The E9 Tuning

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0070ce82egerdp.png"> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pedal Steel Guitar / Tunings"><U>PEDAL STEEL GUITAR / TUNINGS</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Equipment"><U>EQUIPMENT</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id9.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tunes Ive Written (and a few I Didnt)"><U>TUNES</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My CDs"><U>MY CD's</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Gallery"><U>PHOTO GALLERY</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gig Schedule"><U>GIG SCHEDULE</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Biographical Information"><U>BIOGRAPHICAL INFO</U></A></div> <bR> <div> ______________________</div> <bR> <div> to provide the author with feedback on this site please send EMail to <A HREF="mailto:larry@larrybell.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:larry@larrybell.org"><U>Larry Bell</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000" background="00626611ezuady.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Welcome to LarryBell.org . . .</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to LarryBell.org . . ."><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The E9 Tuning</I></div> <div> A Summary for Beginners</div> <div> <IMG SRC="06a4b900.gif" border=0 width="331" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the E9 "Nashville" tuning for the pedal steel guitar. While there are many variations in use among today's players, this page will concentrate on the most common pedal and knee lever arrangements. A brief summary of what E9 "buys you" as a player will also be presented in the context of chord changes and scale positions.</div> <bR> <div> What is the basic open E9 tuning? Why is it called that?</div> <bR> <div> An E9 chord consists of the 1st / 3rd / 5th / b7th / 9th tones of the E Major Scale (or E / G# / B / D / F#).</div> <bR> <div> (By the way the '9th' is another way of describing the 2nd tone of the scale -- so in the key of E the 9th is F#)</div> <bR> <div> The 10-string tuning is shown below (lowest to highest)</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="409" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="71"><div> Scale Tone</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="32"><div> b7</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="24"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="28"><div> 2 / 9</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="24"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> 1</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> 7</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><div> 2 / 9</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="71"><div> String</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div> 10</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="32"><div> 9</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="24"><div> 8</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="28"><div> 7</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="24"><div> 6</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><div> 5</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> 4</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> 3</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> 2</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><div> 1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Note in E</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div> B</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="32"><div> D</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="24"><div> E</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="28"><div> F#</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="24"><div> G#</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><div> B</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> E</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> G#</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="26"><div> D#</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="21"><div> F#</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> What chords does this tuning give me?</div> <bR> <div> Without using pedals, you get</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">E Major (on 6 / 8 / 10, 5 / 6 / 8, 4 / 5 / 6, or 3 / 4 / 5)</div> <div>  -- note: these are important inversion positions -- LEARN THEM</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">E7 by adding the 9th string</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">EMa7 by adding the 2nd string</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">E9 by adding the 9th and 7th or 9th and 1st strings</div> <bR> <div> It's really pretty limited, chordwise.</div> <div> To see what the pedals add to playing scales <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scales on E9"><U><B>click here</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <div>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>