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Topic: What Tuning is this? |
R.J. Rogers
From:
Deep Space 8
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Posted 22 Sep 2020 1:37 pm |
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While reading an article about tunings, this tuning was listed with no information about it. What tuning is this and what size of string gauges would be needed.
1G
2D
3B
4G
5D
6B
7G
8D |
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Fred
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Amesbury, MA
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Posted 22 Sep 2020 2:03 pm
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It’s a G major. The middle six strings are the same as a standard dobro tuning.
String gauges depend on scale length and how tight you like your strings. Here’s a link to John Ely’s string gauge chart.
https://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.php |
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R.J. Rogers
From:
Deep Space 8
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Posted 22 Sep 2020 2:11 pm
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| Thanks Fred for the info. Question, what style of music would this setup be used for? |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 22 Sep 2020 2:22 pm
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Last edited by Bill McCloskey on 25 Sep 2020 10:56 am; edited 1 time in total |
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R.J. Rogers
From:
Deep Space 8
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Posted 22 Sep 2020 2:28 pm
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| Thanks Bill. Just keep it simple. I understand. |
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Nic Neufeld
From:
Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 22 Sep 2020 2:32 pm
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GBDGBD is common as a bluegrass dobro tuning. There's a few people who use it for lap steel (electric). Jerry Douglas and Megan Lovell particularly (the latter moving into rock and blues lately). Basically it is common among people who started with bluegrass dobro.
That said, the intervals are such that it is very similar to Hawaiian A tuning (high bass), an old tuning that is equivalent but just a step higher. So I find myself playing old Hawaiian songs on my open G dobro sometimes.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2020 9:49 am
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I do just the opposite.
I tune to A, high bass, and play my dobro in the same tuning.
Erv |
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