Open tuning ideas? Need that hawaiian sound. - Tiki Music

K Kanekila Member Safety Harbor, FL Joined: Aug 07, 2004 Posts: 185	K Kanekila Posted posted on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 8:11 AM Hey Captain Morgan and Tiki Bong -- Sorry I've been away so long. Very busy making arrangements for my daughter and her finacee to move here from Iowa City (they decided to get out of the cold). Carl -- the tunings I use about 98% of the time on my Double-8 are C6 (lo to hi: C-A-C-E-G-A-C-E) and B11 (lo to hi: F#-A-B-D#-F#-A-C#-E). I sometimes will tune the bottom two strings on the B11 tuning to B and F#, respectively, for a REALLY fat sounding B11 chord. I also retune the B11 to A6 once in a while by raising the D# to E, and the B to C#. This gives me a straight 6th tuning with that fifth on the top string (especially nice for playing old Hank-style country tunes). On my Triple-8, I have the middle neck tuned to A6, and sometimes will retune to an E7, if I want a neck for that blues sound. If you have a six-stringer, just omit the bottom two strings from the 8-string tunings above. Voila! A lot of the way I play steel I got from playing with a master player who lives here in the area by the name of Dick Sanft. Dick is originally from Tonga, but lived in Hawaii for years. He then moved to Orlando and played with a trio for 20 years in the restaurant at the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld. He retired around 1990 or so, and is about 75 now, I believe. I can't play ANYTHING close to how good he is, but I like the way he plays, so I try to model my playing that way. He really swings it! Tiki Bong -- NICE '51 TRIPLE! I have two Stringmasters, but would love to get a trapezoid pickup Dual Pro or Custom like yours. They definitely have their own sound (nice and juicy)! Dang, we definitely have to get together one of these days. We hope to be at Hukilau this year, and are crossing our fingers that all this hurricane nonsense won't be a factor this year! Aloha pumehana, Kanekila Kanekila [ Edited by: Kanekila on 2005-02-23 08:13 ]

Hey Captain Morgan and Tiki Bong --

Sorry I've been away so long. Very busy making arrangements for my daughter and her finacee to move here from Iowa City (they decided to get out of the cold).

Carl -- the tunings I use about 98% of the time on my Double-8 are C6 (lo to hi: C-A-C-E-G-A-C-E) and B11 (lo to hi: F#-A-B-D#-F#-A-C#-E). I sometimes will tune the bottom two strings on the B11 tuning to B and F#, respectively, for a REALLY fat sounding B11 chord. I also retune the B11 to A6 once in a while by raising the D# to E, and the B to C#. This gives me a straight 6th tuning with that fifth on the top string (especially nice for playing old Hank-style country tunes).

On my Triple-8, I have the middle neck tuned to A6, and sometimes will retune to an E7, if I want a neck for that blues sound.

If you have a six-stringer, just omit the bottom two strings from the 8-string tunings above. Voila!

A lot of the way I play steel I got from playing with a master player who lives here in the area by the name of Dick Sanft. Dick is originally from Tonga, but lived in Hawaii for years. He then moved to Orlando and played with a trio for 20 years in the restaurant at the Polynesian Resort at Disneyworld. He retired around 1990 or so, and is about 75 now, I believe. I can't play ANYTHING close to how good he is, but I like the way he plays, so I try to model my playing that way. He really swings it!

Tiki Bong -- NICE '51 TRIPLE! I have two Stringmasters, but would love to get a trapezoid pickup Dual Pro or Custom like yours. They definitely have their own sound (nice and juicy)!

Dang, we definitely have to get together one of these days. We hope to be at Hukilau this year, and are crossing our fingers that all this hurricane nonsense won't be a factor this year!

Aloha pumehana,
Kanekila

Kanekila

[ Edited by: Kanekila on 2005-02-23 08:13 ]

Post #142718 by Kanekila on Wed, Feb 23, 2005 8:11 AM