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Topic: Question Regarding C6th 8 String |
Mike Dexter
From:
Derbyshire, England
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 12:39 am |
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I want to expand my six string C6th (CEGACE--low to high)to 8 string.What are the best two notes to put on strings 7 and 8?
Also for 6 string Dobro--C6th-- would you go for heavier gauge strings? |
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 2:30 am
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Mike,
I kind of touched on this in my other post. There are benefits to putting a G and A down there for the harmonized notes, however, its rare to find a lot of songs that dip down there. I opted for the F and A, for two reasons. The first is that you have a 4th chord on the bottom three and this allows you to play the Tonic (at the 4th postion, i.e. C at the 7th fret), ii- at the 5th fret (5,6,7 strings), iii- at the 7th, IV at the 5th fret (4,5,6 strings), V at the 7th fret (4,5,6 strings), the vi- at the 12th fret (5,6,7), a dim7 at either the 10th, 11th fret revese slant, or a forward nose slat at the 4th and 5th positions, the finishing off at the 12th fret (4,5,6) for the Tonic.
The second reason is that if you ever switch over to PSG you will most likely have that F on the bottom, and that for me is the no. 1 reason.
If there are errors above, it is due to the extreme heat today causing me brain to malfunction. Man is it hot!
M. |
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Tom Taylor
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 8:38 am
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I have recently gone to 8 strings myself. It's going to depend to some extent on the sound you want and the music you intend to play. I'm still experimenting to tell the whole truth. But I feel like for me that steel guitar begins to feel a little muddy down below 440 A if you try to chord down there. I'm planning on moving tuning my 8th string to either A or Bb. Then I'll move my 6 C6 strings down to 2-7. I plan on adding a 16 guage D string to the number 1 position.
I belive b0b uses the C13 version of this (though he tunes it up to D13). Mike Auldridge, I think uses the C6 version. Having looked my situation over carefully, I think this is going to work for me. I'll most likely use the C6 version. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 9:12 am
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| Most of the people I hang out with, and myself,use a b flat on the 7th string, if the top string is an E. Bobby Ingano likes a G on top, but uses a B flat on the bottom (7 string guitars)On 8 strings, I still use a b flat on the 7th string, which I guess is a C13th tuning. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 10:42 am
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| I use ACEGACEG (bottom to top) because I like the G on top but there's merit in other player's choices as well. It really depends on the music you like to play I suppose. |
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Rick Winfield
From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 11:17 am 8 string tuninbg
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I personally like (low to high) FACEGACE. I you look at it from a C6 point of view,it gives you all the C6 changes, but also the IV chord(8,5,4), and the IV Major 7th and/or IV Major9th.(8,7,6,5,) (8,7,6,5,4)all with NO slants.
Bobbe Seymour's lap steel VHS works on this, and it really opened things wide up for me!! |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 13 Mar 2007 4:37 pm
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| Most people I know agree that the C6th tuning (and probably it's variants) is the most versatile tuning for playing all sorts of music. |
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Mike Dexter
From:
Derbyshire, England
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Posted 15 Mar 2007 12:45 am C6th
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| Many thanks for all the info.given---most helpful. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 15 Mar 2007 2:02 am
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Mike, In a nutshell,
G on top if you're going to play western Swing, Country etc.
E on top If Hawaiian or similar.
Low F at the bottom for anything other than Hawaiian, and for Hawaiian, this is good High to Low:-
E - C - A - G - E - C - Bb - LOW C (.072")
Basil
(Still the same 'phone No.) |
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