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Topic: C6 tuning for playing regular guitar |
Tod Johnson
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Hawaii, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2018 10:42 am |
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Aloha. I just spent some time in Honolulu and saw one of my favorite bands Maunalua at Dukes in Waikiki. After the gig I asked Bobby, the lead slack key guitar player what his tunings were. One was C6 on a regular acoustic guitar.
I'm about to string my Strat with C6 strings and approach it with finger picking and flat picking styles, and no slide. I was wondering if I would get any input from the musicians on here. My hope is that if I start playing in C6 on regular guitar (I play a lot of songs in open G), that it might free up my thinking as far as improvisational skills on the lap steel. Plus, Bobby had some great slack key sounds with it.
My first line of business will be to establish the major pentatonic scale. I'm planning on contacting Troy Brenningmeyer for maybe getting a chart. Also messaged Bobby on FB to start a correspondence and possibly getting some skype instructions.
As a general topic, any thoughts from you guys?
Mahalo in advance.
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1939 Oahu Tonemaster, 1957 Rickenbacker, Melbert 8, and a cheap Rogue.
Last edited by Tod Johnson on 2 Sep 2018 1:20 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 2 Sep 2018 11:51 am
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Since there are several versions of C6 tuning, did Bobby share with you the one he uses, low to high or bass to treble?
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Tod Johnson
From:
Hawaii, USA
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Russell Adkins
From:
Louisiana, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2019 8:07 pm c6 tuning
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| I know this is an older post but I couldn't resist replying, I have a tele tuned to a c6 and I can get a lot of nice sounds from its tuned ecagcf high to low (e) real pretty sounds , scales can be worked out and chords can be found. |
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