I Finally Show You Some 7 String Voicings🎸Jazz Harmony🎶

[@sliceoflifeeb6480]

Thank you so much for your insight! I've just felt lost on my 7 string, and I'm so bored of playing the same old metal chug stuff on it. This is gonna be great for my music! Keep making great content!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thank you very much for your comment. I am still discovering new ideas on the 7 string. Best not to force these things and let them come organically. Maybe commit 5 minutes a day to experimenting with the 7th string and then forget its there until it makes itself part of your playing? Stick at it! Cheers

[@sliceoflifeeb6480]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition great stuff! Thanks for the insight!

[@mustardbiscuits9750]

Wonderfully helpful video, thanks!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

@@mustardbiscuits9750 you're most welcome. Thank you for taking the time to comment, cheers!

[@pereztube2]

its absolutely criminal that Kiesel doesn't offer this 7 string model anymore.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Absolutely love this axe, however I am confident it is equally good in 6 string. Perhaps they offer the 7th string as part their 'secret option' in the designing process? Cheers!

[@matt6288joyce]

Fantastic video!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thank you for taking the time to say so, Matt. Cheers!

[@fgcapps72]

Great lesson. I appreciate the uncommon less metallic approach to the 7 string guitar. It is tough to hear your guitar in this video though.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thanks Forest, it does seem a bit quiet in this one, not sure why that is?! Cheers

[@EnzoCapun]

super helpful!!! thank you

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

You're most welcome, cheers!

[@BigFiveJack]

Please - Why do you choose to tune your "bassiest" string , (7) to 'B' , when George Van Eps and "Bucky" Pizzarelli , (and his son John) , tune it lower , to 'A'? Thank you.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

It's purely preference for me. It is the same reason I tune the lowest string on my six string guitars to E even though many players tune to drop D. It makes visual sense to me to keep everything tuned primarily in fourths. It also means my two highest strings match my two lowest string so I can easily displace notes by two octaves whilst keeping the frets the same. I would never argue that John and Bucky are wrong though, I would listen to them over me any day of the week of course! Hope that helps, cheers

[@BigFiveJack]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition Thank you for your fast and thorough answer. It's very helpful!

[@robertgunning9667]

I found 7 string to be challenging because of the A. But besides the aforementioned inventor GVE and early adopter Bucky Pizzarelli the 7 string jazzers I’m aware of (Ted Ludwig, Howard Alden, Taylor Roberts, Ron Jackson, Howard Paul etc…) all play with an “A” While it seemed more natural with a “B” at first I didn’t want to learn to play it differently than the jazz artists that play 7 strings regularly

[@yuli3873]

What's that guitar model? It's lovely

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thanks very much! It's the kiesel HH7. A 7 string version of the HH2. Cheers

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Sounds good. What gauge is your low B?

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

No idea! In the 60-80 range I believe. I try not to worry to much about it, I'll just buy whatever is flatwound and reasonably priced and play it. My current one has been on for at least 2-3 years, no signs of aging or wear thanks to the flatwound. Cheers

[@TirelessG]

Love those pickups... what are those? Are they active? Can you play heavy with then? Fusion rock, blues... would that be possible? Greetings from Switzerland

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

They are the Holdsworth lithium buckers. They are passive but wound quite hot. Put them through the right amp and you can get any sound you like out of them. I still haven't considered swapping them for anything else. Cheers!

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I want to hear what this sounds like w/ D'addario Flatwounds ECG24-7 because the Flatwounds will save the frets from scratches

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

I did have flatwounds on this bad boy for quite a while and my low B is still flatwound. I just found the bending issue frustrating even though I hardly ever do it! The tone was stunning though as you've rightly assumed 👍 how do you string yours? Cheers

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition Actually bending on Flatwounds would work best if they were Flexible flatwounds.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 I didn't know such a thing existed! What's the deal there then?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition Those were being worked on however D'addarios flatwounds are super flexible too after improvements were made.

[@marioformicadae6637]

I'd be interested if someone made a low b and high a 8 string

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

I believe this is the tuning used by Tom Lippincott! A great player

[@LaurenceGuitar]

Love those 7 strings!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Cheers dude!

[@hmsdefiant]

Thanks. Perhaps a few exotic 7 note ones next time!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

I'll get growing a few more fingers 😅

[@hmsdefiant]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition @Charles Harrison Music Tuition I agree, the use of 1-fingered double stops, and of the odd open string or two are the devil's work. I suggest that we all keep away from the potential godless chaos that this disgracefully imaginative, innovative behaviour could meter upon our innocent souls.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

😂 just triads for me

[@Diemendozac]

It's easy to understand you (UK people talks a bit unintelligible, hehe). Greetings from Colombia

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Delighted to hear that, many thanks for taking the time to say so! Cheers

[@yoloswag6242]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition it's not true, if anything UK people are more articulate than 90% of other countries, hence English being the dominant language for science. It allows such detailed descriptions.

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

@@yoloswag6242 Thanks yolo. As long as everyone can understand roughly what I'm mumbling, I'm happy! My voice sounds much boomier and mumblier on camera for some reason...

[@Sjrm126]

Six string guitarists seeking to get this down can try some of these out in BADGBE

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Absolutely. Make sure you go up a few gauges on that low B string though!!

[@Sjrm126]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition I have found success with as low as a 46 gauge E string; as a permanent tuning, for sure bump up the string gauge