th apart. Interesting.
String 6 & 3 is a minor 6th apart and fineally
string 5 & 1 is a 5th apart (string 1 = D)
Nice system here 
This allows some interesting things without even using the pedals.
Starting on 19th fret w grip 10&7 and going down following the tuning from the lowest note in reverse while changing to next string pair will keep the root note while the top note moves down to a 5th in chromatic moves.
Starting at 19th fret and following the tuning from the top note in reverse will keep the top note while the low note moves up to a 4th in chromatic moves.
C - - - - F - - - A - - C - - - E - - G
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19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 frets
18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Lownote = G & top note goes down G to D
D--------------------0----
E-------------------------
C-----------------3-------
A--------------7-----0----
G----------10-------------
E------14---------3-------
C--19----------7----------
A----------10-------------
F------14-----------------
C--19---------------------
C - - - E - - G - A - - C - D
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19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 frets
18 16 14 12 10 8 6
Top note = G & low note goes up G to C
D----------------------5----
E---------------------------
C-------------------7-------
A---------------10----------
G-----------12---------5----
E-------15----------7-------
C---19----------10----------
A-----------12--------------
F-------15------------------
C---19----------------------
Some food for the brain on a rainy day.
Bengt Erlandsen[This message was edited by Bengt Erlandsen on 13 November 2003 at 04:02 AM.] |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 5:49 am
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Bengt,
You are sooo correct. And that is precisely how the C6 neck is used by many players; albeit they may add other strings gapped even further when using them. Most of these chords also have dissonance when they add the 3rd note.
Buddy Emmons, when he used to write for Guitar Player magazine, tabbed out several examples of wide gapped chords on C6. One he uses often when ending a song. Curley Chalker was a master at this too.
carl
[This message was edited by C Dixon on 13 November 2003 at 05:50 AM.] |
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Jeff Lampert
From:
queens, new york city
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 7:49 am
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Bengt, That's the most interesting thing I've read about the C6 tuning on the Forum in a very long time. Thanks. .. Jeff
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 8:02 am
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| Bengt...I swear that analytical mind of yours is gonna figure out this tuning by Christmas! Thanks for sharing something that I never thought of in 30 years. Keep up the good work! |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 10:46 am
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| just about everything i play on c6 is coincidence rather than intentional. |
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 11:23 am
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Bengt-As Jeff says, most interesting. Anylizing like that will be useful and help a lot of new C6 players.....al
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Val Gethers
From:
Hesperia, California, USA
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 12:38 pm
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| I'm with chris on this one. My wife will come running into my music room and say"that sounded great, just like the record. Play it again" Yea, right!!! |
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Bengt Erlandsen
From:
Brekstad, NORWAY
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Posted 13 Nov 2003 2:58 pm
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Glad I could share some useful information about this wonderful instrument.
I have always been fond of things that makes sense, are in some sort of system or things that seems to occur over and over in the most unlikely places. This was one of them that gave me such an experience of a deeper understanding of the instrument.
If something sounds great, there is a reason why. It might look as a coincidense at first but that is probably only because it is not understood.
Everything that is understood is beautiful.
I will continue my never ending quest figuring out the least bit of information that will contain all I know about music and how it relates to whatever tuning I should try. Something that make sense (at least to me) and hopefully someone else to.
Bengt Erlandsen |
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