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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings ?? | | Date: | Friday, January 4, 2008 14:52:18 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Hey Dan,
That sounds like a tuning Jerry Byrd might have used? If you check out BRAD'S
PAGES OF STEEL, there's a section devoted to tunings and there's a bunch of them
listed, even including some different 8 string tunings. I keep my OMI 8 string
tuned G6th by adding two E strings at the 4th and 8th string positions. That's
what St. Mike used on his "Eight String Swing" album.
Keep twangin,
Richie
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From: "D. Tannehill" <ephsmath-phys@cox.net>
> Yep, GBEGBD is what I use on the Dobro. My Magnatone Lap Steel is in C6 from
> fat to skinny, it is CEGACE. Maybe I'll get someone in my band to try
> singing Hank Williams' "Ramblin' Man" to get the fullest effect out of that
> 6 tuning.
>
> Dan in RI
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Thompson"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:41 PM
> Subject: RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings ??
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>
>
> Hi Dan,...
>
> I like to get into sixth-mode the "lazy-man's way": Just take your standard
> d'Obreau, "GBD GBD" tuning, and crank your fourth string, "D", a full tone
> up to "E".
>
> "E" is the 6th element of the "G" scale. Now you're in "G6". That's your
> open chord. "GBE GBD".
>
> If you bar the fifth fret, voila! "C6"! Every fret is a, something "6th".
>
> "G6" is also known as, "Em7";..."C6" is also, "Am7", etc., etc.,.."B6"=
> "Abm7,..or"G#7",...and so on.
>
> As for figuring out which strings are the first to the sixth, heaviest or
> lightest,..it would be nice if we could all get into the habit of going:
>
> ): 6,5,4,3,2,1...
>
> The " ):" is a typed bass-clef. or maybe just go ahead and type, "Bass to
> treble, strings: 6,5,4,3,2,1,".
>
> Hope that helps a bit. Because you're right, sometimes it can be confusing
> by its vagueness.
>
> Here's a tip: When you crank your fourth, ( your bass "D") up to the "E", on
> reso, or LSG, you might want to go lighter guage on that string. For
> lap-steel guitar, I find no problem usually. The string can usually take it.
> I just perch an IMT-500 clip-on tuner on the headstock and crank up and down
> from open "G6" to "G" all night long, as needed. And it's only ONE string
> that travels!Cheers! HMT> From: ephsmath-phys@cox.net> To:
> resoguit-l@elistas.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:53:19 -0500> Subject: Re:
> [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings ??> > 6th tunings are popular in not only Hank Williams
> songs, but also Western > Swing. I've been using a modified G6 tuning on
> Hazel the Dobro for songs > with a fair amount of both major and minor keys
> such as Wayfaring Stranger.> > Regards,> > Dan in RI> ----- Original
> Message ----- > From: "Hal Laurent" > To:
> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:19 PM> Subject:
> RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Tunings ??> > > > Hugh Ashton
> [mailto:resonator@j-views.com] said:> >>> >> Just so that we're clear, which
> string is the "thin" string? 1 or 6?> >> Different people I know have
> different ways of numbering strings (yes, I> >> have some weird friends).>
> >>> >> > 1 G#> >> > 2 E> >> > 3 C#> >> > 4 B> >> > 5 G#> >> > 6 E> >> > The
> highest pitch (thin) string would be 1, and the lowest pitch (thick)> >
> string would be 6.> >> >> So what gauge strings would you use for this E6
> tuning on a reso?> >> > I've never done it on a reso myself, just on a lap
> steel.> >> > --> > Hal Laurent> > Baltimore> >> >> >>
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