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Topic: Jazz guitar style comping with C13 tuning (Jules Ah See) |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 13 Apr 2019 3:22 pm |
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Thanks Mike! I'm a Jules C13 adherent, and because of a jazz band I somewhat accidentally landed in (trying to land a Hawaiian style band) I've been enjoying playing a lot of jazz standards in C13...with some limited comping, which I'm still trying to work out.
The Tapa Room Tapes have a lot of examples of great jazz-influenced if not purely jazz comping on steel guitar...Jules was at his prime!
I'll try to digest what you've worked out. But C13 combined with slants is a very versatile tuning.
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Molin Oleg
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Posted 14 Apr 2019 12:21 pm
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| So interesting, as usual! Thank you, Mike! Do you use C13 tuning in two types - with low string G and C on the same guitar? I tried to make C from G (8 th string .54, scale length: 22.5 inches) and it started to be underpressed, was too loose, not enough tension. |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Ian Kerr
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted 15 Apr 2019 5:29 pm
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Hi Mike.Just studying your rhythm changes and applying them to pedal steel.The second last line has B7b9 to E7, A7b9 to D7 AND G7b9 to C7.All the b9 chords[B7b9,A7b9,G7b9] appear to have the flat 5 as well.Is this intentional on your part for a cooler sound?
Thanks. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 15 Apr 2019 6:32 pm
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Yes, Ian, it is intentional, but the cycle can also be thought of as Gb7, F7, E7, Eb7 etc. it’s really all just a chromatic descending tritone interval. You can choose which bass notes to attach to the chords.
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Ian Kerr
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Posted 15 Apr 2019 8:56 pm
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Thanks Mike.Now I see where that flat 5 came from.Thinking tritones I can do the descending line on the same group of strings.
Cheers. |
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2019 5:27 am
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Where's the "like" button for this thread?
Thanks for the info on a cool tuning. |
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 16 Apr 2019 2:21 pm
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Hey Mike,
I was not at all familiar with Jules Ah See's C13 tuning until I read this post, but it reminds me very much of Tom Morrell's E13 tuning. If you added 2 strings tuned to D's between the C's and E's, you would have Tom's tuning (pitched down 2 whole tones, of course.) I never really quite understood the functionality of that low E in Tom's tuning, but I think your post has turned the light bulb on for me. Cool.
Rich |
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Jim Fogarty
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Phila, Pa, USA
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Posted 14 May 2019 10:45 pm
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Cool stuff.
If you play a more typical high G C6 or C13 (like Junior Brown), you can use this to, just by omitting the notes on the low C string.
On guitar, players like Jim Hall, Scofield and others all the way back to Freddie Green often comp with just 2 notes, to great effect.
Charlie Haden did it quite often as well, on upright bass.
Piano players and bass players will thank you for staying out of their range. |
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