you can make one note a F#

Or make one note a D for a Dom7,
then another the F#

basically find a note you can LOSE and tune it up or down.

For suggestions check this page
http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/tuning.html

G9 Tuning:
G B D G A D
So drop it back 2 whole steps

F#9 Tuning:

F# A# E G# C# E
drop this back a whole step

This one is hip
E13 Tuning:

B D E G# C# E

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 27 December 2004 at 06:15 AM.]

E13 Tuning:

E     octave   
C#    VI   
G#    III       
E       I          
D      dom7   
B        V        

E13 Tuning: (as used by Leon McAuliffe)

E   G#    D      F#      G#     B      C#      E
I  III   VIIb    II /9   III    V      VI     octave 

I might consider it a E6 also, but it was labled E13.
I guess be cause it was a contraction for Leon's 8 string E13

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 07 January 2005 at 12:39 AM.]

I just put that E13 / E6, by whatever name, on the Supro 6, it is hip.

It doesn't sound terribly 6ish to me, but it does have many good pockets for chords that work logically like a C6. But it also seems a very different animal, not like a C6 tuned up two steps.

Johnathan, one good suggestion is
try to find the root I, V and III note of which every tuning you use, on each string.

At that [point you can block out a
I IV IV I , VI II V I blues ( in C ; C F C G, A D G C )

You should then have a pretty good handle of what chords build with which voicings on the tuning you're using.

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 07 January 2005 at 03:19 AM.]

(lo to hi}

D E F# G# B E

My second favorite tunin' ... next to C6/A7

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can anyone suggest to me a good beginner video

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Jerry Byrd's instructional video is an eye opener - Scotty's Music has it. It'll make you want to get the whole course.

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Rick Alexander
57 Fender Stringmaster T8, 69 Strat, Rickenbacker BD6
Music Man & Peavey Amps

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