C6 tuning is one of the most common tunings for
steel guitar, both on single and multiple neck instruments. On a twin-neck, the most common set-up is C6 tuning on the near neck and
E9 tuning
E9 tuning is a common tuning for steel guitar necks of more than six strings. It is the most common tuning for the neck located furthest from the player on a two-neck console steel guitar or pedal steel guitar while a C6 neck is the one closer ...
on the far neck.
On a six-string neck, for example, on
lap steel guitar, C6 tuning is most usually C-E-G-A-C-E, bass to treble and going away from the player. Some other six-string C6 tunings are:
* A-C-E-G-C-E.
* G-C-G-A-C-E.
* E-C-G-A-C-E.
* E-G-A-C-E-G.
* C-A-C-G-C-E
On an eight-string neck, for example, on a
console steel guitar
The console steel guitar is any type of electric steel guitar that is built in a frame supported by legs. It may be a lap steel or a pedal steel. Console steel guitars are typically heavier instruments that have multiple necks and/or more than six ...
, popular C6 tunings are:
* ''High'' C6 tuning A-C-E-G-A-C-E-G.
* ''Low'' C6 tuning either:
** G-A-C-E-G-A-C-E.
** F-A-C-E-G-A-C-E.
On a ten-string neck, typical of
pedal steel guitars, a popular C6 tuning is C-F-A-C-E-G-A-C-E-G, adding two bass strings to the ''high'' eight-string tuning, or one string on either side of the F-bass ''low'' tuning. This is sometimes called the "Texas tuning".
Another frequent variant is the
reentrant C-F-A-C-E-G-A-C-E-D.
Kayton Roberts, a noted steel guitar player, used a modified C6 on his steel guitar's inside neck: A(low)-A-C#-E-G-A-C-E. On the outside neck he had F-C-Eb-G-F-A-C(though sometimes D)-F.
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