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Topic: C6th tuning on 6 string to 8 string Lap Steel |
Wayne D. Clark
From:
Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 10:08 am |
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My question is regarding the C6 tuning on a 6 string Lap steel and a C6th tuning on an 8 string LS. It has to do with the added lower "G" and "A" strings on an 8 string Lap Steel. On both insterments The top three strings make an "A Minor Triad" and the Bottom three strings on the 6 string LS make a "C Major Triad" while the 6,5,4 strings on the 8 string LS make the "C Major Triad" so how do the two added strings on the 8 string LS enhanse the two Triads?
Wayne D. Clark
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 10:42 am
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The 8 string tuning is 2 identical sets of strings:
E C A G E C A G. There are minor and major triads in each of those pairs.
I have many variations on those bottom 3 strings
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 3:34 pm
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I have found little use for the low G string. I would suggest instead (from high to low) D-E-C-A-G-E-C-A. The D is a, "Chromatic," string tuned in between strings 2 and 3. This is Mike Auldridge's 8 string C6. It was developed by pedal pusher, Buddy Emmons. It is in very common use among 8 string C6 players these days.
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 3:43 pm
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Ed, I used to feel the same way about the low G, but once you start working the G and A pair an octave above for single notes lines and improvisation, it becomes clear that you have the same possibilities an octave lower.
However, I very often retune the A to Bb or low C string to C# and occasionally the low G to F, so it wipes out the stuff I said above.
The only thing I would find the D useful for would be for a 4ths voicing but I have decided that I don't care for re-entrant tunings.
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David Eastwood
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 4:38 pm
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When I moved from 6-string C6 to 8-string a month or so ago, I started with low G (GACEGACE, low to high), and found the low strings more confusing (and less useful) than I expected.
I shifted to high G (ACEGACEG, low to high) when I got a Cindy Cashdollar DVD for Christmas, and so far, am getting on much better with it. All I have to is visualize the 'old' 6-string, flanked by two new strings.
Yep, that's all I have to do... 
I'm going to stick with it for the time being, because I do NOT want to get caught in the trap of thinking "if only I tried the XY@#D$F tuning, I'd be a star...." |
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Eugene Cole
From:
near Washington Grove, MD, USA
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