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Topic: Can't Help Falling In Love-Gorgeous new tuning! |
Steve Cunningham
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Doug Beaumier
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Allan Revich
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Victoria, BC
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 10 Jul 2024 11:02 am |
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Flat out gorgeous, Steve. Agree with Doug: similar to diatonic in the way those intervals wash together. Great harmonics too.
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Steve Cunningham
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Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2024 8:24 pm
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| Steve Cunningham wrote: |
| Aren’t most tunings diatonic by nature? For example, all of the notes in C6 are in the key of C, therefore diatonic notes. |
You're exactly right, Steve. This is another steel guitar naming convention. I believe it comes from Jerry Byrd and what he called his Diatonic tuning, ala:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=305741&sid=d68bb23b96f2dd070dcc34e2afd962d0
So steel players tend to use that term for a tuning with consecutive scale degrees on consecutive strings.
None of which has anything to do with how great that video sounded. How long have you been assimilating the new tuning? You're a magician! |
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 10 Jul 2024 9:36 pm
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| Aren’t most tunings diatonic by nature? For example, all of the notes in C6 are in the key of C, therefore diatonic notes. |
Most steel guitar tunings are chord based (tuned to an open chord) and yes, they do contain diatonic notes of a particular key… but that doesn’t make them diatonic tunings. Diatonic tunings are based on a scale and have all, or nearly all, of the notes of a particular scale.
For example, John Ely’s 8-string A diatonic tuning has all seven notes of the A major scale, plus a note that’s not in the A scale (F).
D F F# G# A B C# E
Jerry Byrd’s C diatonic has six notes of the C major scale (it’s missing the D… Jerry said that note just seemed to get in the way).
So another way to put it, yes, C6 tuning (the C6 chord) has diatonic notes, but only 4 of them… and it wouldn’t be considered a diatonic tuning. A diatonic tuning has all or nearly all of the notes of a particular scale and is not labeled by a chord name. That’s my take on it anyway.
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Mike A Holland
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United Kingdom
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Posted 11 Jul 2024 4:17 am
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A really beautiful arrangement Steve. As steel players we are always interested in the details of how a piece is played. But the litmus test is how good and how beautifully played the music is. Irrespective of the instrument and the instruments anomalies. In this case your playing and arrangement ticks all those boxes............ really gorgeous. Now what was the tuning  !
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Chuck S. Lettes
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Denver, Colorado
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Posted 11 Jul 2024 6:44 am
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Wow, Steve! So creative and unique. Those harmonics are beautiful.
Chuck |
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Rick Rienks
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2024 12:36 pm Wow!
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| Hi Steve - I had to take a breath and compose a note to my son with the link to your video. That was an amazing excursion through tonalities. I am currently plodding along with an Open E+m3(6) reentrant. When I grow up I wanna be sort’a like you (I’m 80). Keep up the presentation. And thanks for that |
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Steve Cunningham
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Steve Cunningham
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