So, what tuning is this?

John Bushouse · Post by **John Bushouse** » 16 Oct 2005 7:38 am

I added an F# to open E to get the following (on my 7 string), low to high:

E B E F# G# B E

E2? E9? Something else? The three whole steps in the middle (E, F#, G#) make for some nice dissonance.

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 16 Oct 2005 7:44 am

I'd call it Eadd9, it would need a 7th in there to be a straight E9.

Steinar

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George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 16 Oct 2005 3:15 pm

I have used (Hi to Lo)
E C# B G# E F# D E...for many years. (E9)

Steinar Gregertsen · Post by **Steinar Gregertsen** » 16 Oct 2005 4:05 pm

George, isn't that tuning ususally refered to as E13?

Steinar

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John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 16 Oct 2005 6:25 pm

You really should drop that 6th str. to (D) and you’d be all set to do some serious pickin’! Oh! ~ and put the (B) in the 7th spot!

E9th.

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John Bushouse · Post by **John Bushouse** » 17 Oct 2005 3:23 am

So, John, what would the resulting tuning be (hi to low, or low to hi, your choice)?

Wayne Cox · Post by **Wayne Cox** » 18 Oct 2005 9:40 pm

JOHN, I would call it an EMaj9.
~~W.C.~~

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 18 Oct 2005 10:37 pm

An E2 would leave out the G#.

An Emaj9 would include a D#.

The chord is called Eadd9.

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 20 Oct 2005 7:41 am

I would call it some kind of E9th tuning. But it doesn't matter what you call it. Just how you play it.

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John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 22 Oct 2005 8:34 pm

Lo to Hi = B–D–E–F#–G#–B–E (E9)
Hi to Lo = E–B–G#F#–E–D–B (E9)
Sideways = Oh! never mind, you get the idea!

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