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Topic: leavitt on a Weissenborn |
Bill McCloskey
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 7:15 am |
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| I've lately renewed my interest in the Leavitt tuning and I'm thinking of putting it on my one of my weissenborns. Wonder if anyone has tried the tuning on an acoustic instrument like a Dobro or Weissenborn? |
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Travis Bernhardt
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 6 Dec 2005 6:11 pm
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I tried it on a classical guitar with an add-on riser nut, and used only wound strings (so the tuning was pitched much lower than normal). It worked well, but I never put in the time to really get used to it.
So, what I'm saying is, what you're doing is relatively normal, and should work out fine! 
-Travis |
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MUSICO
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Jeremy Williams in Spain
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 2:22 am
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That classical guitar idea reminds me of something I want to do. Dedicate a classical guitar to playing in steel tunings, but without a raised nut. I think playing like that a little would give me a much better visualization of where the notes, scales and chords are.
It´s sort of a reverse version of people who like to play slide on guitars tuned to standard tuning because they are so familiar with it. I´d play 6 string in leavitt or C6 or whatever to get more familiar with them and see if it improves my playing when I go back to using a bar.
Jeremy Williams
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 5:06 am
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Well I restrung my Weissenborn last night with the tuning. I'm not particularly happy with the results. Something about the way the tuning is pitched does not take advantage of the weissenborn acoustics. It made the guitar sound flat.
However I also strung the back neck of my Superslide D8 with an extended Leavitt tuning with much more success. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 7 Dec 2005 6:19 am
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| I usually keep my Bear Creek in C6th (tuned down to Bb or A6th) but when I put it in open E or especially, open D it really opens up and sings with a harmonic richness that doesn't occur in the 6th tunings. Guitars seem to have their "sweet spot" or an affinity for a specific tuning. Perhaps it has something to do with the physics of the overtone series? Profofessor Aielo .... help! |
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