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Topic: Tuning the E9 2nd string lower to D |
Scott Swartz
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St. Louis, MO
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Posted 25 Nov 2002 2:48 pm |
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I am using the Newman E9 chart and like it except for one place.
With pedals down the D is noticeably out against the A note (3rd string with B pedal).
If I change the D to make the above interval sound good, then the string 1 and 2 interval sounds out.
I guess the answer is a compensator?
Or split the difference and live with it? |
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Jeff Lampert
From:
queens, new york city
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Posted 25 Nov 2002 4:03 pm
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| I just looked at JN's tuning chart. According to the chart, the D note lower on the 2nd string is tuned flat relative to the 3rd string B note. HOWEVER, the 9th string D note is tuned slightly sharp to the 3rd string B. If you tune both the 2nd string D note and the 9th string equal to the 3rd string B note, then you wouldn't have the problem you stated. [This message was edited by Jeff Lampert on 25 November 2002 at 04:07 PM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 25 Nov 2002 6:04 pm
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I tune both D's to +10 cents. Pretty far sharp, but it sounds good to me.
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Scott Swartz
From:
St. Louis, MO
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Posted 26 Nov 2002 7:41 am
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Making the D sharper so as to be in tune with the A sounds better to me also, per the chart the D is flat sounding in single note runs.
What Jeff said makes sense, use the hertz for the 9th string D.
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rhcarden
From:
Lampe,Mo / USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2002 8:30 am
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Why not tune it with the piano or the rest of the band, ET!
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Bob Carden 66 Emmons P/P 8/9
BMI 13 string 7/7
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2002 8:45 am
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| Why not tune it with the piano or the rest of the band, ET! |
.. because no steel guitar operates perfectly in tune. The width of your intervals will vary from minute to minute, and it is important to keep them in a range that sounds good. If your guitar errs on the just side of ET, you are safe. On the unjust side, it sounds nasty. |
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rhcarden
From:
Lampe,Mo / USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2002 12:14 pm
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Just the way I here it!
If you are playing alone or with just a bass and drums, JT works. But, if you are playing with a band, you need to be in tune with the other members.
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Bob Carden 66 Emmons P/P 8/9
BMI 13 string 7/7
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