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Topic: C6 EGACEG |
Mike Dexter
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Posted 27 Nov 2007 5:14 pm |
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Can anybody tell me where I can obtain arangements for C6th tuning---EGACEG(6 string, low to high)and ACEGACEG (8 string, low to high.)?
I have arrangements for CEGACE. (6 string,low to high.) |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado/ Lives in Arizona
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Billy Gilbert
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Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2007 7:14 pm C6 tuning with high G
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Herb Remington's Fun Tab and his instructional videos are in A6, but the 6-1-3-5-6-1-3-5 intervals are the same. You would just be playing in a different key.  Billy |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2007 11:55 pm
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Scotty's Music. They're on line. Scotty himself has written a method plus several tablature books. He also has Jerry Byrd's excellent instruction book.
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Jude Reinhardt
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Weaverville, NC
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Posted 28 Nov 2007 5:23 am
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| Edward Meisse wrote: |
| Scotty's Music. They're on line. Scotty himself has written a method plus several tablature books. He also has Jerry Byrd's excellent instruction book. |
I've got Scotty's C6 tab book and C6 instruction book and they both are for the C6 E on top tuning CEGACE low to high.
You're wanting to play with the fifth note of the scale on top, which would be a G. In that case I recommend the Herb Remington tabs that have been mentioned in other's posts. You might go to Herb's web site and download the free sample tab of "Anytime".
Jude
Jude
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Todd Weger
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Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 28 Nov 2007 6:55 am Interesting way to tune
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Mike -- it's interesting that you tune in C6 with the third on the bottom string. When I got my first lap steel back around 2000, I had no clue on which tuning to use, but from toying around with open G tuning on slide guitar, I thought I wanted to have that fifth on top, too. So, after realizing I wanted to use C6 tuning on the lap, I also tuned it (l-h) E-G-A-C-E-G. I figured being that there's usually a guitar or bass covering the root, having no root on the bottom wasn't too much of an issue.
After playing with it for some time though, and getting some informal instruction (thru playing and observation, mostly) from Dick Sanft over the last several years, I started using C6 with the E on top. Dick's opinion is that the third on top sounds sweeter to his ear, at least for Hawaiian music.
However, when I re-tune to A6, I keep the E on top, and re-tune the low C to C#, and have that 'third on the bottom' situation, which I like. I like to keep the E always on top, which helps me stay grounded with an 'anchor' note. In any case, works for me -- YMMV!
TJW
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1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Dave Stagner
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2007 12:41 pm
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I've been trying to convert myself to that 3rd bottom/5th top tuning too - I use G6 rather than A6 because it reduces the amount of re-learning I have to do (I already know "where I am" on G, D, B, and E strings - throw in C# or F# and I have to think).
I realized that I really don't use the low C in standard C6 that much, but I often have to shift position to get a fifth on top. Plus there's all sorts of neat dobro things that can be done with a I-III-V on top.
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Mike Dexter
From:
Derbyshire, England
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Posted 28 Nov 2007 11:57 pm C6
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Many thanks for all the above imput everybody--most helpful.
Mike |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2007 10:09 am
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Oops. Careless reading. 
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