There at the same fret as the relative major chord, in this open case, ![]() The really cool thing about it is that it’s right With string 6 you have a complete minor triad of the root, minor 3rdĪnd 5th chord tones. If you leave out theġst and 4th strings and play any combination of strings 2,3, and 5 With the D notes adding the jazzier sound of Em7. Strummed altogether you will hear an Em chord Open there’s the root E, thenī which is the 5th, D which is the 7th, G which is the minor 3rd, thenĪnother B and D on top. Let’s look at the notes and the chord tones they give us if youĭesignate the bottom string as the root. Root of the relative minor chord on the bottom string when I want it. The position markers as if I were in G tuning, but knowing I have the Use in runs and riffs where it fits and secondly, as Em7 when using Firstly, as G tuning with the upperĥ strings intact for most G tuning repertoire but with a low note to G chord and technically that’s true, but with the E on the bottom itĭoesn’t yield the sweet 6th chord sounds of Hawaiian or western swing Some call it G6 because of the E note being the 6th tone in a I am often asked to explain how I think about the Special, Wichita Lineman, Somewhere Over The Rainbow, The Christmas In the years since Alaska Mando I have arranged and recorded quite aįew songs using the drop E tuning: Folsom Prison Blues, Orange Blossom Of Killing Me Softly and This Ain’t Grass in 1972 on his Blues and Learned that Mike Auldridge had used the same tuning on his recordings ![]() Tuning the low G down to E gave meĪccess to full minor chords, jazzy minor 7th chords, dominant 7thsĪnd other cool sounds in the lower register. With it I became really intrigued and wound up playing about half the Tuned my low G string down to E so I could play the part. It opens with a call and response between the mandolin andĭobro where I needed the low E note like on an acoustic guitar. One of the songs was a bluegrassy version of the theme from the movie Sounds possible! It all started in 2006 when I was invited to playĭobro on an album named Alaska Mando by my Alaskan friend Joe Page. Interesting how retuning just one string makes a whole new palette of This may be why I’m inclined to alter the tuning if I need to. ![]() Playing dobro I played pedal steel in bands for 30+ yrs and I think I’ve been playing with the drop E tuning for about 8 years now.įor me it started as a way to play a simple phrase for a recording but hasīecome my favorite tuning for a wide range of music.
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