Hawaiian Tunings

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 24 Oct 2000 7:53 am

Having still euphoria from my visit to the Hawaiian steel guitar show in Joliet several weeks ago, I am thinking about what tunings they used.

Does anyone know if the following tunings are close to what they use nowdays;

E
C
A
G
E
C
Bb
? < not sure here

E
C#
G#
E
D
B
G#
E

E
C#
A
F#
D#
B
F#
B

If my ears did me right, I felt these tuning were close to what several of them used. Does anyone know for sure?

"Inquiring minds want to know!"

God bless,

carl

Dr. Ike · Post by **Dr. Ike** » 24 Oct 2000 8:08 am

Aloha Carl, Great to see you in Joliet. Thanks for all the nice postings. Here are the tunings Duke, Alan, and I used:

E C6
C
A
G
E
C
Bb
C

E E13
C#
B
G#
E
D
B
E

E B11
C#
A
F#
D#
C#
F# (B)
B (F#)

E FMAJ7
C
A
F
C
A

Hope this helps. Isaac.

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 24 Oct 2000 9:01 am

Isaac, can you give some examples of tunes that you play in the FMaj7 tuning?

Mahalo,

-Bill

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 24 Oct 2000 10:46 am

Ike,

Thank you sooooo much. You and Alan and others have so inspired me, I am thinking of buying a triple neck Fender (if I can find one at a decent price) and get back into the music I dearly love. Music that I have taken a 50 yr hiatus from. But dying to get back into again.

I cannot get over how much I enjoyed listening to that music in Joliet. I am anxiously awaiting the mother show in Hawaii next year which I shall surely attend.

Thanks again Ike.

God bless you,

carl

Dr. Ike · Post by **Dr. Ike** » 24 Oct 2000 8:28 pm

Aloha Carl, really looking forward to hosting you guys when you come to Hawaii. We're going have a great time. Lots of planning going on right now. some of the venues will be outdoors, so will pray to the gods who control the weather. Let me know if you need any help on this end. Doc.

Scott Burns · Post by **Scott Burns** » 26 Oct 2000 6:36 pm

Aloha Issac,
I'm a newbie to the world of steel, I live on Maui, and want to be sure and make my travel dates to Oahu for next years show. Can you fill me in with the details. Mahalo.

Dr. Ike · Post by **Dr. Ike** » 27 Oct 2000 8:41 am

Aloha Scott, check your mail. We are now putting together a list of playdates/events for the convention. Anyone who wants to( and a few who don't) can take part in the various public performances we will be scheduling throughout the city April 30 - May 2nd. If you bring your axe you'll be considered fair fame. We tend to check our egos at the door, just have fun with those who are there to do the same. We already have a few events that involve participants playing on the beach at Waikiki. Imagine the rolling surf, the sun setting over the ocean and the Signature Sound of the Hawaiian Islands wafting over the sand and sea. Whew...Guarantee you'll never forget it. Aloha , Isaac.

John Tipka · Post by **John Tipka** » 27 Oct 2000 1:44 pm

Aloha Carl,
There is no luau at the HSGA Convention such as you attended at Joliet, but if that's what you want, you can attend one at the Polynesian Cultural Center at La`ie. In addition, there are others in the Honolulu area that accept guests . You'll hear three days of music at the Convention and if you are not getting enough of what you want, you can go to the venues immediately after each day of the Convention is over and find the music your ears want to hear. Such venues are the Halekulani House Without A Key, Sheraton Moana Surfrider with you sitting under the giant Banyan tree, Sheraton Waikiki, The Willows Restaurant, Hawaiian Regent Lobby Bar, the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Duke's Restaurant, Hilton Kohala Mandarin, etc. Bring along a decent recording machine to capture those sounds- a miniDisc recorder is best but cassette will work too. Most of all, enjoy yourself.

Aloha,

John<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by John Tipka on 27 October 2000 at 02:45 PM.]</p></FONT>

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 27 Oct 2000 2:03 pm

thanks John,

carl

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 1 Nov 2000 10:22 pm

Carl-
"going back to a triple neck" Does that mean you are giving up your pedals? I hope not.

We are all waiting to hear more on your inventions of using one knee lever for two.....al

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 2 Nov 2000 9:06 am

Al,

NO way this dude evah gonna be midout pedals

But I am in such euphoria from the Hawaiian show, I want to play that kind of music too. Just havin' a ball doin' both. I sold my Fender triple neck custom for 75 dollars to a pawn shop in 1957.

Whoda knowed huh?

My "one knee lever doing different pulls on command", is on the back burner temporarily. As you may know, I have, for the past two years been involved with a major land and home remodeling "expedition". And we are still not finished. Thank God I can see light at the end of the tunnel.

At one time when we had a "grand canyon" in the back of our house, I quipped, "Sweet Lord, what have I done?". My wive almost cried.

But thanks be to HIM, things are really turning out nicely now. Hopefully when I get my garage (crammed 3 high with woodworking machines), cleaned out and move the machines and everything else into my new shop, I will be able to concentrate on my dream.

In the meantime, I am having the time of my life playing this new Excel. I cannot tell you how much I love this guitar and the set-up I came up with. Let me say that my idea of moving pedal 6 to a knee lever made it possible for me to be comfortable with a U-12 coming from a 30+ yr D-10 background. If it were still pedal 6, I would NOT like it at all. I use this knee lever with every single pedal and knee lever except the one that rasies the E's. So it just has to be on a knee lever to my way of thinking.

And yes, I will play pedals, and my 7 string Rick bakelite, the 10 string Eddie Alkire Eharp and to be purchased triple neck Fender. Who knows, I might just sell my Emmons' LeGrande D-10

Did someone say I was opening a steel guitar museum? What a delightful thought

take care Al, and God bless you always,

carl