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Topic: 8 String Non Pedal For A Dobro Player |
Richard Grasty
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DEKALB Illinois, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2011 10:15 am |
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I know this has been gone over before but was wondering if there is anything new to add..I have played dobro in a band for a number of years..I picked up a 8 string non pedal steel and need to find the best tuning for a guy like me...Was thinking G6 with gbdegbde but is this the best was to go..Any advise would be gladly accepted...thanks rick
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D Schubert
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Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 21 Jun 2011 3:55 pm
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| I've had good luck with G6, adding a low E and a middle E. Didn't take me much re-thinking or adjustment. Like A6 but two frets lower. |
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Jim Eaton
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Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 22 Jun 2011 12:29 pm
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I have been toying with the idea of G6 like this: E-G-B-D-G-B-D-E. Just adding a low and high E and leaving the standard Dobro G tuning in the middle.
JE:-)> |
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D Schubert
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Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2011 7:01 am
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| Jim, I think that your 61351356 tuning would leave you hungering for the middle E and all the "jazzy" voicings that 61356135 provides. |
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 23 Jun 2011 11:02 am
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| D Schubert wrote: |
| Jim, I think that your 61351356 tuning would leave you hungering for the middle E and all the "jazzy" voicings that 61356135 provides. |
+1
The major 2nd (5-6) is a massively useful interval to have in a tuning.
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Steve Lipsey
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2011 11:36 am
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OK, Twayn, tell me more. I know I like having the 6th in the middle - but how is that major 2nd so important?
...as a newbie, there are still things that I completely miss the significance of...
(by the way, I'm loving the Melobar and so does the band....) |
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Martin Zeigler
From:
Camden, Maine, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2011 5:55 pm
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Hi, If you play in G a lot then your G6 tuning should work. Vocalists sometimes require playing in differt keys. If I were playing a lot in keys that require playing up higher on the neck or all over the fretboard, I'd concider a different tuning but it would be a 6th. The intervals between strings in a 6th tuning can be the same as for reso in GBDGBD so there would familiar ground. Hi G C6 tunings strings 321 are the same intervals as G reso.
Regards, Zig |
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Billy Gilbert
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 5:26 pm G6 tuning
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| If you use EGBDEGBD you can change to E7 by just raising your Gs a half step to G#s. |
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Twayn Williams
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Portland, OR
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 9:28 am
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| Steve Lipsey wrote: |
OK, Twayn, tell me more. I know I like having the 6th in the middle - but how is that major 2nd so important?
...as a newbie, there are still things that I completely miss the significance of...
(by the way, I'm loving the Melobar and so does the band....) |
Glad the Melobar working well for you!
One of the main uses of the major 2nd interval is for playing melodies. The 5th and 6th in a major chord are very often used by the melody line, so having them on a straight bar can solve a lot of playing position problems.
And of course, because you have the 6th scale degree on the straight bar for a major chord, it automatically becomes the m7 of the relative minor chord, i.e. C6 = Am7. Also, in root position, the 3-5-6 imply 6-1-9 for the dominant chord, i.e. E-G-A spells a G6/9 chord at the root C chord position. This is how you can play over a V-I resolution at the root position without sounding weird as long as you pick your note 
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Steve Lipsey
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 4:30 pm
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| Ah- hadn't spotted that G6/9 yet! Nice little pocket....Thanks! |
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AJ Azure
From:
Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Jul 2011 3:19 pm
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Consider this G 6/9
DGAEGBD that's 7. With your 8th you can do this DEGAEGBD or BDGAEGBD (cool low notes) DGAEGBDE
you could make the high string an F or F# The you've got a Major 9/13 0r Dominant 9/13
you'd think having that A there would be yucky but, it sounds sweet. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 6 Jul 2011 6:10 pm
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| AJ Azure wrote: |
Consider this G 6/9
DGAEGBD that's 7. With your 8th you can do this DEGAEGBD or BDGAEGBD (cool low notes) DGAEGBDE.
You could make the high string an F or F#. Then you've got a Major 9/13 0r Dominant 9/13.
You'd think having that A there would be yucky but, it sounds sweet. |
If you have a lap steel with adjustable tuning mechanisms you can switch between these tunings at the flick of a few levers. This particular instrument is a Framus from my collection, but you could fit a Hipshot Trilogy to most lap steels.
This is a Hipshot Trilogy just placed on top of an SX lap steel. Attaching this unit would take less time than changing the strings. They used to be available online from Stewart-MacDonalds and Musician's Friend, but they're out of stock at both places right now.  |
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AJ Azure
From:
Massachusetts, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Jul 2011 7:05 pm
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| man that Framus bridge is huge! |
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