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Topic: C6th Tuning "G" at first Position or eighth |
Wayne D. Clark
From:
Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 6:25 pm |
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ON YOUR 8 STRING L.S. WHERE DO YOU PUT THE "G" STRING IN THE FIRST POSITION. 1st STRING OR IN THE 8th POSITION 8th STRING. C6th major/ A minor 7TH.?
WAYNE D. CLARK
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 6:33 pm
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C6/Am7 Tuning:
1 G
2 E
3 C
4 A
5 G
6 E
7 C
8 A |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 8:29 pm
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One advantage to having the G on the eighth string is that the top six strings are identical to the six string version of C6th:
1. E
2. C
3. A
4. G
5. E
6. C
7. A
8. G
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 11:13 pm
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I think of 8-string as "6+2", with strings 2-7 being the standard C6 tuning and the 1st and 8th string being open to 'experimentation'. My favorite is:
D
E
C
A
G
E
C
Bb
...so the only G in here is the one on the 5th string
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jan 2011 3:45 pm
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| Steinar Gregertsen wrote: |
I think of 8-string as "6+2", with strings 2-7 being the standard C6 tuning and the 1st and 8th string being open to 'experimentation'. My favorite is:
D
E
C
A
G
E
C
Bb
...so the only G in here is the one on the 5th string |
I agree very enthusiastically. And that first string D is very important to me. The first string D is becoming more and more common. I use an A on string 8. Both Bb and A are very common on that last string. I know one fellow who uses C# and C on strings 7 and 8.
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