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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
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 Posted - 07/29/2012 : 4:44:45 PM
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We got into C tunings from a "puzzler". We were talking about the C tuning used on Ozzie's "Ku'u Kika Kahiko", used in the visual background on Ozzie's site...
it's in C Mauna Loa...C G E G A E.
after I'd thought it was clever to say we should compile a list of C tunings, I realized I'm asking ya'll to re-invent the wheel.
So, From "Section IV" on George Winston's site for Dancing Cat/Section IV on tunings...
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3. Tuning #C5 C-G-D-G-B-D Sometimes called Dropped C Tuning, Leonard's C Tuning or Taro Patch C Tuning.
4. Tuning #C20 C-G-E-G-A-E Sometimes called Gabby's C Tuning or Ki Melia Tuning on Ni'ihau.
(Hey wait, isn't this C Mauna Loa!)
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6. Tuning #C1 C-G-E-G-C-E Sometimes called Atta's C Tuning. (also one of Cyrils' favorites).
7. Tuning #C7 C-G-D-G-B-E Sometimes called Keola's C Tuning (or called Dropped C Tuning in Mainland America).
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... other tunings are used a little less often, including:
12. Tuning#C11 C-G-E-G-B-E Sometimes called Gabby's Hi'ilawe C Tuning or Hi'ilawe Tuning.
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SO ALL THE ABOVE ARE EXCERPTS FROM GW's list.
and from my earlier post on the Puzzler post,
Keola had a charming "Ku'u Morning Dew" recording in: C G C G A D
also George Winston's site has more, Samoan C's etc...
and there's always more the more we explore.
SO, Please correct or add as you see errors or omissions!
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Edited by - Kapila Kane on 07/30/2012 06:56:04 AM |
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Allen M Cary
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 08:25:53 AM
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There is also open C which Jeff Peterson uses for "Maui on My Mind":
CGCGCE
Aloha,
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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2012 : 09:45:40 AM
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yes, another another. Jeff arranges and composes in just about every conceivable tuning, and a few I never imagined.
Punahoa Special is a version with :
it's tuned down to a Bb, but is actually based on this: G C E G A E (which I see in Peter Medeiros book as High C Mauna Loa.
Sounds like some of the idioms/licks in Whee Haw Swing, which would be G wahine, but Jeff straightened me out!
and one HUGE omission I must touch on here...
Peter Medeiros, "Hawaiian Slack Key, a lifetime of study" (Methodology) has EXTENSIVE info, tabs and music on C tunings.
Includes Gabby transciptions, comparisons of figures done in different tunings, history, info, and many traditional as well as original pieces.
Pages and pages, starting around og, 196 and then more from pg. 192-275. and includes authentic transcriptions of Gabby AND Sonny Chillingworth recordings...as well as stuff in Taropatch, D tunings, Wahine tunings and other variants.
WOW, what a collection! |
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sirduke58
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 12:07:36 PM
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@ Allen....Taropatcher Don Kaulia uses C-G-C-G-C-E a lot and has really mastered the tuning. Don showed me 2 interesting things about this tuning. 1.) Whatever chord shapes, intervals & licks you find on strings 2,3 & 4 also work on strings 4, 5 & 6 because they are tuned the same (duh on my part)You get 2 for the price of one. Just changing between the 2 registers gives your pieces in this tuning a whole different flavor.
2.)Don pointed out that you can pick any sequence using only the 4th, 5th & 7th fret on strings 2 through 6 & it'll sound like you're jamming (even on your 1st try)I guess the unique way that the strings are tuned lines up the blues scale. I dunno I just know it works.
@ Gordon....I use the Bb Mauna Loa for my YouTube of Punahoa Special & yes strings 1 through 4 share the same intervals with C6th Mauna Loa. The only difference is that the 2 bass strings are inverted. Conducive to the bass runs used on this piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZUN_n0xka8
Disclaimer: Lots of people get blown away by this video because they think I'm producing all of it on one guitar , on one track. I actually recorded a simple rhythm part, played it back on my computer & played the lead over it. So it's not even 1/4 as impressive as most people think. |
Hoof Hearted?...Was it you Stu Pedaso? |
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sirduke58
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 12:11:30 PM
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BTW, ditto on the accolades Gordon used on Peter's book. Eh Petah what's da hold up on volume #2 |
Hoof Hearted?...Was it you Stu Pedaso? |
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Allen M Cary
Lokahi
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2012 : 07:39:38 AM
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Thanks for the tip, Duke. I haven't completely figured out the tuning, but I have finally got "Maui on my Mind." BTW, if you are looking for tabs of any of Jeff's tunes, he has them for sale on his website at a very reasonable prices.
Aloha
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C tunings anyone?
