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Topic: Freddie Roulette question |
Paul Arntson
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 6:46 am |
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Any thoughts on what tuning Mr. Roulette is using here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX06XkUhkbs
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Bob Russell
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 8:13 am
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He has a weird tuning; it's an A7, but with a high G for the 8th string. If I recall correctly, he also has unison low As for strings 6 and 7.
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Orville Johnson
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 8:23 am
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| I think that's correct. The doubled A strings give him a cool bass sound and the thin string on the outside of the tuning give him opportunities for some interesting chord voicings. If that string were in proper order it would be in the middle of the neck. I think the rest of his tuning is 1-3-5, like a dobro, but pitched in A. So, from 8 to 1 it would go b7 (hi pitch)-1-1-3-5-1-3-5. |
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Paul Arntson
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Washington, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 10:53 am
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Thanks much. gentlemen.
His forward slant to make the 9th or 13th or whatever it was makes a bit more sense now.
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Bob Russell
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 11:24 am
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I really dig Freddie. He's one of the true originals on steel guitar!
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Paul Arntson
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Posted 4 Oct 2014 6:00 pm
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I agree, Bob.
I heard a track on album in 1972 by Chicago Blues Allstars and I wondered who that was until the internet came around.
Like John McLaughlin said about Alan Holdsworth,
"if I could figure out what he was doing, I would copy it."
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