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Topic: Explore Drop E tuning for dobro with Greg Booth |
Rob Anderlik
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Chicago, IL
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Stephen Abruzzo
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Philly, PA
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Posted 8 Feb 2015 5:10 pm |
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| Great article that really serves to explain his tuning. |
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Rick Barnhart
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2015 5:23 pm
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My favorite dobro player. Nice article, thank you for doing these.
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Jean-Sebastien Gauthier
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 8 Feb 2015 6:07 pm
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| Very interesting! I will have to try this tuning, its probably good for tricone too. |
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werner althaus
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lincoln, NE
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Posted 8 Feb 2015 7:59 pm
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Damn you, Rob, the secret is out  |
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Rob Anderlik
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Chicago, IL
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Posted 10 Feb 2015 11:41 am
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| Greg’s use of Drop E tuning is a great example of what can happen when a musician takes the time to search for their own path and find their own musical expression. Granted he’s a monster musician with a deep knowledge of music and incredible chops, but his composition skills are what really sets him apart. Greg’s music and arrangements are a great contribution to the squareneck resonator guitar community. |
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James Hartman
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2015 11:48 am
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Cool. Haven't had a chance to read the article yet. I've used that drop E tuning a good bit. And yes, I first encountered the tuning via one of Greg's youtube vids. Thanks, Greg.
Among its merits, I find it a very useful tuning for playing in minor keys. |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 10 Feb 2015 1:47 pm
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That's a very pretty tuning, and while I love Hawaiian music I like the way the 6th avoids the usual Hawaiian flavour. This works well for the Irish fiddle tunes I am working on with the Weissenborn. Many of the tunes are in G and D with their relative minors. Also, if you are using a round bar as opposed to a Stevens, you can keep your thumb in the vicinity of the low string to avoid accidental minors.
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2015 4:04 am
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I've been playing with the dropped E tuning ever since I stumbled into some of Greg's fabulous Youtube videos. I hadn't been playing dobro that long, so it was probably easier to give up the open-string root on the bottom than it might be for long-time players.
One voicing Greg didn't mention here, but which he uses in places involves the 7th chord "three frets up." He mentions barring the three lowest strings (a very useful 7th chord), but you can also grip 6-4-2. Of course those are the same notes as 6-5-4, just flipping the fifth of the chord up to the top. But it has a very different effect and adds considerably to the versatility of this tuning. |
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Greg Booth
From:
Anchorage, AK, USA
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Jana Lockaby
From:
Kaufman, TX
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Posted 16 Feb 2015 9:40 am
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Very cool. Greg, I don't suppose I could convince you to come to Texas next month?
rob, thanks for posting this. |
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Ian
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 2:34 am
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Great stuff. Thanks so much.
Ian |
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Paul DiMaggio
From:
Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 9:16 am
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| I too was made aware of the drop E tuning by Greg. I use it a lot. There is a key specific pocket that works well for blues in E. On the 5 & 6 strings is a Jimmy Reedesque or boogie woodie riff with the 4 & 5 chords on frets 2 & 4 plus both pentatonic scales and the diatonic scale all in close proximity. For a lesser player like me , pockets make things easier. Not losing the G and having all the minors is good too. |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2015 10:24 am
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Wow, Love it.
I've fooled around with raising the middle D to an E in the past but felt I also needed to change the fifth and sixth string to where four and five had been - too different than what I was used to.
Just dropping the G to E is way more accessible to a GBDGBD guy like myself. |
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