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Topic: What Tuning?-----Regular Guitar and Steel Guitar |
Mike Dexter
From:
Derbyshire, England
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Posted 6 Jan 2005 2:20 pm |
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| I play regular guitar and very knowledgable with the fingerboard.What steel guitar tuning would come close to the guitar?(Fret positions,especially chords.)Musical interests are Hawaiian and Western Swing. |
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Bob Hickish
From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Jan 2005 2:44 pm
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Mike
I think an E tuning would be
as close as you could get ,
Open would be the same as an E
on your guitar - first fret F second F#
and on up -- 5th fret A -- ect.
Hope this helps !!
Bob[This message was edited by Bob Hickish on 06 January 2005 at 02:45 PM.] |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 7 Jan 2005 4:05 am
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You know what I think Mike ..
E6 or E13...
Baz
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 7 Jan 2005 4:17 am
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Besides the obvious open-E and its variations, open-G (g,b,d,g,b,d) and G6 (g,b,e,g,b,d) is also very easy to get used to for someone coming from a standard guitar background. In a straight G tuning strings 2, 3 and 4 are tuned identically to a standard guitar.
Steinar
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Dave Boothroyd
From:
Staffordshire Moorlands
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Posted 7 Jan 2005 4:21 am
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I can keep in touch with where I am as long as the top string is E. I use A6 tuning, so fret positions are the same as an A barre shape.
From the bottom A C# F# A C# E.
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