Almost forgot. That C on the bottom is the natural 4. Stay away from using
it over the G chord as it could be rather grossy.
_A
> From: Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com>
> Reply-To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:36:12 -0700
> To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
> Subject: RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Django tunes!
>
>
> I love the sound of the big chords! But when I played around with the
> twisted tunings, I just got lost whenever improvising a weird solo. Maybe
> I'm just impatient anymore. :( I don't want to relearn my scales.
>
> So I'm having Jerry Samples build me an eight string, and it's for this very
> reason. :) I discovered that I could have the best of both, or all three,
> worlds.
> 1) I'm used to the square GBDGBD tuning;
> 2) I like the jazz chords;
> 3) I like the low C (think 'Cello') of a baritone reso...
>
> So, I came up with a new tuning. DBGDBGEC (12345678). It is square
> bluegrass dobro on top, so I don't lose my meager improv abilities. It is a
> square C triad on the bottom - so the scale positions are the same - going
> all the way down to a low C note. Very growly, even better than D tuning.
> Chords? The bottom four strings are a CMAJ7: Maj7 is, like, _the_ jazz
> chord! Strings 7 up to 4 give me an Em7. There's probably more in there,
> but I only had a short time to work with it (I don't own an eight string) -
> just enough time to make me want to do it some more. :) Maj7's, m7's,
> minors, dominant 7th's: it's all there.
>
> So, you talked me into it, Eugene. I'll try to play purty tonight at Ten
> Depot, and put all my tips toward that eight-string. But I'll be playing
> horn melodies.
>
> Matt
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