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12toneman
Akahai

USA
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Posted - 03/10/2018 :  2:31:03 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
D-G-B-F#-B-D

I've been messing around with it to play Hi'ilawe in G.Curious what it's called, and other tunes that may use it.

chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 03/11/2018 :  11:32:42 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
GMaj7, or maybe G/F# or D6 with no 5th
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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 03/12/2018 :  06:35:39 AM  Show Profile  Visit Fran Guidry's Homepage  Reply with Quote
If that 4th string were a D instead of B I would say this is the usual G Wahine (G Maj7). It's a wonderful tuning used by Sonny Chillingworth "Weeha Swing" and Ray Kane's "Punahele."

Even with the B on that string it's still spelling G Maj7, as the chunky one says.

With the tuning as spelled, what do you use for the secondary bass note when you alternate?

Fran

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Kapila Kane
Ha`aha`a

USA
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Posted - 04/09/2018 :  06:19:07 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hmm, why don't you claim it--trademark it if not taken? "12toneman tuning"
Nah, that might scare some folks into thinking it's Schoenberg-like...slack key for atonealists. Not one of my better ideas.

Edited by - Kapila Kane on 04/09/2018 06:19:33 AM
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