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Topic: Beginner tab/ clues /primer |
Steve Frost
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Scarborough,Maine
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Posted 9 Dec 2003 3:13 pm |
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I had the good fortune to be given a Gibson ElectraHarp. Please stop laughing.... I quickly decided that there was no earthly reason why I should try to tune the 4 pedals, and learn how to negotiate them, thereby negating all the effort I've put into E9 pedal steel. But it's kind of a cool looking old steel, Michigan flamed maple and those funky plastic covers. So I strung it with the common 8 string tuning with the F on the bottom, and I'm looking for some direction. b0b has a nice E9 primer on the Forum, and I wondered if the equivalent exists for this non-pedal tuning. Thanks!  - Steve |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 7:56 am
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Which "common 8 string tuning" are you using? I have the Don Helms book from Scotty's Music, but it uses the E6/7 tuning which is (bass to treble):
B D E G# B C# E G# |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 10 Dec 2003 12:55 pm
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| The 8 string tuning that begins with F low to high is F A C E G A C E |
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2003 11:52 am
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| Bobbe Seymour uses that tuning in his non-pedal video series. |
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Steve Frost
From:
Scarborough,Maine
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Posted 15 Dec 2003 3:07 pm
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| Thanks , fellas- I'll check out those links and see where it leads me. Yes, Billy; that's the tuning I meant. I don't know what it's formally called, but it is "common" enough for me to have heard of it, at least. Thanks for the help. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 15 Dec 2003 4:51 pm
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| You could call it C6th or Fmai9th or C6th extended or C6th pedal steel tuning w/o strings 1 & 10. You could call it Fred, but that would just confuse the issue. |
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