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Topic: C diatonic tuning interactive PDF/e-book just out |
Andy Volk
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Posted 24 Apr 2017 1:23 am |
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Jerry Byrd's C Diatonic tuning is a fascinating but little understood tuning. Many people have started to explore it then walked away shaking their heads - I was one of 'em. However, once you really dig in you find it's very accessible and realize that it contains four of the same open strings as C6th but adds a 4th (F) and a Major 7 (B) string. C Diatonic has some cool factors like being able to play a I-VI-IV-V progression without slants at a single fret, play pedal-steel like ringing chromatic runs, etc. Anyway - full info is here.
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=315774
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Doug Beaumier
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 24 Apr 2017 7:52 am
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Hey Doug, thanks so much! I really could not do what I do without the support of folks like you, Mike Neer, Guy Cundell, b0b, Rick Aiello - and really, everyone on the forum from whom I learn so much.
Byrd said on a number of occasions things to the effect that the C Diatonic was too hard for the average player. This really confuses me because once you take a closer look, it's quite logical and related to the C6th tuning. Like every tuning, it has advantages and disadvantages but it brings some really cool stuff to the table. Here's the example I cited above .... playing a I, VI, IV, V7 progression at a single fret with no slants.
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Doug Beaumier
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