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Topic: What would you call this tuning? |
Anthony Locke
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2007 9:30 am |
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I created this tuning (as far as I know,)a couple of years ago, and used it on Combo Mahalo's first C.D. The problem is, I don't know what you would call it, theoretically speaking. From high to low, it is as follows;
E
C#
A
F#
D
C#
B
Bb
Any ideas? |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2007 9:40 am
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Well, D Major 13 works for everything except the Bb. But you also have a Bb augmented in there. Fascinating tuning. Do those go from high to low or are some of the bottom strings tuned high?
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Anthony Locke
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2007 9:45 am
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| it's high to low, 52 being the lowest gauge |
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Mat Rhodes
From:
Lexington, KY, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2007 1:24 pm
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"B Minor 11th with Bb Bass" (7th & 9ths implied) or
"B Min/Maj 11th" (the Bb, or more correctly, A#, makes the "major" 7th)
Anthony, when are you guys going to get around to Houston? I get Brian's emails from time to time, but you're always playing around Austin. We could use a little more Hawaiian around here! |
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John Kavanagh
From:
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Nov 2007 12:57 pm
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| I'm wondering how you use that low string. Thinking of it as an A#, you've got a sort of F# major/minor tuning. |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 23 Nov 2007 2:06 pm
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Except for the Bb (A#) in the bottom, it's just a Bm7/9/11. The A# gives an F#7 chord on strings 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8.
Like the Leavitt tuning, there's no easy name for it.
It's nice that there's a Dmaj7/9 on strings 1, 2, 3, 4, 5-A major on 1, 2, 3 - A6 when you add the 4th string.
Looks like a lot of possibilities except an easy name. |
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