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Topic: Using the 1,2,7 and 9th strings on the E9 tuning |
Tom Mikkelson
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Kansas, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2023 3:46 pm |
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| I'm new to the PSG and I would sure like some tips on how and when the 1,2,7 & 9 strings are incorporated into your playing. I know theory pretty well but feel you old timers could get me started down the right path much quicker! Thanks. |
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 19 Nov 2023 4:02 pm
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| Well, on a simplistic level, 9th string is a b7, second string is a major 7th and the 1st string is a 9th. So that gives you a Dom 7th chord, a Major 7 chord and a 9th chord on the same fret |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 19 Nov 2023 4:44 pm
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To amplify what Bill says, history is instructive. The top two strings (often miscalled chromatic, which they precisely aren't) were introduced to allow scalewise phrases without moving the bar.
String 7 is the 9th that gives E9 its name, string 9 being the 7th that is implicit in a 9th chord. What is now 8th string E was a later addition.
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Fred Treece
From:
California, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2023 8:38 pm
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Those strings aren’t involved in the no-pedals E major triad or the AB pedals-down A major triad, so they do seem like foreigners without a passport at first. But without even touching a bar, pedal, or lever they help form a few other chords.
7-5-2-1 is a B chord (chord tones in order 5-1-3-5)
6-5-3-2 is a G#m (1-b3-5-b3)
10-9-7-5 is a Bm (chord tones 1-b3-5-1)
8-6-5-2 is an Emaj7
Many other chords, especially after you start throwing in pedal and lever changes.
As others have mentioned, those strings are also very helpful in single-note melody playing and double stop harmony. |
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