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Topic: What's this 8 string tuning? |
Patrick Ickes
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Upper Lake, CA USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 11:38 am |
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High to Low
1. D
2. B
3. G
4. E
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. G
Patrick
Edited by Brad Bechtel for clarity. |
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 12:37 pm
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Patrick,
The G,B, and D's make a G Chord
Add an E to that and you get a G6 chord
And an A to that and you get a G6/9 chord
However... I think you should call it Asus2 minor7add11
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 12:48 pm
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| 2 Gs, 2 Bs, 2 Ds and only 1 E and 1 A...you're going to hear it as a G chord. G 6/9 is more likely. |
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John Bechtel
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 8:01 pm
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(G) would certainly be most dominent as the Root!
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 7:41 am
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Patrick,
I hope you don't mind, but I edited the layout of your tuning to make it a bit more easy for me (and hopefully others) to understand.
I'd agree with the other posters who say it's a G6/9 tuning.
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 10:56 am
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Asus2 minor7add11 sounds much fancier! 
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 11:06 am
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fancy shmancy keep it simple lol
Not relevant to the tuning but, if you put A11 on a chart the bass player is going to play something different and potentially clash-y over your clearly sounding G chord. |
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 11:27 am
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AJ,
If you put Asus2 minor7add11on a chart and he plays anything other than an Asus2 minor7add11 scale ... you need a new bass player!
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 11:35 am
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re-read my post. You go ahead and call your tuning A11 but, it;s a G6/9 as we stated then he'll play A11 and you're playing G6/9
If you're playing A11,then you're fine.
I consider the tuning to be an open chord as I sometimes hit it with all open strings when I need that voicing. |
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 12:15 pm
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A rose by any other name is just as sweet!
My uncle gave me every Earnest Tubb record just before he went back to prison.... Whatever it's called, it should still sound sweet.
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 1:10 pm
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Hey no prob. Just cause I didn't put in a smiley doesn't mean i was angry lol
25 years here in music and guitar. 15 years pro piano bass, pro arranging, orchestration, composition, Berklee and New England Conservatory so I do know soemthing about it too 
Em11 i.e. Em with A in it no problem at all! the point is if you have A11 in your chart and you're playing GBDGBD EA..you're not going to hear A11 if your bass player plays an A11 pattern as opposed to just holding an A note. The again it depends on wehre the Gs are in your voicing because, they could clash with the A. if you have double E's you're more likely to hear the minor rather than the Gmajor.
Back to the tuning. You're also missing the 3rd of the A voicing so if anything it'd be an Asus2 minor7add11
say that three times fast  |
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 10:18 pm
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AJ... I thought you said I was complicating things!!... Asus2 minor7add11 !!! Ok, I give... Uncle! Uncle! we'll call it G6/9, I knew you were no dummy... but, in the midst of all this confusion, I am wondering... did we scare the original poster away?
Did you notice there's no smiley face? First you put me in a headlock and then you rub your knuckles on the top of my head... Ouch!
Whoop There it is!
Now answer this one... How long will it take a grasshopper to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle spear if he's listening to The William Tell Overture and just drank a Red Bull?
PS. read my posts again... You may notice some things have changed.... Ok, one last smile!  |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 11:26 am
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| Danny, lol you're a total brat. your profile avatar says it all! notice I said add '11' lol |
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Danny Bates
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Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 2:45 pm
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Well that's one better isn't it?
I could work in a habadasherrie (sp?)... I think we have that in blue... AJ, What are you talking about anyway? On minute I'm talking about grasshoppers and you're getting crazy on me.!!! They have this stuff in America... in a can... it's called tuna.
Have a good gig!
Wax on Wax off! Oops... Wrong movie... nevermind!
Always set the controls for the heart of the sun!
Peace
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 2:52 pm
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AJ said:
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| I consider the tuning to be an open chord as I sometimes hit it with all open strings when I need that voicing. |
AJ, put your fingers back on the neck.
Unless your doing your Pete Townsend impersonation! |
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AJ Azure
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Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 4:28 pm
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nope just playing swing rhythm steel. that open chord sounds awesome when i have to hit a G7, G6 or Em chord.
I tune GBEGBD by the way |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2008 5:28 pm
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AJ... Step away from the car...Lay down on your stomach and put your hands behind your head! That's cool!
I tune my 6 string laps to ACEGBD
AJ, ... Try it and let me know what you think.
It's good for (6m,1,3m,5) without moving the bar. If you slide down 2 frets, you have the 2m7 and 4 ... and... dare I say it... with a 5th in the bass for a 5 chord ... which (by any name you want to call it, will sound just as sweet) Plus it gets a few 'fancy schmancy' chords that I will gladly debate you on the names of... any day... since you're my new buddy (even if that's a bad thing)... Watch out... I'm kinda like Chip Douglas in "The Cable Guy"  "Not a Drip"
BTW, It's great for soloing too... Play a major scale on this tuning and tell me if life can get any easier. PS. I stole it from standard C6 with pedal 7 |
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Guy Cundell
From:
More idle ramblings from South Australia
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 4:55 am
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Theory fight.. theory fight...
I enjoyed this thread, guys, and would like to drop my 2 bob's worth in only because I was at a music show today and had the opportunity to play (fool around with) a Chinese harp called a Guzheng. It is a large acoustic instrument about the size of a double neck steel with nylon strings and beautiful tone.
It is played with nylon finger picks on three fingers, no bar or frets so the pitches of the strings are fixed but each string can be bent up to 3 semitones by pushing down behind the individual bridge pieces.
It had 21 strings tuned GABDEGABDEGABDEGABDEG. These notes being the notes of the G major pentatonic scale or, if you wish to use E as the tonic, the notes make up the E minor pentatonic scale.
(Gmaj - Em are relative major and relative minor keys)
A truly ancient instrument.
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