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Topic: Interesting G6 / Em7 Tuning |
Allan Revich
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Victoria, BC
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Posted 19 Jun 2021 5:27 pm |
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I found this in a video by Justin Johnson. Looks like a great tuning for people who mostly play guitars in standard tuning. It’s just standard guitar tuning with the A dropped to G.
E G D G B E
Johnson uses it as a slide tuning on his armpit guitars.
https://youtu.be/zrrQy03Lm2w (Penultimate tuning)
It’s not a tuning that I plan to use, but I thought others might find it interesting and/or worth trying.
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – D G D G B D
7 String | G9 – D G B D F A D
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Joe A. Roberts
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Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 6:06 am Re: Interesting G6 / Em7 Tuning
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| Allan Revich wrote: |
I found this in a video by Justin Johnson. Looks like a great tuning for people who mostly play guitars in standard tuning. It’s just standard guitar tuning with the A dropped to G.
E G D G B E
Johnson uses it as a slide tuning on his armpit guitars.
https://youtu.be/zrrQy03Lm2w (Penultimate tuning)
It’s not a tuning that I plan to use, but I thought others might find it interesting and/or worth trying. |
Cool! Very similar to the original E6th “C#minor†tuning, except with a low 6th interval on string six instead of a high root on string one (all tunings high-to-low):
E C# G# E B E (E6th “C#minorâ€)
G E B G D G (transposed to G)
E B G D G E (Justin Johnson tuning being discussed)
I believe Santo had an 8 string C#minor on his Fender Custom for ‘Sleep Walk’. His tuning reportedly had a low 6th, I remember reading that it was something like:
E C# G# E C# B G# E (original Sleep Walk tuning?)
G E B G E D B G (pitched in G, maybe worth a try!)
By the way, that original E6th “C#minor†makes a good armpit guitar alternate tuning, and not just for slide. Retuning the second string A, to B, on the usual open D, will get you D6th tuning. |
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Brian Evans
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Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 7:57 am
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I've been using EGDGBD for a couple of years now, I call it open G / Em7, but I guess the low E could make it G6. I've recently tried dropping the B to Bb, I guess that would be Gm tuning, and I probably should try it with the high E as well. But I love doing one six four fives and two five ones with the low E putting all the m7 chords right out there so easy to use. If you're as bad as I am you need a real easy tuning...  |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 20 Jun 2021 9:05 am
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Brian has come pretty close to that tuning. Has anyone actually used it on a lap steel?
@Brian, have you tried tuning the high string up to E?
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – D G D G B D
7 String | G9 – D G B D F A D
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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