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Topic: Which tunning works the best ? |
Jerry Recktenwald
From:
Louisville KY
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Posted 21 Jan 2012 1:41 pm |
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Which of these tuning works the best for playing lead and also filling's on a 8 string? I have been playing a C6 for a year now [and still have a great deal to learn ] What is easier to play and you don't have to jump around to play lead like you have to in a C6 tuning. I want to tune my second neck different than the first neck. I just want to tune it different and get on and learn to play it. the different tuning are confusing to just look at. Gee wiz C 6TH
1 - E 014
2 - C 018
3 - A 022
4 - G 024w
5 - E 030w
6 - C# 034w
7 - C 036w
8 - A 042w
A Major 6TH
1 - E 015
2 - C# 017
3 - A 022
4 - F# 026w
5 - E 030w
6 - C# 034w
7 - A 042w
8 - E 056w
E7TH
1 - E 015
2 - B 020
3 - G# 024
4 - E 030w
5 - D 032w
6 - B 038w
7 - G# 046w
8 - E 056w
E13TH
1 - E 014
2 - C# 017
3 - B 020
4 - G# 024w
5 - E 030w
6 - D 034w
7 - B 038w
8 - G# 046w
E9TH
1 - E 014
2 - B 017
3 - G# 024
4 - F# 026w
5 - D 032w
6 - B 038w
7 - G# 046w
8 - E 056w
B 11TH
1 - E 014
2 - C# 017
3 - A 022
4 - F# 026w
5 - D# 032w
6 - B 038w
7 - F# 050w
8 - B 056w
D 9TH
1 - E 014
2 - C 018
3 - A 022
4 - F# 026w
5 - D 034w
6 - C 036w
7 - A 042w
8 - F# 050w
E 7TH
(HIGH G#)
1 - G# 010
2 - E 014
3 - B 020
4 - G# 024w
5 - E 026w
6 - D 032w
7 - B 038w
8 - G# 056w
C 13TH
1 - E 014
2 - C 018
3 - A 022
4 - G 024
5 - E 030w
6 - C 036w
7 - Bb 040w
8 - G 048w
E 9TH
1 - E 014
2 - B 020
3 - G# 024
4 - F# 026w
5 - E 030w
6 - D 032w
7 - B 038w
8 - G# 046w  |
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Morgan Scoggins
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2012 10:36 am
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Jerry,
If I had to choose one tuning, It would be the E13 tuning that you have shown.You will notice that it is a combination of E major and E7 tuning and also it includes the tuning notes for C#mi7. With that tuning you can play all kinds of Country, Hawaiian, blues and Rock & Roll and some Western swing.
You will notice that the E13 tuning has the notes C#,G# and E on strings 2, 4 and 5.those 3 notes are the root, third and 6th tones or a major 6th chord.If you move that string grip down two frets, it becomes the 7th, the 9th and the 5th of the same scale . In other words you have an E6 on the 12th fret that becomes an E9 when sliding to the 10th fret.I can't begin to tell you how useful that move is. I can use it in almost any song for fills, endings and turnarounds. It is a movebale chord formation and works up and down the neck for several keys.It will resolve to a tonic major chord, That is the E6 to E9 chord move on frets 12 and 10 will resolve to an A major chord on fret 5.
If you are a rank beginner, you might want to start out wth E major tuning, then E7 and then C#mi. Then you will see the benefit of the E 13 tuning.
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George McCann
From:
Maui, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2012 10:46 am
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Guys, don't leave out the Leavitt tuning for great jazz chord phrasing.
6 String:
D
C
A#/BfLAT
G
E
C#
I have both of Mike Ihde's tab books and do love this tuning. With a D6 or D8 you could have the best of both worlds. Then, again, if you had 4 necks.... |
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Jerry Recktenwald
From:
Louisville KY
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 2 Feb 2012 8:30 pm
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My suggestion would be C6 (D-E-C-A-G-E-C-A) from top to bottom.
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Micheal Harvey
From:
Palm City, Florida, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 8:29 pm Tunings
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| What tuning would you call this? E,C#,B,G#,E,B,G#,E. This is what I am presently using on my Sierra 8 string. I just got a Dekley S10 3+4 and want to use this same tuning plus 2. What would you suggest? |
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Steve Ahola
From:
Concord, California
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 9:29 pm
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| Jerry Recktenwald wrote: |
| Well, I decided to use Brad's E9th suggestion... |
I was going to suggest E9th, too, only I don't know if mine is the same as Brad's. It has been my favorite tuning for about a year now and is highly recommended by Mike Neer (and Buddy Emmons,too!):
E-G#-B-D-F#-G#-B-E
I was kinda scared of it at first because there is no root in the middle! For training wheels, so to speak, you can start off with the 4th string lowered 2 frets from F# to E which gives you an E7th tuning with roots in 3 octaves. In fact that tuning would be like open E bottleneck tuning but with an added 3rd(G#) and b7th(D) in the lower octave. Once someone has the E7th tuning down I suggest that they try raising the middle E up to F# because that's where the fun really begins. 
Once someone is comfortable with the E9th tuning I double dare them to raise the 2nd string from a B to a C# as this will give you the tuning associated with Noel Boggs which is both an E13th and a C#m7b9 chord. It has a jazzier sound and gives you 2 minor chords straight across; the B-D-F# in the open position is a B minor chord and the G#-C#-E on the top strings is the C# minor chord.
E-G#-B-D-F#-G#-C#-E
One of the things important to me in a tuning is whether it can be quickly changed to a different chord by retuning just a few strings, and that those alternate tunings be something that will work for me. (One of the most common pairs of alternate tunings is the C6th and A6th chords especially for 8 string; it is so common that both tunings are often listed on the string package.)
Good luck!
Steve Ahola
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