12 String Guitar
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get yourself a good chromatic guitar tuner also, I have two Korgs, a chromatic and a regular one, and the chromatic should make tuning the 12-string a lot easier, since on a chromatic it automatically detects the string pitch and you can alter the pitch to any microtone you like. it shows the note of the string being played in chromatic half-steps which for a 12-string is especially useful over a regular guitar tuner which is mainly for bass and regular 6 or 7 string guitars. I also use the chromatic almost every single day for alternate tuning work on a 6-string. scott nyc
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, > I’m a beginner and I just bought a Jasmine12 string guitar, because > I love the sound of it over a 6 string. But I have no idea how to > tune it. The guy at the music store tuned it before I left with it. > Do you know of any web sights out there that cater to 12 strings? > Thanks in advance! > Pretty much the same as a six string…except there are 6 course of 2 > strings each. The strings on the G, D, A and E courses are an octave apart. > So for standard tuning from treble to bass thinnest courses to thickest: > e > e > B > B > G > g an octave above the wound G > D > d an octave above the fatter D > A > a an octave up from the big A > E > e an octave up from yon largest E > Many people tune a tone or so below concert pitch…a full tone means you > would capo the guitar at the second fret to play with others….it also > means that the fret markers are still pretty much in familiar spots. I tuned > mine down 3 semi-tones for years. This produces a much fatter tone, and > actually lets you get some radical bends out of 12 strings.. It also allows > some flexibility for those songs that are simply too high for your > voice…just move the capo down, or right off and you can sing them > all…well…most Rush tunes will probably still ellude you, but you get the > drift) and at 250+ lbs of tension on a set of 12 lights tuned to pitch, the > 30 lbs saved by tuning down a full tone doesn’t hurt and can possibly help > over the life of the instrument. In any event, it is a popular move for > 12-string players. > As for relevant web sites, I can’t vouch for them, cause I’ve never spent > time at either but www.12stringguitar.com and www.12string.com seem like > good starting places. > Cheers, CS > — > — > The opinions, comments, and advice offered by me, are mine alone. > As such, they carry as much weight as a feather in a snow storm. > Gear Page at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/cybrserf/Gear.htm
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> Hello, > I’m a beginner and I just bought a Jasmine12 string guitar, because > I love the sound of it over a 6 string. But I have no idea how to > tune it. The guy at the music store tuned it before I left with it. > Do you know of any web sights out there that cater to 12 strings? > Thanks in advance!
Pretty much the same as a six string…except there are 6 course of 2 strings each. The strings on the G, D, A and E courses are an octave apart. So for standard tuning from treble to bass thinnest courses to thickest: e e B B G g an octave above the wound G D d an octave above the fatter D A a an octave up from the big A E e an octave up from yon largest E Many people tune a tone or so below concert pitch…a full tone means you would capo the guitar at the second fret to play with others….it also means that the fret markers are still pretty much in familiar spots. I tuned mine down 3 semi-tones for years. This produces a much fatter tone, and actually lets you get some radical bends out of 12 strings.. It also allows some flexibility for those songs that are simply too high for your voice…just move the capo down, or right off and you can sing them all…well…most Rush tunes will probably still ellude you, but you get the drift) and at 250+ lbs of tension on a set of 12 lights tuned to pitch, the 30 lbs saved by tuning down a full tone doesn’t hurt and can possibly help over the life of the instrument. In any event, it is a popular move for 12-string players. As for relevant web sites, I can’t vouch for them, cause I’ve never spent time at either but www.12stringguitar.com and www.12string.com seem like good starting places. Cheers, CS — — The opinions, comments, and advice offered by me, are mine alone. As such, they carry as much weight as a feather in a snow storm. Gear Page at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/cybrserf/Gear.htm
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Hello, I’m a beginner and I just bought a Jasmine12 string guitar, because I love the sound of it over a 6 string. But I have no idea how to tune it. The guy at the music store tuned it before I left with it. Do you know of any web sights out there that cater to 12 strings? Thanks in advance!
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http://www.guitartips.addr.com/12_string_guitar_tuner.html each pair of strings is called a "course" so you have 6 courses. Overall it’s still tuned like a guitar E A D G B E on the four lowest pitched courses tune the fattest of the two strings in each course the same way as regular guitar and tune the thin string to the same note but an octave higher (like the 12th fret on the fatter string, that’s an octave higher than the fat string played open or from the nut) For the two highest courses each string in a given pair of strings is tuned identical to it’s mate, this is called "unison", both B’s are tuned exactly like regular guitar, both E’s are tuned exactly like regular guitar. ^EE ^AA ^DD ^GG BB EE Roger
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, > I’m a beginner and I just bought a Jasmine12 string guitar, because I love > the sound of it over a 6 string. But I have no idea how to tune it. The guy > at the music store tuned it before I left with it. Do you know of any web > sights out there that cater to 12 strings? > Thanks in advance!
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