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equator
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11/09/2005 6:21 pm
Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonYeah, my sentiments exactly...I guess it's an Em7 with a suspended 4... Could always tune that A to an F and make it a 9th chord for the hell of it... Heh, then remove the B and tune that to an A, or leave the A and tune the B to F and you'd have an 11th chord without the fifth. This is fun! You should totally tune it to an 11th chord, then just bar everything.

Actually, in all honesty, I wouldn't tune both bottom strings to the same note. Like equator said, it will make chords and scales quite the difficult thing, and unless you change the tuning to an open chord (preferably without that E on the 5th string...make THAT the F or perhaps leave it an A) it's going to be more of an inconvenience than a wellspring for creativity.

I think you ment "F#"
In order to tune your guitar to an open "Em9" you would need...(E,G.B,D,F#).
And adding an "A" to that, you get an "Em11"(E,G,B,D,F#,A)
Hmmmmmm
Six notes and six strings.
Yeah, you could bar on any fret and get an "m11 chord"
That my friends, is in theory. In practicality would be a real chalenge to play scales, and other chords than "m11".
But hey, if anyone wanna do it, let us know how that works.
Someday I`ll play like in my dreams.

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